THE HANGOVER REPORT – PETER PAN GOES WRONG expands upon Mischief Theatre’s extreme brand of theatrical shenanigans

Last night, Mischief Theatre’s production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. First staged across the pond in the U.K., the production comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Suzan-Lori Parks’s episodic, music-filled PLAYS FOR THE PLAGUE YEAR thoughtfully relives a fraught time

Last night, Suzan-Lori Parks’s Plays for the Plague Year opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. The aptly-named work – which originally premiered at the revered downtown theater last fall but … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bartlett Sher’s tasteful revival of CAMELOT puts the human and political drama front and center

This past weekend, I caught up with the highly anticipated revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, which recently opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The production is the latest in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Ijames’s boisterous Pulitzer Prize-winning FAT HAM feels at home on the Great White Way

This past week also saw the opening of James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (note that the production is not an offering of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julia Izumi’s surreal family drama REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE gets lost in maze of its own absurdity

Earlier this week, Regretfully, So the Birds Are by Julia Izumi opened Off-Broadway at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater courtesy of Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater. Essentially a family drama, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mary Elizabeth Hamilton’s SMART continues EST’s exploration of the influence of technology on the human experience

This past weekend, I caught up with Ensemble Studio Theatre’s latest offering, Smart by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton. The work is the newest installment in the Off-Broadway theater company’s niche series … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece SWEENEY TODD is superlatively revived on Broadway in its full gory glory

It’s been an uncommonly strong year for musical revivals this Broadway season. On the heels of the remarkable productions of Into the Woods and Parade comes another superlative Sondheim revival … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Christin Eve Cato’s SANCOCHO investigates and celebrates family and sisterhood via kitchen time

Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with Christin Eve Cato’s Sancocho, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s WP Theater on the Upper West Side. The new play comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zadie Smith’s THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN is elevated by a boisterous, scenery-chewing performance by Clare Perkins

Currently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater, you’ll find The Wife of Willesden, the debut play by award-winning novelist Zadie Smith. Originally presented by the Kiln Theatre, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – York Theatre Company gives Jack Heifner’s musical version of VANITIES a second look

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to drop by the Theatre at St. Jean’s on the Upper West Side to catch York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway revival of Vanities. The version … Continue Reading →