VIEWPOINTS – Reassessed and rejuvenated: Checking up on Broadway’s post-lockdown THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA & THE LION KING

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to check up on Broadway’s two longest running shows – The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre (where the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lynn Nottage’s vibrant, vividly staged CLYDE’S shows a raucous new side of the lauded playwright

Last week, Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre, courtesy of Second Stage Theater. Having twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Ruined and Sweat, Ms. Nottage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The tone deaf DIANA, THE MUSICAL has the potential to amass a cult following

True to its subject matter, the new musical Diana, the Musical has garnered considerable intrigue. Following a much buzzed about out of town tryout at La Jolla Playhouse, the musical … Continue Reading →

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 →