THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mobile Unit’s HENRY V is workmanlike, with a monarch that’s more interesting than meets the eye

Last night, the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of the Bard’s Henry V opened at the institution’s downtown headquarters. The run at 425 Lafayette Street is just one of a number … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – George C. Wolfe’s entertaining, high voltage revival of O’Neill’s THE ICEMAN COMETH, headlined by a magnetic Denzel Washington, closes out the Broadway season

The 2017-2018 Broadway season came to a close last night with the opening of George C. Wolfe’s revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, headlined by charismatic movie star Denzel … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shaw’s SAINT JOAN is revived on Broadway, solidly if a bit on the tepid side

So the Shawfest continues, and I’m not talking about the one in Niagara-on-the-Lake. On the heels of Bedlam’s penetrating pseudo-revisionist Off-Broadway production of Pygmalion and Lincoln Center Theater’s major, meticulous … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Amelia Roper’s tantalizingly-structured ZÜRICH falls just short of its ambitions

The brilliant Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties isn’t the only play causing fictitious mischief in Zurich, Switzerland. Indeed, the aptly-named new play Zürich by Amelia Roper – currently running Off-Broadway at Next Door at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sensational Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s TRAVESTIES is hilarious, intoxicating

Last night, the sensational Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning 1974 play Travesties opened at the American Airlines Theater. The Roundabout Theatre Company production is a remount of Patrick Marber’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lucy Thurber’s well-meaning TRANSFERS is only moderately successful

Last night, Lucy’s moderately successful new play Transfers opened at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre, courtesy of MCC Theater. The play tells the story of two potential college transfers from low income … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The fleet-footed jukebox musical SUMMER is an enjoyable, well-oiled machine

Last night, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The musical is shaped in the same mold as two of Broadway’s more successful jukebox musicals, Jersey … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Ives’ THE METROMANIACS is pure hilarity in rhyming couplets

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child wasn’t the only production to open yesterday on 42nd Street. Practically next door at The Duke, a very, very funny staging of David Ives’ The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The exhilarating HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD opens on Broadway, and there’s real magic in it

Last night, one of the most hotly anticipated shows in many a Broadway season opened at the significantly re-designed Lyric Theater. Yep, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A rare revival of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE proves to be a timely and well-acted satire

This afternoon, I caught a rare revival of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s rarely-performed satire Happy Birthday, Wanda June at the Gene Frankel Theatre, courtesy of Wheelhouse Theater Company. Mr. Vonnegut is widely regarded … Continue Reading →