THE HANGOVER REPORT – Both whimsical and existential, THE SHARK IS BROKEN examines the actor’s dilemma via the filming of “Jaws”

This week at the John Golden Theatre, I had the chance to catch up with Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon’s episodic new play The Shark Is Broken. A hit across the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL leans in on campy parody and theme park spectacle, forcefully inducing nostalgia

This week, I had the chance to catch up with Back to the Future: The Musical which savvily opened at the Winter Garden Theatre earlier this month in time to lure summer … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sandy Rustin’s amusingly nostalgic, tightly-staged THE COTTAGE makes for breezy, diverting summer fluff

Last night, I attended Sandy Rustin’s The Cottage at the Helen Hayes Theatre (note that the limited run is independent of Second Stage’s 2023/2024 season offerings). The 10-year-old comedy has the distinction … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – True to his stage name, EL MAGO POP’s exuberant, narrative-light trickery pops wonderfully on the Broadway stage

Last night, the European sensation El Mago Pop opened his show on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. For the uninitiated, “El Mago Pop” is the stage name of one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A decade onward, HERE LIES LOVE finally arrives on Broadway, thankfully with its immersive disco staging intact

I recently had a chance to catch up with the Broadway edition of Here Lies Love, which has finally arrived on the Great White Way a decade after ravishing audiences … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Britney Spears jukebox musical ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME is exuberantly danced but otherwise only sporadically ignites

Last week, I had the opportunity to catch up with the new Britney Spears jukebox musical Once Upon a One More Time at the Marquis Theatre. The sporadically entertaining show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The great Laurie Metcalf leads GREY HOUSE, Levi Holloway’s uneasy mix of deliciously pulpy horror and genuine trauma

Last week, the 2023/2024 Broadway season got underway when Levi Holloway’s Grey House officially opened at the Lyceum Theatre. Originally presented by Chicago’s tiny, envelope-pushing A Red Orchid Theatre, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kander & Ebb’s (& Miranda’s) NEW YORK, NEW YORK is a flawed yet satisfying love letter to the Big Apple

Last weekend, I attended the highly anticipated new musical New York, New York at the St. James Theatre. Loosely adapted from the 1977 film of the same name (starring the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Larissa FastHorse’s pointed satire THE THANKSGIVING PLAY arrives on Broadway sharper than ever

Last night at the Helen Hayes Theatre, I attended Second Stage’s Broadway mounting of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, which arrives on the Great White Way after having played Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Auburn’s elegant two-hander SUMMER, 1976 is magnificently anchored by Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht

Last night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, David Auburn’s new play Summer, 1976 opened courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club, marking the last new play entry on Broadway in an … Continue Reading →