THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Broadway revival of THE FRONT PAGE is ultimately cast iron entertainment

Last night, the revival of Hecht and MacArthur’s 1928 The Front Page opened on the Great White Way at the Broadhurst Theatre. Set in 1920’s Chicago, the madcap play is a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon Stephens’ deceptively straightforward HEISENBERG is anything but

When I first saw Simon Stephens’ two hander Heisenberg a little more than a year ago (also produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in one of its Off-Broadway spaces at City Center), … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The risks and rewards of high concept revivals: TACT’s SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER vs. Roundabout’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD

High concept revivals can be thrilling affairs. Take last season’s Tony-winning revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, in which Belgian avant-garde theater director Ivo van Hove stripped … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Roundabout’s HOLIDAY INN and Paper Mill’s THE PRODUCERS make for solid, old fashioned musical entertainment

With the recent closing of Christopher Wheeldon’s gorgeous musical adaptation of An American in Paris last weekend, New York was bereft of a soaring piece of musical storytelling in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon McBurney’s singular THE ENCOUNTER is a transcendent piece of theater that should not be missed

Yesterday, Simon McBurney’s singular The Encounter unleashed itself onto Broadway. When I saw the production last year, I hailed it as one of the landmark experiences in my recent years … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – CATS ascends once again on the Great White Way

Cats once touted that it would be around “now and forever” on Broadway. Well, if that phrase encompasses future revivals, then there may be some truth yet in that clever … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A tighter, leaner MOTOWN returns to Broadway for a limited engagement

After a hiatus of more than a year, Motown: The Musical has returned to the Great White Way at the Nederlander Theatre tighter and leaner than the mammoth machine that … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two oversized spectacles double as Broadway-style musicals

This summer – just in time for tourist season – New Yorkers are being treated to two huge spectacles, Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular (the legendary venue’s summertime … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jesse Tyler Ferguson virtuosically takes on an army of characters in Becky Mode’s light-as-air FULLY COMMITTED

This past weekend, I dropped by the Lyceum Theatre to catch Jesse Tyler Ferguson (of Modern Family fame) virtuosically take on more than 40 characters in Becky Mode’s genial if … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stylish, uneven AMERICAN PSYCHO is a brash journey into the modern psyche, via the 1980s

Last night, I caught a performance of American Psycho, a new Broadway musical currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The musical, adapted from the cult novel by Bret Easton … Continue Reading →