THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Mint Theater Company thoughtfully revives THE RAT TRAP, Noël Coward’s rarely performed early career play

Earlier this week at New York City Center, I attended a rare revival of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap. The production is being presented by the Mint Theater Company, who … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the intermittently thrilling ONLY GOLD, Parisian love is animated through dance and song

On its closing weekend, I had the opportunity to catch up with Only Gold, Kate Nash, Andy Blankenbuehler, and Tedd Malawer’s highly anticipated dance-heavy musical at MCC Theater in Hell’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At Second Stage, Bess Wohl’s bittersweet romance CAMP SIEGFRIED is both heavy-handed and frustratingly opaque

A few days ago, I attended a performance of Bess Wohl’s Camp Siegfried at Off-Broadway’s Tony Kiser Theater, courtesy of Second Stage Theater. Set in Long Island in 1938, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In DOWNSTATE, Bruce Norris’s unflinching stunner of a play, audiences are confronted with uncomfortable questions

This past weekend, I attended Downstate, Bruce Norris’s latest play which is currently running Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. The production was previously seen in 2018 at Chicago’s revered Steppenwolf Theatre … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Using first hand accounts to frame reactions against psychotherapy and organized religion: THE PATIENT GLORIA and THE UNBELIEVING

This past weekend, I took in a pair of investigatory works of theater that use first hand accounts to frame contemporary reactions against psychotherapy and organized religion. Here are my … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Cale’s SANDRA is a standard thriller with flashes of genuine insight into the human psyche

Last night just off of Union Square, David Cale’s new one-woman thriller Sandra opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. The production reunites Mr. Cale and director Leigh Silverman, who scored a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Excavating their pasts in search of their authentic voices: Quiara Alegría Hudes’ MY BROKEN LANGUAGE and Madeline Sayet’s WHERE WE BELONG

This past weekend, I attended a pair of autobiographical works by two female playwrights who use the form of the theatrical memoir to cathartically excavate their respective pasts in search … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mia Chung’s quietly tragic CATCH AS CATCH CAN is a family drama with newfound pertinence

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, I caught Playwrights Horizons’ production of Catch as Catch Can by Mia Chung. The play tells the quietly tragic story of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Women taking control in the Off-Broadway revivals of Bernard Shaw’s CANDIDA and Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER

This fall, two of Western drama’s most iconic titular female characters can once again be seen taking control of their respective constricted situations. Here are my thoughts on the current … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeff Augustin’s tender WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA charts a father-son relationship with bold simplicity

Over at New York City Center, I recently had the opportunity to take in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off-Broadway production of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin. The … Continue Reading →