VIEWPOINTS – All About My Father: Fatherhood woes feature prominently in Lloyd Suh’s FRANKLINLAND and Mathilde Dratwa’s DIRTY LAUNDRY

In my recent theater-going adventures, I came across a pair of new Off-Broadway plays that respectively dramatize — in theatrically imaginative fashion — two cases of fatherhood woes. As always, … Continue Reading →

Alaska Thunderfuck, Jujubee, Jan Sport, and Nick Laughlin in "Drag: The Musical" at New World Stages (photo by Matthew Murphy).

THE HANGOVER REPORT – DRAG: THE MUSICAL follows a familiar formula but makes for a mighty entertaining evening

It’s hard not to have a good time at Drag: The Musical, the crowd-pleasing new Off-Broadway musical that opened last night at New World Stages. Fabricated from a familiar concoction … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE FORD/HILL PROJECT powerfully splices the trailblazing testimonies of Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford

This past weekend at the Public Theater, I caught the final performance of Waterwell’s production of The Ford/Hill Project (the piece is co-presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Radical deconstructions: The hyped Broadway revival of SUNSET BLVD. and the confounding SHOWGIRL at NYU Skirball

I recently had the opportunity to take in a pair of provocative productions by adventurous theater-makers that radically deconstruct recognizable works of pop culture, challenging audiences to look at them … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The heartfelt but undercooked new musical DISTANT THUNDER engages in a welcome new perspective

Currently over at A.R.T./New York Theatres in Hell’s Kitchen, you’ll be able to find the Off-Broadway musical Distant Thunder, which I attended on Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Conceived by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Meghan Kennedy’s gently provoking THE COUNTER compassionately embraces its bruised souls

This past weekend at the Laura Pels Theatre, I caught up with Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of The Counter by Meghan Kennedy (the playwright who penned the plays Too … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Finnigan’s stealthily unassuming DEEP HISTORY looks to the past to decipher humanity’s fate amidst climate change

Currently at the Public Theater, you’ll be able to catch David Finnigan’s one man show Deep History. Originally written and performed by Finnigan in 2019 as a wake up call … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the wonderfully immersive THE WIND AND THE RAIN, Hurricane Sandy unleashes ghosts of the past

Last night, I ventured out to Red Hook, I’m sorry to admit, for the first time (I even took the NYC Ferry there, another first!) to catch Vineyard Theatre and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – No one puts baby in the corner: Feminism writ large in BLOOD OF THE LAMB and MEDEA RE-VERSED

Over the past week, I had the chance to catch a pair of impassioned if flawed Off-Broadway productions that depicted strong women dealing with having their rights aggressively stripped from … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Go big or go home: The musical parodies THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE and GHOST OF JOHN MCCAIN swing big to varying success

This fall, a pair of Off-Broadway musical parodies are swinging big to lure in audiences. Read on for my thoughts on these larger-than-life productions. THE BIG GAY JAMBOREEOrpheum TheatreOpen run … Continue Reading →