THE HANGOVER REPORT – MEAN GIRLS opens on Broadway, and it’s smartly crafted and winningly performed

Last night, the musical adaptation of Tina Fey’s seminal 2004 film Mean Girls opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre. Even if it doesn’t reach the the giddy heights of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Abby Rosebrock’s DIDO OF IDAHO at EST is a crackling new play

Yesterday, I caught Abby Rosebrock’s Dido of Idaho, a crackling new play at the indispensable Ensemble Studio Theatre. One of the great pleasures of seeing as much performances as I do is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Hayley Mills headlines the sophomoric comedy PARTY FACE

I recently had a chance to take in Isobel Mahon’s new comedy Party Face in an Off-Broadway production at New York City Center (the show is not to be confused with a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alex Lubischer’s BOBBIE CLEARLY is flawed but introduces a promising new voice

Last night marked the opening night of young playwright Alex Lubischer’s Bobbie Clearly at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The play had previously played Chicago’s Steep … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Plácido Domingo and a glorious cast make a strong case for Verdi’s LUISA MILLER at the Met

Yesterday evening, I caught the Metropolitan Opera’s triumphant revival of Elijah Moshinsky’s handsome, very traditional 2001 production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller (although the staging reads older than its 17 years). It’s fitting that such … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ROCKTOPIA is a rock-meets-classical music collision that counts on your endorphins being released

Last night at the appropriately blandly-named Broadway Theatre, I caught Rocktopia, a tourist-friendly concert that mashes up rock with classical music. Although the production is advertised as an opportunity to hear the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Bengsons’ new autobiographical musical THE LUCKY ONES is an ambitious, mystical follow-up to their HUNDRED DAYS

Last night, Abigail and Shaun Bengsons’ new autobiographical musical The Lucky Ones opened Off-Broadway at the Connelly Theater, courtesy of the adventurous folks at Ars Nova. I was a huge fan of this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Billie Piper scintillates in Simon Stone’s relentless, superbly staged YERMA

I recently had a chance to catch the relentless London import Yerma at the Park Avenue Armory. The play is Simon Stone’s harrowing contemporary update of Federico García Lorca’s 1934 play about a woman … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Edward Albee’s masterful THREE TALL WOMEN stuns on Broadway

Last night, the late Edward Ablee’s masterful Three Tall Women made its stunning debut on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre. The play won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – Albee’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The delightful OLD STOCK is a bizarre and beguiling new musical

Last night at 59E59 Theaters, I attended a performance of 2b Theatre’s Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, a strange but refreshing jolt of a musical from north of the border. … Continue Reading →