THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lileana Blain-Cruz’s timely, outsized revival of Thornton Wilder’s THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH leans in on the work’s operatic absurdity

This past weekend at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, I attended a performance of Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (who is best … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Superstars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga headline Sam Gold’s confounding, curiously blasé production of MACBETH

This week at the Longacre Theatre, the highly anticipated revival of Macbeth arrived on the Great White Way, marking the opening of the final entry of the rollercoaster 2021-2022 Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The amiable Beanie Feldstein leads a streamlined FUNNY GIRL but can’t erase the indelible memories of La Streisand

Last night, I attended the hotly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre. Talks of a revival have been simmering for about a decade now with a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael R. Jackson’s deeply personal Pulitzer Prize-winning A STRANGE LOOP makes the jump to Broadway, triumphantly

Last night, Michael R. Jackson’s singular “self-referential” musical A Strange Loop opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. The production comes by way of Off-Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons (in a co-production … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steppenwolf actors shine in Tracy Letts’ THE MINUTES, a disturbing if somewhat flawed parody excavating American history

Last night, I caught the Broadway edition of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes at Studio 54. The production comes by way of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, arguably Chicago’s flagship theater company and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Martin McDonagh’s unsettling, darkly comic HANGMEN, now starring Alfie Allen and David Threlfall, finally opens on Broadway

Last night, Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen opened at the John Golden Theatre, nearly seven years after having premiered at London’s revered Royal Court Theatre. The Olivier Award-winning play was supposed to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ntozake Shange’s landmark FOR COLORED GIRLS returns to Broadway in the form of Camille A. Brown’s gloriously cathartic, life-giving revival

Last night, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Booth Theatre, the very theater where the landmark “choreopoem” premiered on Broadway back in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The starry Broadway revival of AMERICAN BUFFALO is a deliberately calibrated study of American capitalism vis-à-vis toxic masculinity

Last week, David Mamet’s classic play American Buffalo returned to the Great White Way in a taut, requisitely starry revival (the play’s third) at Circle in the Square Theatre. In … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stilted circus and dance adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE lands on Broadway with a thud

Last night, the circus and dance adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved novella The Little Prince landed at the Broadway Theatre with a thud. The production – which originated in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Debra Messing stars in BIRTHDAY CANDLES, Noah Haidle’s amiable, predictably sentimental examination of life

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Mr. Haidle’s new play begins on one Ernestine Ashworth’s 17th birthday and … Continue Reading →