THE HANGOVER REPORT – No holds barred: Cole Escolar takes no prisoners as Mary Todd Lincoln in the instant classic OH, MARY!

Last night, Cole Escola’s new play Oh, Mary! opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in a blaze of hilarity. The play — an instant classic — is in essence a deeply … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Gancher’s RUSSIAN TROLL FARM takes on a different cadence onstage and at our current juncture

Last night, Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre (in a co-production with Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center). It’s not the first time for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Matt Ray’s gargantuan score shines in BARK OF MILLIONS, the latest of Taylor Mac’s sprawling creations

Last night at the BAM Harvey Theater, I had the great pleasure of basking in the queer paradise that is Bark of Millions, the latest in Taylor Mac’s line of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In THE FOLLOWING EVENING, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band contemplate the ephemerality of theater (and life itself)

Last night, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band’s co-production of The Following Evening opened at one of the latest additions to New York’s robust collection of performing arts venues — the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Going to emotional extremities at SoHo Playhouse’s INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES

Over the past week or so, I took in a pair of shows at SoHo Playhouse‘s International Fringe Encore Series, a welcome opportunity for New Yorkers to bask in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nowhere to hide: Director Jack Serio brings intense intimacy to Ruby Thomas’s THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Over the course of the last year or so, director Jack Serio has been quietly making a splash with auteur-like productions like his atmospheric staging of Rita Kalnejais’s This Beautiful Future and, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s PUBLIC OBSCENITIES successfully transfers to TFANA, superb cast in tow

This past weekend, I revisited Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s fascinating new play Public Obscenities at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, courtesy of Theatre for a New Audience (as well as the Woolly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gabby Beans captivates in JONAH, Rachel Bonds’ slippery meditation on trauma and abuse

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Jonah by Rachel Bonds opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre. Starring an utterly captivating Gabby Beans (who all but stole the show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Patrick Page gives a lucid overview of Shakespearean villainry in ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE

Earlier this week, I finally caught up with Patrick Page’s solo show All the Devils Are Here playing Off-Broadway at DR2 Theatre. Originally conceived during the dark days of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eric Berryman artfully co-inhabits Black Oral Tradition in GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME

Earlier this weekend, I ventured down to The Performing Garage in Soho to attend The Wooster Group’s production of Eric Berryman’s Get Your Ass in the Air and Swim Like … Continue Reading →