THE HANGOVER REPORT – STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is the theatrical equivalent of a summer Hollywood blockbuster

Last night at the Marquis Theatre, I caught up with the Broadway transfer of the theatrical prequel to the hit science fiction television series Stranger Things. Entitled Stranger Things: The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The dutiful musical version of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES has ample heart and melody

Over at the James Earl Jones Theatre, you’ll find the latest incarnation of Josefina López’s 1990 play Real Women Have Curves — this time around, it’s the musical version of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In VANYA, Andrew Scott singlehandedly takes on a Chekhov classic with brilliant panache, mining its humanity

This past weekend, I finally caught up with Andrew Scott’s much talked about performance in Vanya at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. First seen across the pond in London, the show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Groff is spectacular as Bobby Darin in the hugely enjoyable bio-musical JUST IN TIME

I also recently had the opportunity to catch Just in Time, the new Broadway musical at Circle in the Square that chronicles the life of pop star and teen idol … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the bittersweet HOLD ME IN THE WATER, Ryan J. Haddad candidly shares an autobiographical episode of love and romance

Over at Playwrights Horizons, you’ll be able to find Ryan J. Haddad’s bittersweet Hold Me in the Water, the latest in the the playwright/actor’s growing collection of autobiographical solo shows … Continue Reading →

Jeremy Jordan in Lincoln Center Theater's revival of "Floyd Collins" at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (photo by Joan Marcus).

VIEWPOINTS – Chasing the American Dream and the Great American Musical: DEAD OUTLAW and FLOYD COLLINS open on Broadway 

Over the past few days, I was able to catch — in quick succession — two musicals on Broadway that share more than merely a passing trait or two, namely … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT –  Łukasz Twarkowski’s sprawling multimedia vision of THE EMPLOYEES artfully interrogates what it means to be human

This past weekend for three performances only, Polish theater director Łukasz Twarkowski’s slow-burning stage adaptation of The Employees came and went at NYU Skirball. Blink and you’re likely to have … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT –  Children will listen: Emil Weinstein’s stage adaptation of BECOMING EVE is timely and bursts with conviction

Last night at the Abrons Arts Center deep in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, I was able to catch up with the stage adaptation of Abby Chava Stein’s memoir Becoming … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eliya Smith’s layered, baffling new play GRIEF CAMP basks in the lingering quality of loss and sadness

Earlier this week, Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp opened at the Linda Gross Theater courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. Better late than never, the production arrives Off-Broadway a few months after … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Emma Horwitz and Bailey Williams delight in their smart and very funny vaudevillian romp TWO SISTERS FIND A BOX …

Last night at HERE, I had the opportunity to catch up with Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods by Bailey Williams and Emma Horwitz, who … Continue Reading →