THE HANGOVER REPORT – Encores! gets its groove back with an enchanting and heartfelt revival of Sondheim and Lapine’s INTO THE WOODS

This weekend at New York City Center, I attended the highly anticipated, ultra-starry Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s ever-popular 1988 musical Into the Woods. It’s been a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – New York City Ballet celebrates the 50th anniversary of the company’s STRAVINSKY FESTIVAL with compelling grit and determination

This spring season, New York City Ballet celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Stravinsky Festival, which commemorates the company’s strong association with the music of Igor Stravinsky. Although various choreographers … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hilarious and incomparable Billy Crystal is the raison d’être of his own meager musical adaptation of MR. SATURDAY NIGHT

This week at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre, I caught the hilarious and incomparable Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night, the musical adaptation of the 1992 movie of the same name (also … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon Stone’s busy, audaciously updated Donizetti’s LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR puts an emphasis on filmic presentation

Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with Simon Stone’s new production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor for the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Stone was fast building a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, Samuel D. Hunter makes a case for men’s capacity for feeling and sensitivity

This week, Signature Theatre Company’s production of A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter opened Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Set in a small, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hilarity doesn’t cease in Selina Fillinger’s shallow farce POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE

Also this past weekend, I caught Selina Fillinger’s new Broadway comedy POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, a relatively last minute entry … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lileana Blain-Cruz’s timely, outsized revival of Thornton Wilder’s THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH leans in on the work’s operatic absurdity

This past weekend at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, I attended a performance of Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (who is best … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Superstars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga headline Sam Gold’s confounding, curiously blasé production of MACBETH

This week at the Longacre Theatre, the highly anticipated revival of Macbeth arrived on the Great White Way, marking the opening of the final entry of the rollercoaster 2021-2022 Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The amiable Beanie Feldstein leads a streamlined FUNNY GIRL but can’t erase the indelible memories of La Streisand

Last night, I attended the hotly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre. Talks of a revival have been simmering for about a decade now with a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lesley Nichol’s gently diverting musical autobiography HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE? endearingly charts the “Downton Abbey” star’s unlikely career

This week, Lesley Nichol’s How the Hell Did I Get Here? opened Off-Broadway at the McKittrick Hotel (best known as the home of the long-running immersive theater experience Sleep No … Continue Reading →