VIEWPOINTS – Reassessed and rejuvenated: Checking up on Broadway’s post-lockdown THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA & THE LION KING

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to check up on Broadway’s two longest running shows – The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre (where the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – CHEEK TO CHEEK & MORNINGS AT SEVEN: Hopelessly old-fashioned shows that charm as museum pieces

This past weekend, I attended a pair of hopelessly old-fashioned but charming Off-Broadway shows that conjure (and yearn?) for a world that’s long gone. Although some may disagree, I’d like … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lynn Nottage’s vibrant, vividly staged CLYDE’S shows a raucous new side of the lauded playwright

Last week, Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre, courtesy of Second Stage Theater. Having twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined and Sweat, Ms. Nottage … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – SEUSSICAL & HEATHERS: Cult favorite musicals find their voice in their condensed cabaret incarnations

Last week at two of New York’s premiere cabaret venues catering to musical theater buffs, I was struck by the level of enthusiasm that was met by a pair of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The tone deaf DIANA, THE MUSICAL has the potential to amass a cult following

True to its subject matter, the new musical Diana, the Musical has garnered considerable intrigue. Following a much buzzed about out of town tryout at La Jolla Playhouse, the musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Shanahan’s A SHERLOCK CAROL cleverly intersects two familiar literary universes

Earlier this week, Mark Shanahan’s A Sherlock Carol opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages. There’s usually no lack in options for live holiday entertainment this time of year for New … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mansa Ra’s neatly hopeful IN THE SOUTHERN BREEZE explores the history of violence against Black men

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in the West Village was one of the first Off-Broadway theater companies to return to in-person performance when it unveiled its terrific production of Arturo Luís Soria’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Soho Rep’s insidious, convention-busting production of WHILE YOU WERE PARTYING unnerves and unsettles

Yet another Off-Broadway theater to return to in-person performance is the small but mighty Soho Repertory Theater, which over the years has amassed a body of work that is surely … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Disney’s gently pitched stage adaptation of WINNIE THE POOH soothes and utterly charms

Since the stage adaptation of the Oscar-nominated animated film Beauty and the Beast opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre back in 1994, Disney has become a trusted brand in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull’s adaptation of THE ALCHEMIST is the kind of unapologetically bawdy and giddy fun we need at the moment

Many of New York’s Off-Broadway theater companies – particularly those that were formed to fulfill specific missions – fill discrete niches in the fabric of the city’s theater scene. One … Continue Reading →