THE HANGOVER REPORT – Siegfried Tieber’s intimate, immersive SEE/SAW brings out the joy in magic

This past weekend, I attended a performance of Ecuadorian magician Siegfried Tieber’s See/Saw, a slight but highly entertaining one man magic show presented by Atlas Obscura, an organization committed to bringing the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NAATCO’s ambitious two-part HENRY VI is strikingly staged and clearly told

This weekend, I took in The National Asian American Theatre Company’s (or “NAATCO’s”) ambitious Off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s Henry VI at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres (a welcome and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mike Birbiglia’s skillfully-crafted, ambivalent THE NEW ONE honestly deliberates his new role: fatherhood

This afternoon, Mike Birbiglia’s latest solo show The New One ends its Off-Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Luckily, I was able to catch this sold out hit, which began its … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The breezy, smart NEUROSIS is a Woody Allen flick come to sassy musical comedy life

This past weekend, Greg Edwards, Ben Green, and Allan Rice’s new musical Neurosis, cleverly subtitled “A Musical that Gets in Your Head”, opened Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre. The piece depicts two … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep revives a ravishingly-sung ON A CLEAR DAY, that Lerner and Lane curiosity with a sterling score

Let’s get it out of the way. My thoughts on Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s 1965 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever haven’t changed – it’s still one of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The pedestrian musical adaptation of PRETTY WOMAN squanders its shot at Broadway glory

Earlier this week, the anticipated musical adaptation of Pretty Woman opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Long story short, the pedestrian musical adaptation is unmemorable in almost every way … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joel Grey’s affecting, minimalist revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (in Yiddish!) emphasizes the work’s timeliness and timelessness

This week, I had the opportunity to finally take in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s well-received production of Bock and Harnick’s Fiddler on the Roof at the Museum of Jewish Heritage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Unfortunately, GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER is a totally new musical that isn’t

This week, the second of three new musicals – and certainly one of the dark horses – of the lead-in summer of the 2018-2019 Broadway season opened, Mark Allen and Ken … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Austin Pendleton’s austere, finely-acted WAR OF THE ROSES joins this summer’s other Richard III portraits

That most wicked of villainous kings Richard III is having quite the summer here in New York, where he’s being represented in three unorthodox productions. Not only is he highlighted … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s peppy musical adaptation of BE MORE CHILL addresses high school anxiety, eurpohically

This weekend, I caught Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s Be More Chill, which recently opened, triumphantly, at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Adapted from the 2004 book by Ned Vizzini, the … Continue Reading →