THE HANGOVER REPORT – ROCKTOPIA is a rock-meets-classical music collision that counts on your endorphins being released

Last night at the appropriately blandly-named Broadway Theatre, I caught Rocktopia, a tourist-friendly concert that mashes up rock with classical music. Although the production is advertised as an opportunity to hear the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Bengsons’ new autobiographical musical THE LUCKY ONES is an ambitious, mystical follow-up to their HUNDRED DAYS

Last night, Abigail and Shaun Bengsons’ new autobiographical musical The Lucky Ones opened Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theater, courtesy of the adventurous folks at Ars Nova. I was a huge fan of this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Billie Piper scintillates in Simon Stone’s relentless, superbly staged YERMA

I recently had a chance to catch the relentless London import Yerma at the Park Avenue Armory. The play is Simon Stone’s harrowing contemporary update of Federico García Lorca’s 1934 play about a woman … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Edward Albee’s masterful THREE TALL WOMEN stuns on Broadway

Last night, the late Edward Ablee’s masterful Three Tall Women made its stunning debut on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The play won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Albee’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR & IL PIGMALIONE/PIGMALION: The Met and City Opera synergistically counterpoint each other

I had questioned the resuscitation of New York City Opera when they announced that a traditional production of Puccini’s war horse Tosca would be the vehicle for their return. However, since then, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The delightful OLD STOCK is a bizarre and beguiling new musical

Last night at 59E59 Theaters, I attended a performance of 2b Theatre’s Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, a strange but refreshing jolt of a musical from north of the border. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenneth Lonergan’s gently heartbreaking LOBBY HERO marks Second Stage’s straight-to-Broadway debut

With Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, Second Stage makes its straight-to-Broadway debut, re-inaugurating the cleanly refurbished Helen Hayes Theatre at the same time. I’ve long had a soft spot for Mr. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tony Kushner’s magisterial ANGELS IN AMERICA blazes anew, still pulsating with life and urgency

Last night, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America returned to New York in its first Broadway revival, via a transfer of the acclaimed National Theatre production, helmed by Marianne Elliott (the in-demand director … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Pipeline’s new musical FOLK WANDERING is soulful, if in need of further shaping

I recently caught Folk Wandering, a new musical from the young, ambitious folks at Pipeline Theatre Company at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T., a wonderful new theater complex in Hell’s Kitchen. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joshua Harmon’s remarkable ADMISSIONS stealthily challenges the status quo

This afternoon, I caught a performance of Joshua Harmon’s remarkable Admissions at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater. Along with Stephen Karam’s works (The Humans, Sons of the Prophet), … Continue Reading →