THE HANGOVER REPORT – The national tour of THE WIZARD OF OZ is a shadow of what it once was

I recently caught Troika Entertainment’s national tour of The Wizard of Oz at the National Theatre in Washington, DC. The show is the expanded version which successfully played the famous … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rodgers and Sondheim’s DO I HEAR A WALTZ? is reexamined, courtesy of Encores!

Until Encores! revival earlier this week at City Center, I had never seen (and had only heard juicy stories about) Do I Hear a Waltz?, the 1965 musical on which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NoFit State’s BIANCO presents circus as house party

Hailing from Cardiff, Wales, NoFit State is one of the leading circus troupes in the UK (although its members also come from Spain, France, and beyond) and is known for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Carlo Colla & Sons’ marionette adaptation of THE PIED PIPER is visually enchanting

On Sunday, I caught Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company’s soulful adaptation of The Pied Piper at The New Victory Theater. Based in Milan (where they have their own theater!), … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A terrific revival of Richard Bean’s raucous TOAST gets 59E59’s Brits Off-Broadway festival off to an auspicious start

Any serious New York theatergoer knows that 59E59’s Brits Off-Broadway is one of the key festivals on the theater calendar. It gives local audiences the privileged opportunity to sample some … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jesse Tyler Ferguson virtuosically takes on an army of characters in Becky Mode’s light-as-air FULLY COMMITTED

This past weekend, I dropped by the Lyceum Theatre to catch Jesse Tyler Ferguson (of Modern Family fame) virtuosically take on more than 40 characters in Becky Mode’s genial if … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Compagnia Finzi Pasca’s whimsical LA VERITÁ invokes Dalí at BAM

The contemporary cirus troupe Compagnia Finzi Pasca is currently in the midst of a brief residency at the Brooklyn Academic of Music with its latest show La Veritá, a charming, somewhat … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The New Group’s traveling THE SENSUALITY PARTY talks dirty, and it’s surprisingly great theater

Yesterday afternoon, I trudged up to the Bronx to catch The New Group’s traveling, albeit site-specific, performance of Justin Kuritzkes’s The Sensuality Party at Lehman College. You see, the play … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nina Stemme stuns as ELEKTRA in Patrice Chéreau’s insightful new production at the Met

My self-curated season at the Metropolitan Opera was recently brought to a smashing close by the late, great Patrice Chéreau’s deeply insightful new production of Elektra, Richard Strauss’s seething and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones are emotionally shattering in the solid DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Yesterday afternoon, I caught a matinee performance of Dear Evan Hansen at Second Stage Theatre. I had seen the musical – a variation on the impactful Next to Normal for … Continue Reading →