THE HANGOVER REPORT – Audra McDonald triumphs in a color-conscious GYPSY that exposes new nuances in the classic musical

Over at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway, you’ll find six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald getting the daily opportunity to sink her teeth into one of theater’s most iconic roles — described … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – THE BEST OF 2024: Theater, Music, and Dance

With 2024 recently behind us, what better time to take stock of the year that’s just transpired to highlight the performances that have particularly distinguished themselves from the pack. Read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Spector’s EUREKA DAY arrives on Broadway more relevant and pointed than when it first premiered

For my final performance of 2024, I chose to attend Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway mounting of Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The play has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An all-star cast animates CULT OF LOVE, Leslye Headland‘s deliciously caustic family comedy-drama

Last night, I had the opportunity to catch up with Second Stage Theater’s Broadway mounting of Cult of Love by Leslye Headland at the intimate Helen Hayes Theater. Known for … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Making their mark, again: TEETH is more biting than ever and ELF THE MUSICAL returns with an extra spring in its step

This fall/winter theater season, a pair of musicals based on movies have returned to New York in productions that improve upon their previous incarnation(s). As usual, read on below for … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Ravishing country music infiltrates musical theater: J.T. Harding’s MUSIC CITY and the Avett Brothers’ SWEPT AWAY

This fall, a pair of new serious-minded musicals — one under the bright lights of the Great White Way, the other secretively tucked away Off-Broadway in the upstairs performance space … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The peppy musical adaptation of DEATH BECOMES HER is elevated by leading ladies Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard

Last night, the new musical Death Becomes Her opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Of course, the show is the musical adaptation of the Robert Zemeckis’s 1992 film of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new musical TAMMY FAYE arrives on Broadway eager to please but provides little illumination and point of view

Last week, the new musical Tammy Faye opened on the Great White Way at the gorgeously refurbished Palace Theatre (in the process of getting its much needed facelift, the landmark … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The beguiling, refreshing new musical MAYBE HAPPY ENDING examines love through the eyes of robots

Once in a while, a musical comes along that breaks the mold of the tried and true and thoroughly captures the imagination. This week, an unlikely new Broadway musical has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Monroe Iglehart shines as Satchmo in the by-the-books jukebox bio-musical A WONDERFUL WORLD

Last night, the new musical A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical opened on Broadway at Studio 54, a fitting venue for a show centered largely around music and the … Continue Reading →