THE HANGOVER REPORT – BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL leans in on campy parody and theme park spectacle, forcefully inducing nostalgia

This week, I had the chance to catch up with Back to the Future: The Musical which savvily opened at the Winter Garden Theatre earlier this month in time to lure summer … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Funny woman SUSIE MOSHER hilariously holds court during her weekly “The Lineup” variety show

Last night, I witnessed Susie Mosher once again hold court over The Lineup, her weekly variety show at the subterranean Birdland Theater (the show is performed at the famed Midtown jazz … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sandy Rustin’s amusingly nostalgic, tightly-staged THE COTTAGE makes for breezy, diverting summer fluff

Last night, I attended Sandy Rustin’s The Cottage at the Helen Hayes Theatre (note that the limited run is independent of Second Stage’s 2023/2024 season offerings). The 10-year-old comedy has the distinction … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tawni O’Dell’s new drama PAY THE WRITER goes through the motions and misses the mark

Last night, Tawni O’Dell’s new drama Pay the Writer opened Off-Broadway. The play tells the fictitious story of a successful Black writer and his parallel relationships with his gay literary agent and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Basketball Off-Broadway: Inua Ellams’ mythically-scaled THE HALF-GOD OF RAINFALL and Candrice Jones’s exceptional FLEX

This summer, a pair of plays with intrinsic ties to the sport of basketball graced the boards of two of New York’s premiere Off-Broadway stages. Luckily, I was able to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – True to his stage name, EL MAGO POP’s exuberant, narrative-light trickery pops wonderfully on the Broadway stage

Last night, the European sensation El Mago Pop opened his show on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. For the uninitiated, “El Mago Pop” is the stage name of one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – CAT KID COMIC CLUB proves to be another inspired musical adaptation for kids by TheatreWorks USA

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s classic Lucille Lortel Theatre in the West Village, I had the opportunity to catch up with Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, TheatreWorks USA’s musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In “Without A Song”, the golden-voiced JASON DANIELEY magnificently sings through a spectrum of emotions

This weekend, I attended Jason Danieley’s latest cabaret show, which concluded its two-performance stint at 54 Below lat night. Entitled Without A Song, the show gives fans of the golden-voiced … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The immersive stage adaptation of THE GREAT GASTBY is handsome and accessible, but could use a bit more poetry

Anyone familiar with my taste when it comes to the performing arts knows that l’m a sucker for immersive theatrical experiences. Indeed, I have fond memories of attending endeavors like … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The Great White Way may be a ghost town on Mondays, but things are hoppin’ late into the night at BIRDLAND

The Great White Way may be dark on Mondays, but not at Birdland Jazz Club, where Broadway and nightlife entertainers make sure things are hoppin’ late into the school night … Continue Reading →