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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Hayes disappears into Oscar Levant in Doug Wright’s workmanlike new play GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR

Last night, Doug Wright’s new play Good Night, Oscar opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. The play ran previously at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre where it received encouraging critical notices. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – PETER PAN GOES WRONG expands upon Mischief Theatre’s extreme brand of theatrical shenanigans

Last night, Mischief Theatre’s production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. First staged across the pond in the U.K., the production comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bartlett Sher’s tasteful revival of CAMELOT puts the human and political drama front and center

This past weekend, I caught up with the highly anticipated revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, which recently opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The production is the latest in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Ijames’s boisterous Pulitzer Prize-winning FAT HAM feels at home on the Great White Way

This past week also saw the opening of James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (note that the production is not an offering of … Continue Reading →