THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ma-Yi Theater Company’s ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME is panoramic, well-appointed, but a tad unfocused

Down at La Mama’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, I recently had the chance to take in Once Upon a (Korean) Time by Daniel K. Isaac. Presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Notable new voices in New York theater: Cameron Darwin Bossert’s BURBANK and Sophie McIntosh’s MACBITCHES

Before the onslaught of fall openings, it was a pleasure to have had the opportunity this past weekend to acquaint myself with a pair of notable and distinct new voices … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The elaborate, immersive STRANGER THINGS: THE EXPERIENCE concludes its summer residency at Brooklyn Navy Yard

During the steamy days of summer, fans of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things were able to immerse themselves in the show’s universe via Stranger Things: The Experience, a large-scale … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Public Works’ healing, effervescent musical adaptation of AS YOU LIKE returns to the Delacorte

I can’t think of a more fitting second entry to the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park summer season than Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery’s musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s intimate musical two-hander LOS OTROS vividly charts love and life through the 20th century

Last night, Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s music theater piece Los Otros opened Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres in Hell’s Kitchen. First staged about a decade ago at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An exuberant, well-oiled KINKY BOOTS returns to New York in understandably downscaled fashion

Last week, the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots returned to New York at Stage 42 (formerly the Little Shubert). Although the beloved original Broadway production shuttered just three years ago in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Clarence Coo poetically excavates memory, love, and art in the issue-conscious ON THAT DAY IN AMSTERDAM

I recently had the chance to take in Primary Stages’ latest premiere, Clarence Coo‘s On that Day in Amsterdam. The new play — which is currently in performance at 59E59 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Johnny G. Lloyd’s philosophical new play PATIENCE explores the choices that make up life through the lens of Black excellence

This week, Johnny G. Lloyd’s Patience opened Off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater in the Upper West Side courtesy of Second Stage Theater’s “Uptown” series, which is currently celebrating its 20th … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ambitious but murky musical adaptation of THE BUTCHER BOY dives headlong into the psyche of a disturbed youth

This past weekend at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chelsea, I attended the premiere of the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s dark 1992 novel The Butcher Boy. The new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An uneven revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF updates the ever-caustic Tennessee Williams play to the present

Over at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, you’ll find the Off-Broadway revival (the play’s first, believe it or not) of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. For those … Continue Reading →