THE HANGOVER REPORT – Adam Rapp’s slippery THE SOUND INSIDE stuns on Broadway, starring an equally stunning Mary-Louse Parker

Last week, Adam Rapp’s two-hander The Sound Inside opened at Studio 54. The production marks the tour-de-force return to Broadway of the wonderful, seemingly ageless Mary-Louise Parker, one of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An unhinged, tempestuous Marisa Tomei leads a maximalist revival of Tennessee Williams’ THE ROSE TATTOO on Broadway

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ lesser known The Rose Tattoo opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei reprises her performance (from a few … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tracy Letts’ LINDA VISTA arrives on Broadway, Steppenwolf realness intact

Amidst an unusually crowded Broadway season of high profile new plays is Steppenwolf Theater Company’s production of Tracy Letts’ latest work Linda Vista, which opened last week on Broadway at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeremy O. Harris’s uncompromising, guttural SLAVE PLAY ferociously opens on Broadway

Surely destined to be one of the most provocative offerings in many a season is Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, which ferociously opened last night on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ecstatic FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME effortlessly makes the leap to Broadway, its free-flowing exuberance and unalloyed goodwill intact

Last night, Freestyle Love Supreme – which is also the name of the outfit (co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda) that performs the show – opened at the Booth Theatre, making the leap from Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Robert Schenkkan’s underwhelming THE GREAT SOCIETY opens on the Great White Way, continuing the LBJ saga

Last night, Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The play is the sequel to Mr. Schenkkan’s Tony-winning play All the Way from a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Florian Zeller’s THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, led by Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins, magnifies the angst of old age

French playwright Florian Zeller – thanks in no insignificant part to his frequent collaboration with English translator Christopher Hampton – has become well known in theater circles on both sides of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mentalist Derren Brown once again has my head buzzing with the Broadway edition of SECRET

Earlier this week, the Broadway edition of British mentalist Derren Brown’s Secret opened at the Cort Theatre. I had seen the show when it played Off-Broadway more than two years ago … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Hiddleston leads a stylish, utterly enthralling revival of BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter

This week at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, I caught Jamie Lloyd’s utterly enthralling revival of Harold Pinter’s oft-performed 1978 play Betrayal, which comes to the Great White Way after an acclaimed, sold … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – PHANTOM & CHICAGO: Broadway’s two longest-running shows are currently in prime condition

This summer, I had the opportunity to revisit Broadway’s two longest-running shows, The Phantom of the Opera and Chicago. Both are currently in prime condition, living up to their storied … Continue Reading →