THE HANGOVER REPORT – The exhilarating HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD opens on Broadway, and there’s real magic in it

Last night, one of the most hotly anticipated shows in many a Broadway season opened at the significantly re-designed Lyric Theater. Yep, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – An unexpected PYGMALION-fest: A sterling MY FAIR LADY and a penetrating Bedlam treatment

Perhaps inadvertently, New York has been having quite a mini-Pygmalion festival this winter. It started a few weeks ago with two very different one-act operatic adaptations (one by Donizetti, the other by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Broadway revival of CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD is dated, albeit urgently performed

This week saw the opening of the first Broadway revival of Mark Medoff’s 1980 play Children of a Lesser God at Studio 54. So how has the play held up? Well, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL is richly and rewardingly revived on Broadway

One of the most formative theater experiences for me as a young theatergoer was experiencing, as a teenager, Nicholas Hytner’s transporting 1994 National Theatre revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MEAN GIRLS opens on Broadway, and it’s smartly crafted and winningly performed

Last night, the musical adaptation of Tina Fey’s seminal 2004 film Mean Girls opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre. Even if it doesn’t reach the the giddy heights of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ROCKTOPIA is a rock-meets-classical music collision that counts on your endorphins being released

Last night at the appropriately blandly-named Broadway Theatre, I caught Rocktopia, a tourist-friendly concert that mashes up rock with classical music. Although the production is advertised as an opportunity to hear the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Edward Albee’s masterful THREE TALL WOMEN stuns on Broadway

Last night, the late Edward Ablee’s masterful Three Tall Women made its stunning debut on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The play won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Albee’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenneth Lonergan’s gently heartbreaking LOBBY HERO marks Second Stage’s straight-to-Broadway debut

With Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, Second Stage makes its straight-to-Broadway debut, re-inaugurating the cleanly refurbished Helen Hayes Theatre at the same time. I’ve long had a soft spot for Mr. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tony Kushner’s magisterial ANGELS IN AMERICA blazes anew, still pulsating with life and urgency

Last night, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America returned to New York in its first Broadway revival, via a transfer of the acclaimed National Theatre production, helmed by Marianne Elliott (the in-demand director … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Disney’s highly anticipated stage adaptation of FROZEN still suffers from tonal and structural problems

Last night, Disney’s highly anticipated stage adaptation of the blockbuster animated feature film Frozen opened on the Great White Way at the St. James Theatre. Long story short, it’s an altogether muddled … Continue Reading →