THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by Ben Platt and the incandescent Micaela Diamond, the timely revival of PARADE triumphantly arrives on Broadway

Last night, the timely, urgently-staged revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s 1998 musical Parade triumphantly opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Here was my review … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessica Chastain takes on Nora in Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down, clear-eyed Broadway revival of Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE

Tonight, the hotly anticipated revival of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House starring Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Chastain opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre. For those of you unfamiliar with … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sharr White’s stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s PICTURES FROM HOME is only half convincing as drama

Last night, Sharr White’s stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s 1992 photo memoir Pictures from Home  opened on Broadway at Studio 54. In essence, Sharr’s play is a family drama that excavates … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Adly Guirgis’s blistering dark comedy BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY arrives on Broadway

This past weekend at the Helen Hayes Theater, I caught up with the belated Broadway edition of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 2022 IN REVIEW: Theater, Music, and Dance

2022 saw live performances continue to emerge from Covid’s comprehensive grasp. In no particular order, here are my thematically grouped picks for the most notable happenings in the performing arts … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeremy Pope is utterly magnetic as Basquiat in Anthony McCarten’s otherwise clunky biodrama THE COLLABORATION

Last night, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten “opened” on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (last night’s opening night performance was actually cancelled at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hugely entertaining SOME LIKE IT HOT rides on an unstoppable wave of nostalgia and refreshed wisdom

Last night, the hugely entertaining new stage musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. Based on the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Audra McDonald is magnetic in Adrienne Kennedy’s slippery OHIO STATE MURDERS, the playwright’s long-awaited Broadway debut

There was much to celebrate last night. First off, the evening marked the Broadway opening of Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders at the recently christened and renovated James Earl Jones … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE MUSEUM OF BROADWAY is an immersive, playfully Instagrammable overview of Broadway’s past and present

Last weekend, I was able to visit and experience the new Museum of Broadway. Located just next door to the Lyceum Theatre on 45th Street (where the Tony-winning A Strange … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new jukebox musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is standard, crowd-pleasing fare (at best)

Last night, yet another jukebox musical arrived on Broadway when A Beautiful Nose: The Neil Diamond Musical opened at the Broadhurst Theatre. The musical follows in a long line of … Continue Reading →