VIEWPOINTS – THE BEST OF 2021: Theater, Music, and Dance

With 2021 behind us, the time has come to look back and recognize the best of the year’s performing arts offerings. No matter how you look at it, assessing performance … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY unearths the musical’s raw, beating heart without altering its essence

Why mess with a classic movie musical, especially one as widely revered as West Side Story? As a cinematic experience, the original film (co-directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise), … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of MRS. DOUBTFIRE sadly misses the mark

Last night at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, I attended a performance of the new musical Mrs. Doubtfire, which is based on the beloved 1993 film of the same name. If … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Marianne Elliott adventurously and stylishly reconceives Sondheim & Furth’s COMPANY for the 21st century

Last night, the stylish, highly anticipated revival of Company opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production’s opening comes on the heels of the passing of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Reassessed and rejuvenated: Checking up on Broadway’s post-lockdown THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA & THE LION KING

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to check up on Broadway’s two longest running shows – The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre (where the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lynn Nottage’s vibrant, vividly staged CLYDE’S shows a raucous new side of the lauded playwright

Last week, Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre, courtesy of Second Stage Theater. Having twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined and Sweat, Ms. Nottage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The tone deaf DIANA, THE MUSICAL has the potential to amass a cult following

True to its subject matter, the new musical Diana, the Musical has garnered considerable intrigue. Following a much buzzed about out of town tryout at La Jolla Playhouse, the musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alice Childress’s still relevant TROUBLE IN MIND finally opens on Broadway featuring a career redefining performance by LaChanze

Last week, Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Written in 1955, the play – a backstage drama about Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress who comes … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s LACKAWANNA BLUES is a loving theatrical memoir and a living monument to an extraordinary woman

This weekend, I got the chance to catch up with Lackawanna Blues, Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s theatrical memoir and living monument to Rachel Crosby (lovingly known simply as “Nanny”), the extraordinary woman … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Roundabout’s magnificent revival, Kushner and Tesori’s masterpiece CAROLINE, OR CHANGE has finally found its time

Last night at Studio 54, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s 2003 musical Caroline, or Change returned to Broadway courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The production, directed by Michael Longhurst, was … Continue Reading →