THE HANGOVER REPORT – BROADWAY & BEYOND: Reliving Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley’s potent final concert at Feinstein’s/54 Below

One of the things I miss most dearly in pandemic life is the ability to unwind and cap off my day with a cabaret performance and cocktail at Feinstein’s/54 Below, a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Assessing a pair of dance theater adaptations from across the pond: JEKYLL & HYDE and THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY

For me, one of the few perks of not having access to live theater is the opportunity to check out stage works that haven’t made it to New York (yet). … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – HOWARD is a moving documentary about the man behind LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, and more

Some of the most indelible memories of my childhood involve watching and re-watching, ad nauseam, a trio of Disney animated feature films from the late 1980s and early 1990s – The Little … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Week 2 of Manual Cinema’s retrospective, ROH’s Bryn Terfel-led “Dutchman”, and Robbie Fairchild beguiles in a short dance film

Here are my thoughts on the latest set of streaming adventures. Enjoy! THEATER Manual Cinema‘s 10th anniversary retrospective continued last week with The End of TV (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED), which tells the initially … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Free Stratford HD streamings conclude with an exceptionally astute TAMING OF THE SHREW

Last night, I tuned into the very last of the free streamings offered by the Stratford Festival (which has had to unfortunately cancel its highly anticipated 2020 season) during the paralyzing ongoing … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Manual Cinema kicks off its retrospective, and the Met and Royal Ballet stream classic productions of DER ROSENKAVALIER and THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, respectively

Last week, I streamed an eclectic bunch of performances. Here are my thoughts. THEATER First up was the streaming of the original 1957 broadcast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s filmed-live-for-television version … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ROMEO & JULIET three ways: As theater (Shakespeare), dance (MacMillan), and opera (Gounod)

Adaptations of iconic Shakespeare plays from into other genres of performing arts isn’t a new phenomenon. It is unusual, however, for these adaptations to attain the same classic status in their individual … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Royal Opera’s superb FAUST, NT at Home ends sensationally with AMADEUS, and DTH does Nacho Duato proud

As a heat wave hits New York, I found myself more than happy to indulge – indoors in my air conditioned apartment – in online performing arts content. Here are my … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s revival of THE WEIR transcends the Zoom treatment

Yesterday, I livestreamed Conor McPherson’s The Weir, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre. Seeing the 1997 play for the first time was one of the eye-opening experiences of my formative theatergoing years, cementing my … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mandatory Viewing: Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s COVID-19 first responders docudrama THE LINE exposes systemic socio-economic inequities

I recently had a chance to stream the Public Theater’s production of The Line, which was originally webcast live earlier this month. In the past, the writing duo behind the play – Jessica … Continue Reading →