THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ruthie Ann Miles gives an emotionally exposed performance in the sensitively recalibrated Encores! revival of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA

This week, New York City Center has been playing host to the highly anticipated Encores! revival of The Light in the Piazza (the very limited run concludes this evening). Adapted … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jillian Walker’s THE WHITNEY ALBUM attempts to free the troubled pop star through ritual and the act of theater-making

This past weekend down at Off-Broadway’s Soho Rep, I caught Jillian Walker’s play The Whitney Album (Ms. Walker also stars in the piece). If you haven’t already surmised, the new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ stealthy THE COMEUPPANCE keenly dissects mortality and human fragility via friendship

Something must be in the water these days. In recent weeks in my Off-Broadway theatergoing, I’ve encountering an uncommon plethora of new top-notch plays (catch them while you can!) that … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill Playhouse’s tepid new production of RENT recasts the iconic musical as memory play

Down at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, you’ll currently find on the boards — just in time for Pride month — a new production of Jonathan Larson’s Rent. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – William Jackson Harper gives a quietly stunning performance in Eboni Booth’s compelling PRIMARY TRUST

Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust at the Laura Pels Theatre (the playwright was last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the quirky new dark comedy WET BRAIN, John J. Caswell, Jr. pungently depicts a family woefully riddled with addiction

Earlier this week, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s Wet Brain opened at Playwrights Horizons (the production is being co-produced by MCC Theater). In the same vein as Caswell’s earlier play Man … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tori Sampson’s impassioned THIS LAND WAS MADE speculatively looks back at the genesis of the Black Panther Party

Earlier this week, Tori Sampson’s This Land Was Made opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. Set in Oakland in 1967, the impassioned new play in essence looks back at the genesis and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In an unlikely feat of intimacy and obsessive rigor, Joseph Medeiros brings Book 1 of THE ODYSSEY to theatrical life … in Ancient Greek

I recently had the opportunity to immerse myself in certainly one of the most unique and unlikely theatrical experiences I’ve had all year. In an unassuming, enclave-like private apartment in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ruth tang’s WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY kicks off Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks in typically offbeat manner

Last night at The Wild Project, I attended a performance of ruth tang’s Work Hard Have Fun Make History, the opening production of the 2023 edition of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks series … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bursts of drama from Flatbush to Washington Heights: Diane Exavier’s BERNARDA’S DAUGHTERS and Guadalís Del Carmen’s BEES & HONEY

This holiday weekend, I attended a pair new domestic dramas set in our teeming city that vividly capture diverse perspectives. Here are my thoughts on them. BERNARDA’S DAUGHTERSThe New Group … Continue Reading →