THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ivo van Hove’s breathtaking and prescient production of NETWORK roars open on Broadway, starring a sensational Bryan Cranston

Last night, Belgian auteur theater director Ivo van Hove’s bold, brash, and altogether stunning stage adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 film Network roared opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The disarmingly straightforward and completely charming A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES warmly conjures the spirit of the holidays

This week, I was finally able to catch Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, adapted by Charlotte Moore from the writings of Dylan Thomas. The musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tyne and Tim Daley headline Theresa Rebeck’s predictable DOWNSTAIRS

Even for the standards of the prolific Theresa Rebeck, this fall theater season has shaped up to be a busy few months for the ubiquitous writer (she writes for television and is a novelist, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The entertaining THE CHER SHOW is self-effacing, and the better for it

This week, the Broadway season’s second jukebox musical opened at the Neil Simon Theatre, the anticipated The Cher Show (the first to open was the under-appreciated Go-Go’s musical Head Over Heels, which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Stoppard’s relatively brisk THE HARD PROBLEM poses large questions, with brilliant intellect and heart

This past weekend, I caught the New York premiere of Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater, courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater. This latest from Stoppard – … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of moving, surprisingly well-crafted WWI musicals brighten the Off-Broadway scene: THE HELLO GIRLS & ALL IS CALM

This weekend, I caught,  purely by coincidence in back-to-back viewings, a pair of new Off-Broadway musicals based on World War I events (the war’s end celebrates its centennial this year) – The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A new immersive pop musical breathes decadent disco life into the legend of CLEOPATRA

Last weekend at Chelsea Music Hall – a new venue located in the bowels of Chelsea Market – I caught Cleopatra, the new immersive pop musical by Jeff Daye and Laura … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alesha Harris’s electric WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT COMES DOWN is a rageful prayer from a bruised community

This past weekend at A.R.T./New York Theatres, I caught Movement Theatre Company’s What to Send Up When It Comes Down by Aleshea Harris. The performance piece is a powerful response … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play NATURAL SHOCKS features a game, likeable Pascale Armand

Last night, I caught the final Off-Broadway performance of Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play Natural Shocks at WP Theater. The one-woman play – which stars a game Pascale Armand … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alexi Kaye Campbell’s pungent APOLOGIA features a magnificent Stockard Channing as both hero and monster

I recently had a chance to catch the New York premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s 2009 play Apologia at the Laura Pels Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The raison d’être for … Continue Reading →