THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Dae Kim leads Roundabout’s pointed Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang’s YELLOW FACE
- By drediman
- October 17, 2024
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Last night at the Todd Haimes Theatre, I attended Roundabout Theatre Company’s timely Broadway revival of Yellow Face by Tony-winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly). A Finalist for the Pulitzer … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s brisk and unsentimental production of OUR TOWN is only occasionally revelatory
- By drediman
- October 14, 2024
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This past weekend, I also had the opportunity to attend the current Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s timeless and evergreen play Our Town at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Segmented into … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ayad Akhtar’s new play MCNEAL is a head-spinning if uneven vehicle for film star Robert Downey, Jr.
- By drediman
- October 9, 2024
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Last week, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Ayad Akhtar’s highly anticipated new play McNeal opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Akhtar is perhaps best known for having written … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Awash in grief and anxiety, Hannah Gadsby’s WOOF! finds the famed comic in transition
- By drediman
- October 6, 2024
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Last night, the New York leg of Hannah Gasby’s Woof! world tour opened at the historic playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side. The show arrives … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The past looms large in Jez Butterworth’s haunted new drama THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA
- By drediman
- September 30, 2024
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Last night, the Broadway transfer of Jez Butterworth’s haunted new drama The Hills of California opened at the Broadhurst Theatre (the play premiered earlier this year in London’s West End). … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The irrepressible Sutton Foster lifts the goofy but creaky ONCE UPON A MATTRESS to giddy heights
- By drediman
- August 20, 2024
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This summer, the Great White Way welcomes a delightful and extremely entertaining revival of the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which arrives at the Hudson Theatre after a successful Encores! … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Crackling performances ignite Max Wolf Friedlich’s psychological thriller JOB on Broadway
- By drediman
- July 31, 2024
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Last night, Max Wolf Friedlich’s succinctly yet aptly titled Job opened at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway. The play premiered to great acclaim last fall at the very cozy … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cole Escola’s OH, MARY! arrives on Broadway with the tidal force of a bona fide blockbuster
- By drediman
- July 16, 2024
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Last week, Cole Escola’s runaway Off-Broadway hit comedy Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway for a limited summer engagement through September 15 at the historic Lyceum Theatre. Judging from all the … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Into the woods with reid tang’s ISABEL, a surreal dive into the unsettling world gender fluidity
- By drediman
- June 21, 2024
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Last night, reid tang’s new play Isabel opened literally on the stage of the Playhouse of Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side. A co-presentation by National Asian American … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – Back where they belong: Roundabout’s revival of HOME and Second Stage’s BREAKING THE STORY
- By drediman
- June 7, 2024
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This brand new theater season has seen the recent arrivals of a pair of plays that explore the notion of home and finding one’s place in life. Both feature central … Continue Reading →