THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maria Friedman and company miraculously unlock MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG through the lens of regret and self-examination

It’s certainly no secret that Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along has had a storied but problematic history. Since its infamous Broadway premiere in 1981, the musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julian Rosefeldt’s immersive, genre-straddling film installation EUPHORIA hypnotically investigates the history and merits of capitalism

Last week at the Park Avenue Armory, I had the opportunity to catch Julian Rosefeldt’s Euphoria. The immersive film installation is a follow up to Manifesto (which was also seen … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Lincoln Center Theater’s fall offerings: Sarah Ruhl’s BECKY NURSE OF SALEM and Julia May Jonas’s YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXEGESIS

This past weekend, I attended both of Lincoln Center Theater’s fall Off-Broadway offerings. Fascinatingly, both imagine personal traumas through the lens of organized religion and history, respectively. As always, here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hugely entertaining SOME LIKE IT HOT rides on an unstoppable wave of nostalgia and refreshed wisdom

Last night, the hugely entertaining new stage musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. Based on the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Audra McDonald is magnetic in Adrienne Kennedy’s slippery OHIO STATE MURDERS, the playwright’s long-awaited Broadway debut

There was much to celebrate last night. First off, the evening marked the Broadway opening of Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders at the recently christened and renovated James Earl Jones … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The York Theater Company’s new production of HOAGY CARMICHAEL’S STARDUST ROAD conjures Nostalgia with a capital “N”

Last weekend at the Theatre at St. Jean’s Church, I ventured to the Upper East Side to take in York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road. The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE MUSEUM OF BROADWAY is an immersive, playfully Instagrammable overview of Broadway’s past and present

Last weekend, I was able to visit and experience the new Museum of Broadway. Located just next door to the Lyceum Theatre on 45th Street (where the Tony-winning A Strange … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the artful THE FAR COUNTRY, Lloyd Suh continues to excavate the painful history of Chinese immigration

Earlier this week, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of The Far Country by Lloyd Suh opened at the Linda Gross Theater. Mr. Suh’s new play follows on the heels of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Failed relationships that just won’t loosen their grip: Lisa Vaynberg’s THE GETT and Harrison David Rivers’ THE BANDAGED PLACE

This past week, I attended a pair of flawed but nonetheless fascinating Off-Broadway plays that featured failed relationships that just won’t loosen their grip, keeping the plays’ protagonists from moving … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new jukebox musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is standard, crowd-pleasing fare (at best)

Last night, yet another jukebox musical arrived on Broadway when A Beautiful Nose: The Neil Diamond Musical opened at the Broadhurst Theatre. The musical follows in a long line of … Continue Reading →