A cathartic play unpacks the pain of heartbreak with classic breakup songs: ‘As close to a universal experience as one gets’
Heartbreak Hotel draws on the wisdom of Céline Dion, Prince and Elvis, as well as a rich repository of literature about grief and broken heartsIn 1983, the Japanese doctor Hikaru Sato diagnosed the first medical case of “broken heart syndrome”. Seen in patients after a significant physical or emotional stressor, such as grief, the condition results in a sudden, temporary weakening of the muscular wall of the hea…