THE HANGOVER REPORT – The pedestrian musical adaptation of PRETTY WOMAN squanders its shot at Broadway glory

Earlier this week, the anticipated musical adaptation of Pretty Woman opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Long story short, the pedestrian musical adaptation is unmemorable in almost every way … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joel Grey’s affecting, minimalist revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (in Yiddish!) emphasizes the work’s timeliness and timelessness

This week, I had the opportunity to finally take in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s well-received production of Bock and Harnick’s Fiddler on the Roof at the Museum of Jewish Heritage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Unfortunately, GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER is a totally new musical that isn’t

This week, the second of three new musicals – and certainly one of the dark horses – of the lead-in summer of the 2018-2019 Broadway season opened, Mark Allen and Ken … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Austin Pendleton’s austere, finely-acted WAR OF THE ROSES joins this summer’s other Richard III portraits

That most wicked of villainous kings Richard III is having quite the summer here in New York, where he’s being represented in three unorthodox productions. Not only is he highlighted … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s peppy musical adaptation of BE MORE CHILL addresses high school anxiety, eurpohically

This weekend, I caught Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s Be More Chill, which recently opened, triumphantly, at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. Adapted from the 2004 book by Ned Vizzini, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Marcus Gardley’s THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND straddles two worlds, thematically and aesthetically

Last night, I caught Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand in an entertaining, polished Off-Broadway production at New York Theatre Workshop. The play is a loose adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Fures’ glacial, immersive tone poem THE FORCE OF THINGS contemplates a cosmic/microscopic/spiritual consciousness outside of the human experience

Last night, I caught Ashley and Adam Fure’s wordless immersive art installation cum contemporary music piece The Force of Things: An Opera for Objects at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Stratford Festival 2018: An operation in transition, but no less mighty

I recently concluded my fifth visit to the renowned Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada (I had previously attended its 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2016 seasons). In short, the current 2018 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s LITTLE ROCK is well-intentioned but diffused

Earlier this week, I had a chance to catch up with Off-Broadway’s Little Rock by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, which is currently playing at the beautiful Loreto Theater at the Sheen Center for Thought … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shaina Taub’s joyous musical adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT makes a welcome return to the Delacorte

Last night, Shaina Taub’s joyous, smartly-truncated musical version of Twelfth Night opened at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, courtesy of the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park. Ms. … Continue Reading →