THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gabriel Byrne candidly excavates his past by wistfully WALKING WITH GHOSTS

Last night at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre, I attended Walking with Ghosts, Gabriel Byrne’s candid one man show based on his written memoir of the same name. The 72-year-old Irish … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For its 20th anniversary, Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering Pulitzer Prize-winning TOPDOG/UNDERDOG returns to Broadway, triumphantly

For its 20th anniversary, Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Topdog/Underdog has triumphantly returned to the Great White Way (has it really been that long?) at the John Golden Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning THE PIANO LESSON returns to Broadway, sturdily staged and acted

Last night, the eagerly awaited revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, headlined by film star Samuel L. Jackson and directed by his wife … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Radically reconsidered revivals of American warhorses arrive on Broadway for limited runs: DEATH OF A SALESMAN and 1776

This past weekend, I caught — in quick succession — a pair of radically reconsidered revivals of staples of American theater, both of which have arrived on the Great White … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Stoppard’s panoramic, deeply personal LEOPOLDSTADT gorgeously excavates the playwright’s Jewish heritage

This past week at the Longacre Theatre, I attended Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard, arguably our greatest living English playwright (his plays include masterworks like The Real Thing, The Coast of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Martyna Majok’s empathetic, clear-eyed Pulitzer Prize-winning drama COST OF LIVING arrives on Broadway

Last night, Martyna Majok’s 2016 play Cost of Living opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club. The deserving winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Fresh blood infuses vibrant, campier life into the hit Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS

Leah Michelle isn’t the only one who made a splashy entrance in a currently running Broadway show last night (for those of you unaware, the Glee star made her highly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of THE KITE RUNNER is mired by dutiful, play-by-play storytelling

One of the first entries of the nascent 2022-2023 Broadway season is Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s seminal 2003 novel The Kite Runner, which I caught this past … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sublime Encores! revival of INTO THE WOODS shimmers even more eloquently on the Great White Way

Two months ago, I effused ever so passionately about the Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved musical Into the Woods at New York City Center. Thankfully, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The astonishing Dylan & McPherson musical GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY returns to Broadway for a limited time

Last week, I had a chance to return to Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson’s astonishing musical Girl from the North Country, which returns to the Belasco Theatre for a limited … Continue Reading →