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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Life lessons go down easily in Delia Ephron’s LEFT ON TENTH starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to catch up with the stage adaptation of Delia Ephron’s memoir Left on Tenth, which is currently running on Broadway at the James … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – All their tragic: Youthful ensemble storytelling drives Broadway’s starry, laid back ROMEO AND JULIET

Last night, the starry new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet opened on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Not to be confused with Jamie Lloyd’s unfortunate … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Radical deconstructions: The hyped Broadway revival of SUNSET BLVD. and the confounding SHOWGIRL at NYU Skirball

I recently had the opportunity to take in a pair of provocative productions by adventurous theater-makers that radically deconstruct recognizable works of pop culture, challenging audiences to look at them … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Dae Kim leads Roundabout’s pointed Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang’s YELLOW FACE

Last night at the Todd Haimes Theatre, I attended Roundabout Theatre Company’s timely Broadway revival of Yellow Face by Tony-winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly). A Finalist for the Pulitzer … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s brisk and unsentimental production of OUR TOWN is only occasionally revelatory

This past weekend, I also had the opportunity to attend the current Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s timeless and evergreen play Our Town at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Segmented into … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ayad Akhtar’s new play MCNEAL is a head-spinning if uneven vehicle for film star Robert Downey, Jr.

Last week, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Ayad Akhtar’s highly anticipated new play McNeal opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Akhtar is perhaps best known for having written … Continue Reading →