THE HANGOVER REPORT – Megan Hilty is smashing in City Center’s gala performance of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Last night, I attended City Center’s inspired gala concert performance of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun and had a grand old time. Indeed, it was one of those nights … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A.R. Gurney’s SYLVIA unsuspectingly cuddles itself into your heart, mind

When it comes to potentially inappropriate relationships with our animal brethren, what is it about the name Sylvia? Edward Albee audaciously explored the darker, sexual aspects of these relationships in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – You will love me, or DAMES AT SEA on Broadway

In this crowded Broadway season, I doubt you’ll find another show that’s as willfully old fashioned as the peppy revival of Jim Wise, George Haimsohn, and Robin Miller’s Dames at Sea which recently … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill’s THE BANDSTAND, directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, exhilarates

One of the most exhilarating, fulfilling new musicals I’ve seen in recent months – besides that juggernaut known as Hamilton – is nowhere to be found in New York. That’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Broadway royalty ignites THE GIN GAME revival

Yesterday, I caught the Broadway revival of D.L. Coburn’s 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Gin Game, starring two titans of stage and screen, James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. The play … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The rechristened MasterVoices produces a sparkling PIRATES

Last night I was treated to a sparkling concert performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (or the Slave of Duty) at City Center, courtesy of the recently … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – This FOOL FOR LOVE sizzles, crackles, and should not be missed

Part Taming of the Shrew, part ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and all Sam Shepard, Fool for Love (by Mr. Shepard) famously examines a scorching and inevitable love that should … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Douglas Hodge’s disorienting production of OLD TIMES disappoints

What a shame. On paper, this Roundabout revival of Harold Pinter’s Old Times at the American Airlines Theatre should have been a slam-dunk. Of Pinter’s plays, this one ranks high … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Deaf West’s devastating revival imbues SPRING AWAKENING with newfound emotional depth

Is it too soon to bring back the musical Spring Awakening? This is a question I asked myself as I walked into the Brooks Atkinson Theatre last night to reacquaint … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Revisiting Broadway’s Warhorses (Part 2)

As I explained in the first installment of this series published on August 24th, I’ve been busy revisiting and reassessing some of Broadway’s long-running hits during the past month or … Continue Reading →