VIEWPOINTS – Transporting solo shows: Guy Masterson in A CHRISTMAS CAROL and Wade McCollum in MAKE ME GORGEOUS

This holiday season, I had a chance to take in two vividly acted solo shows that transported me into their respective worlds. Here are my thoughts on them. A CHRISTMAS … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bedlam’s astute revival of Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA showcases the play’s dazzling brilliance

This past weekend at the West End Theatre in the Upper West Side, I finally caught up with Bedlam’s Off-Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play Arcadia. Taking place in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Exquisite puppetry vibrantly animates the devastating stage adaptation of LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K

Earlier this week at St. Ann’s Warehouse, I had a chance to attend one of the final performances of the stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning Life & Times … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Drag infiltrates downtown theater: Sasha Velour’s THE BIG REVEAL and ONEOFUS’s SLEEPING BEAUTY

This holiday season, you’ll be able to find drag performances — with all their joy and defiance — infiltrating legitimate theater spaces, particularly those catering to downtown audiences. Read on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – La Femme Theatre gives Tennessee Williams’ flawed but fascinating THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA a starry, pungent revival

Last night, La Femme Theatre Productions’ starry Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana opened at the Pershing Square Signature Theater. Written in 1961, the play is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jen Silverman’s slippery new play SPAIN investigates the power of art via propaganda and war

I recently had the chance to catch a performance of Second Stage Theater’s Off-Broadway production of Spain by Jen Silverman on its closing weekend at the Tony Kiser Theater. Set … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Song and Dance: Milo Cramer’s SCHOOL PICTURES and Jenn Freeman’s IS IT THURSDAY YET? artfully animate personal experiences

This past week, I took came across a pair of performances that artfully – through song and dance, respectively – animated personal experiences. Read on for my thoughts on them. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Awash in urgent music and dance, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB finds thrilling new life as a stage musical

Last night, the highly anticipated musical incarnation of Buena Vista Social Club opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. As a storytelling-driven adaptation of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In their latest solo show LESS LONELY, comedian Jes Tom presents a slippery sense of self

Last night, Jes Tom’s Less Lonely opened Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater. The new autobiographical solo show finds the transgender comedian updating audiences with the latest occurrences in their … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For the holidays, Paper Mill stages a timely, generously performed revival of Bock & Harnick FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

For its annual holiday musical, Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ has programmed a revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s classic musical Fiddler on the Roof. For those of … Continue Reading →