THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alice Childress’s still relevant TROUBLE IN MIND finally opens on Broadway featuring a career redefining performance by LaChanze

Last week, Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Written in 1955, the play – a backstage drama about Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress who comes … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s LACKAWANNA BLUES is a loving theatrical memoir and a living monument to an extraordinary woman

This weekend, I got the chance to catch up with Lackawanna Blues, Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s theatrical memoir and living monument to Rachel Crosby (lovingly known simply as “Nanny”), the extraordinary woman … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Roundabout’s magnificent revival, Kushner and Tesori’s masterpiece CAROLINE, OR CHANGE has finally found its time

Last night at Studio 54, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s 2003 musical Caroline, or Change returned to Broadway courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The production, directed by Michael Longhurst, was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The decidedly avant-garde but deeply haunting DANA H. and IS THIS A ROOM unsettle and disorient at the Lyceum

This past weekend, I parked myself at the Lyceum Theatre to indulge in a fascinating Broadway doubleheader comprised of Lucas Hnath’s Dana H. and Tina Satter’s Is This a Room (for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The vividly acted and magnificently staged THE LEHMAN TRILOGY finally arrives on Broadway, triumphantly

Last week, the much anticipated Main Stem edition of The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini (as adapted by Ben Power) opened at the Nederlander Theatre. After garnering considerable acclaim across … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – On Broadway, Keenan Scott II’s THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN struggles to attain the catharsis hoped for

Last night, Thoughts of a Colored Man by newcomer Kennan Scott II arrived on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre (opening night was actually originally supposed to be on October … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Douglas Lyons’s winning if overly familiar CHICKEN & BISCUITS is the theatrical equivalent of hearty comfort food

Last night, Douglas Lyons’s Chicken & Biscuits – part of the parade of straight plays penned by Black playwrights scheduled to premiere on the Great White Way this season – opened … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The exuberant SIX finally opens on Broadway, and it’s exactly what New York needs at the moment

Last night, the highly anticipated new musical Six finally arrived on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. I say finally because the London import was supposed to have opened on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Broadway is back: A freshly-coated CHICAGO razzle-dazzles with a stellar reopening cast

Last night, Broadway welcomed back a quartet of its signature, crowd-pleasing musical productions – Hamilton, Chicago, The Lion King, and Wicked – which join the already running Waitress, Hadestown, and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu adds a whole new dimension to PASS OVER for its Main Stem outing

Last night, aptly at the August Wilson Theatre, I got the chance to reassess Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Pass Over, the first new production to grace a Broadway stage since pre-pandemic … Continue Reading →