VIEWPOINTS – The Best of 2019

2019 is now officially a series of memories. Here are the best of them (in alphabetical order, by category).   BEST NEW PLAYS Ain’t No Mo’ (The Public Theater) BLKS (MCC … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – HARRY CONNICK, JR.: A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER is an awkward tribute, but the music-making is sensational

This week at the Nederlander Theatre, Harry Connick, Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter opened on Broadway for a limited holiday season run. To say that the show is merely a concert would be … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE ILLUSIONISTS return to Broadway, in the same generic form but slightly tweaked for the holidays

For about half a decade now, The Illusionists has been making an annual pilgrimage to Broadway during the holiday season. How apropos, therefore, that for the past two years – this time … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette’s JAGGED LITTLE PILL is smart and ferocious

Thus far, it’s been an uncommonly good season for Broadway jukebox musicals. Moulin Rouge reached ecstatic heights I didn’t think possible, while Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is making a bona fide … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jack Thorne’s genuinely heartfelt A CHRISTMAS CAROL on Broadway is necessary holiday entertainment

Over the weekend, I had the chance to pay a visit to Jack Thorne’s new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which opened last week at the Lyceum Theatre. The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE INHERITANCE, Matthew Lopez’s profoundly moving two-part saga depicting post-AIDS crisis gay life, arrives on Broadway

This week, The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The play is the latest in this season’s healthy string of new plays to open on the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW returns to New York, essentially the same but still radiating its quirky, much-loved charms

Slava’s Snowshow has returned to Broadway after more than a decade at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, where it opened this week. The show was created by Slava Polunin – who amazingly continues … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sensational Adrienne Warren dazzles in the otherwise merely mediocre TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

Last night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the latest in the seemingly endless parade of jukebox bio-musicals opened on Broadway. That would be Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, the British import that’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Byrne’s AMERICAN UTOPIA on Broadway is the jolt of euphoric optimism we all need

What’s the unlikeliest musical theater success story so far of this relatively young Broadway season? My pick would be David Byrne’s American Utopia, which is currently playing at the Hudson Theatre. Mr. Byrne … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – On Broadway, Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz’s THE LIGHTNING THIEF remains the scrappy cartoon it’s always been

Last night, I caught Rob Rokicki and Joe Tracz’s The Lightning Thief, which finds itself on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre after having played Off-Broadway five years ago and subsequently … Continue Reading →