THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kander & Ebb’s (& Miranda’s) NEW YORK, NEW YORK is a flawed yet satisfying love letter to the Big Apple

Last weekend, I attended the highly anticipated new musical New York, New York at the St. James Theatre. Loosely adapted from the 1977 film of the same name (starring the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Larissa FastHorse’s pointed satire THE THANKSGIVING PLAY arrives on Broadway sharper than ever

Last night at the Helen Hayes Theatre, I attended Second Stage’s Broadway mounting of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, which arrives on the Great White Way after having played Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Auburn’s elegant two-hander SUMMER, 1976 is magnificently anchored by Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht

Last night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, David Auburn’s new play Summer, 1976 opened courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club, marking the last new play entry on Broadway in an … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Hayes disappears into Oscar Levant in Doug Wright’s workmanlike new play GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR

Last night, Doug Wright’s new play Good Night, Oscar opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. The play ran previously at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre where it received encouraging critical notices. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – J2 Spotlight winningly commences its 2023 season with a rare revival of Kander & Ebb’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR

This past weekend, I caught one of the final performances of J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company’s revival of Woman of the Year. The production commences J2 Spotlight’s 2023 season, which … Continue Reading →

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 →