THE HANGOVER REPORT – A tighter, leaner MOTOWN returns to Broadway for a limited engagement

After a hiatus of more than a year, Motown: The Musical has returned to the Great White Way at the Nederlander Theatre tighter and leaner than the mammoth machine that … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two oversized spectacles double as Broadway-style musicals

This summer – just in time for tourist season – New Yorkers are being treated to two huge spectacles, Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular (the legendary venue’s summertime … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jesse Tyler Ferguson virtuosically takes on an army of characters in Becky Mode’s light-as-air FULLY COMMITTED

This past weekend, I dropped by the Lyceum Theatre to catch Jesse Tyler Ferguson (of Modern Family fame) virtuosically take on more than 40 characters in Becky Mode’s genial if … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stylish, uneven AMERICAN PSYCHO is a brash journey into the modern psyche, via the 1980s

Last night, I caught a performance of American Psycho, a new Broadway musical currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The musical, adapted from the cult novel by Bret Easton … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – For this critic, a return visit to HAMILTON confirms its place in theater lore

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton woke up this morning to the sweet record-breaking sound of 16 Tony Award nominations. Yes, believe the hype. I’ve seen the game-changing musical four times now … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The overstuffed SHUFFLE ALONG brings the Broadway season to a rousing close

Last night, the ambitious, highly anticipated Shuffle Along, or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed opened at the Music Box, closing the 2015/2016 Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Roundabout’s haunted LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT gets into your skull all over again

Watch out, the Tyrones are back in town and they’re determined to burrow into your skull, once again. Last nnight, Jonathan Kent’s breathtakingly-acted Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Parody on Broadway: Isn’t it time for something new?

Last night, I attended a performance of the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (RECOMMENDED) at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. This gifted comic trio … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A glorious mini-ballet fails to lift the otherwise generic TUCK EVERLASTING

Tonight marks the Broadway opening of Tuck Everlasting, a new musical based on the young adult novel by Natalie Babbitt about a girl’s encounter with a never-aging family. The musical, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessie Mueller wows with her own brand of pies in WAITRESS

Tonight Waitress, the anticipated and crowd-pleasing new musical based on the movie of the same name about the challenges faced by a pie-making waitress, opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. … Continue Reading →