THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mint Theater Company presents Harold Brighouse’s GARSIDE’S CAREER in the best possible light

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, I also had the chance to take in Mint Theater Company’s rare revival of Harold Brighouse’s 1914 play Garside’s Career. The play tells … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kate Gilmore disarms in SAFE HOUSE, Enda Walsh and Anna Mullarkey’s bleak, surreal song cycle

Last weekend, I ventured once again out to Brooklyn to catch the Abbey Theatre’s production of Safe House at St. Ann’s Warehouse. The unique show — which is being presented … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TFANA’s luicedly-acted, single-evening HENRY IV emphases intimacy and full engagement with the language

This past week in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, I was able to catch up with Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Henry IV at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Despite … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bess Wohl’s LIBERATION grapples with the unresolved strides of the feminist movement from dual perspectives

Last night, Bess Wohl’s deceptively straightforward new play Liberation opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The work is based on the playwright’s musings about … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Paying homage to dance icons: Channeling Nijinsky in ANIMA ANIMAL and Cunningham in BEGIN ANYWHERE

Over the past few days, I had the chance to take in a pair of new works of dance that paid homage to icons of the form. As always, read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Opera as downtown theater: Heartbeat Opera’s intimately scaled SALOME is an in-your-face thriller

This past holiday weekend, I also had the opportunity to catch the final performance of Heartbeat Opera’s compact version of Salome. Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1891 play of the same … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Divas of distinction: JOAQUINA KALUKANGO, MELISSA ERRICO, and KLEA BLACKHURST strut their stuff in song

This holiday weekend at various venues across the city, I had the opportunity to catch some wonderful nightclub acts from a trio of truly distinctive divas. Collectively, they proved that … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In these tenuous times, JINKX MONSOON shined like a beacon in her captivating Carnegie Hall debut

On Valentine’s Day, I had the great opportunity to catch Jinkx Monsoon make her highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut in front of an adoring sold out audience. For those of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Idina Menzel dares to scale emotional and physical heights in the unsettled new musical REDWOOD

One of the more anticipated events of the current Broadway season is the return to the Great White Way of Idina Menzel in the new musical Redwood, which opened last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Akram Khan returns to his roots and to the stage in the exquisite GIGENIS: THE GENERATION OF THE EARTH

Although I thought I had seen the last of Akram Khan as a performer, it’s nonetheless a welcome the opportunity to see the legendary British-Bangladeshi choreographer/dancer return to the stage in … Continue Reading →