THE HANGOVER REPORT – The inspired stage adaptation of SMASH is an obsessive love letter to musical theater and the creative process

After what has seemed like a long and winding road, the stage version of Smash at long last opened on the Great White Way on Thursday night at the Imperial … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Benedict Andrews’ contemporary THE CHERRY ORCHARD injects compelling immediacy into the Chekhov classic

This week at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, I had the opportunity to take in the New York premiere of Benedict Andrews’ fresh new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, and company comprehensively celebrate the works of Sondheim in OLD FRIENDS

Last night, the latest in the growing number of high profile revues of the works of the great Stephen Sondheim arrived on Broadway in the form of Old Friends at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessica Hecht delivers a voracious performance in Neena Beber’s prismatic new play A MOTHER

Last night, Neena Beber’s new play A Mother opened at the Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the performing arts institution’s 20th anniversary season. Conceived by Beber alongside beloved stage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by the bubbly Jasmine Amy Rogers, the 21st century musical version of BOOP! is highly enjoyable escapist fun

Then over at the Broadhurst Theatre, you’ll find Boop! The Musical, a musical inspired by the iconic animated character Betty Boop. During the 1930s in the midst of the Great … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Adrienne Warren is breathtaking in the strangely lopsided Broadway revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Earlier this week at the Hudson Theatre, I attended the Broadway arrival of Jason Robert Brown’s pseudo-autobiographical The Last Five Years. Written in 2001, the intimate two-hander musical — which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Barrie Kosky’s heightened staging of THE THREEPENNY OPERA brings danger and seduction to the classic

This past weekend, I had the great opportunity to catch the storied Berliner Ensemble’s acclaimed revival of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Co-presented by the Brooklyn … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The daft new musical OPERATION MINCEMEAT arrives on Broadway, unapologetically silly (and British)

Last night, I was able to take in the Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat at the John Golden Theatre. Across the pond in London, the relentlessly … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Mental wellness and parenting: Joshua Harmon’s WE HAD A WORLD and Max Mondi’s MAYBE TOMORROW

In recent days, I had the chance to take in a pair of dramatic works that deal with mental wellness as it relates to parenting, particularly motherhood. As always, read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A multimedia triumph: Sarah Snook lives up to the hype in the stage adaptation of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

Last night, the highly anticipated theatrical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s notorious novel The Picture of Dorian Gray opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre headlined by Sarah Snook (who is perhaps … Continue Reading →