THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shaina Taub’s dense new musical SUFFS comes to Broadway, focused and ready to fight

One of the standout new musicals of the uncommonly crowded spring theater season is the retooled version of Suffs, which opened last week at the Music Box Theatre. Written by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jayne Atkinson and Tim Daly navigate romance vis-à-vis politics in Lia Romeo’s likeable two-hander STILL

Last night, Colt Coeur’s production of Still by Lia Romeo opened Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre just off of Union Square. Set over the course of a single fateful night, Romeo’s likeable … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE WIZ returns to Broadway in a breezy revival flush with joyous performances and an extra dose of Afrofuturism

Last night, the Broadway revival of The Wiz opened at the Marquis Theatre. The production arrives on the Great White Way after having enjoyed a number of months on the road (the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Owen McCafferty’s timely new play AGREEMENT dramatizes the events leading up to the Good Friday Agreement

This spring, Irish Arts Center remembers the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 by hosting the import of Owen McCafferty’s Agreement. Originally staged at Lyric Theatre Belfast, the acclaimed play commemorates the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The musical iteration of THE NOTEBOOK is perfectly pleasant, heart-tugging fare

This past week, I had the opportunity to catch up with the heart-tugging new musical The Notebook at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. For those of you unfamiliar with … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep continues its Friel Project season with a pitch-perfect revival of PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME!

For its ambitious Friel Project season, Irish Repertory Theatre has to date presented superb productions of Brian Friel’s Translations and Aristocrats. Continuing that successful trend is the Off-Broadway theater company’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sensitively staged musical adaptation of THE OUTSIDERS sounds gorgeous but could dig deeper

There’s much to admire about the new musical adaptation of The Outsiders, which opened on Broadway yesterday at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Based on S.E. Hinton’s widely-read young adult … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two new agenda-driven plays, urgently acted: Nelson Diaz-Marcano’s LAS BORINQUEÑAS and Kia Corthron’s FISH

Over the course of the past week, I had the chance to catch two ambitious, agenda-driven plays that deal with issues primarily born from racial and socio-economic inequalities. Both world … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Who’s TOMMY returns to the Great White Way in a sleek, punchy production, and it’s electrifying

This spring, the Broadway revival of the stage version of The Who’s Tommy — arguably one of the landmark musical productions of the 1990s — arrived at the Nederlander Theatre. The current … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Patrick Shanley’s efficiently plotted rom-com BROOKLYN LAUNDRY completes the playwright’s unlikely retrospective season

This past weekend at New York City Center, I finally had the chance to catch up with Manhattan Theater Club’s Off-Broadway production of Brooklyn Laundry by John Patrick Shanley. Shanley’s latest play … Continue Reading →