VIEWPOINTS – Radically reconsidered revivals of American warhorses arrive on Broadway for limited runs: DEATH OF A SALESMAN and 1776

This past weekend, I caught — in quick succession — a pair of radically reconsidered revivals of staples of American theater, both of which have arrived on the Great White … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Stoppard’s panoramic, deeply personal LEOPOLDSTADT gorgeously excavates the playwright’s Jewish heritage

This past week at the Longacre Theatre, I attended Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard, arguably our greatest living English playwright (his plays include masterworks like The Real Thing, The Coast of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Martyna Majok’s empathetic, clear-eyed Pulitzer Prize-winning drama COST OF LIVING arrives on Broadway

Last night, Martyna Majok’s 2016 play Cost of Living opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club. The deserving winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Fresh blood infuses vibrant, campier life into the hit Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS

Leah Michelle isn’t the only one who made a splashy entrance in a currently running Broadway show last night (for those of you unaware, the Glee star made her highly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of THE KITE RUNNER is mired by dutiful, play-by-play storytelling

One of the first entries of the nascent 2022-2023 Broadway season is Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s seminal 2003 novel The Kite Runner, which I caught this past … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sublime Encores! revival of INTO THE WOODS shimmers even more eloquently on the Great White Way

Two months ago, I effused ever so passionately about the Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved musical Into the Woods at New York City Center. Thankfully, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The astonishing Dylan & McPherson musical GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY returns to Broadway for a limited time

Last week, I had a chance to return to Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson’s astonishing musical Girl from the North Country, which returns to the Belasco Theatre for a limited … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ageless Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse return to Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

This past week at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, I caught Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway revival of Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive starring the ageless and ever-distinctive Mary-Louise … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hilarious and incomparable Billy Crystal is the raison d’être of his own meager musical adaptation of MR. SATURDAY NIGHT

This week at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre, I caught the hilarious and incomparable Billy Crystal in Mr. Saturday Night, the musical adaptation of the 1992 movie of the same name (also … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hilarity doesn’t cease in Selina Fillinger’s shallow farce POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE

Also this past weekend, I caught Selina Fillinger’s new Broadway comedy POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, a relatively last minute entry … Continue Reading →