THE HANGOVER REPORT – Awash in grief and anxiety, Hannah Gadsby’s WOOF! finds the famed comic in transition

Last night, the New York leg of Hannah Gasby’s Woof! world tour opened at the historic playhouse at the Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side. The show arrives … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The past looms large in Jez Butterworth’s haunted new drama THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA

Last night, the Broadway transfer of Jez Butterworth’s haunted new drama The Hills of California opened at the Broadhurst Theatre (the play premiered earlier this year in London’s West End). … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The irrepressible Sutton Foster lifts the goofy but creaky ONCE UPON A MATTRESS to giddy heights

This summer, the Great White Way welcomes a delightful and extremely entertaining revival of the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which arrives at the Hudson Theatre after a successful Encores! … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Crackling performances ignite Max Wolf Friedlich’s psychological thriller JOB on Broadway

Last night, Max Wolf Friedlich’s succinctly yet aptly titled Job opened at the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway. The play premiered to great acclaim last fall at the very cozy … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cole Escola’s OH, MARY! arrives on Broadway with the tidal force of a bona fide blockbuster

Last week, Cole Escola’s runaway Off-Broadway hit comedy Oh, Mary! opened on Broadway for a limited summer engagement through September 15 at the historic Lyceum Theatre. Judging from all the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Into the woods with reid tang’s ISABEL, a surreal dive into the unsettling world gender fluidity

Last night, reid tang’s new play Isabel opened literally on the stage of the Playhouse of Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side. A co-presentation by National Asian American … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Back where they belong: Roundabout’s revival of HOME and Second Stage’s BREAKING THE STORY

This brand new theater season has seen the recent arrivals of a pair of plays that explore the notion of home and finding one’s place in life. Both feature central … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, London’s hotly anticipated CABARET descends on Broadway, mis-judged

It’s fascinating to gauge how much of a delicate balance live theater can be. For example, take the current Broadway of revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s classic musical Cabaret (which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rachel McAdams is luminous in the Broadway edition of Amy Herzog’s quietly harrowing play MARY JANE

This week, I was able to catch up with the Broadway edition of Mary Jane by Amy Herzog. Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, the deeply human … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paula Vogel’s MOTHER PLAY encapsulates the many facets of familial relationships with elegant theatricality

This past week, I also had the chance to take in Second Stage’s production of Mother Play by Paula Vogel (a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1998 for her haunting play … Continue Reading →