VIEWPOINTS – TEATRO NUOVO tastefully mounts a pair of rarely-performed bel canto operas, delivering inspired music-making and unforced theater

This past week on two consecutive nights at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the upstart opera company Teatro Nuovo – which specializes in resuscitating the bel canto … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dancing with their trademark athleticism and versatility, fan favorites PILOBOLUS returns to The Joyce to celebrate its 50th anniversary

This past week at The Joyce Theater, I attended a performance by Pilobolus, a fan favorite dance company that’s celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary this season. The company’s three-week, two-program … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Britney Spears jukebox musical ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME is exuberantly danced but otherwise only sporadically ignites

Last week, I had the opportunity to catch up with the new Britney Spears jukebox musical Once Upon a One More Time at the Marquis Theatre. The sporadically entertaining show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Juliet Stevenson stuns in the New York transfer of THE DOCTOR, Robert Icke’s astute psychological and moral thriller

This past weekend, I caught up with The Doctor by Robert Icke, an auteur who continues his association with Park Avenue Armory with this New York transfer (last summer, the British theater-maker … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A summer of totally “new” musicals: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO HEATHER, IN CORPO, LIZARD BOY, WALKING WITH BUBBLES

For a number of years now, Broadway has played host to an increasing number of musicals based on recognizable brand name properties culled from popular culture — whether it be … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bringing rock music to the masses: A look at the Off-Broadway jukebox musicals GOOD VIBRATIONS and ROCK & ROLL MAN

This summer on the boards of two of New York’s Off-Broadway theaters, you’ll find a pair of notable jukebox musicals that tell the real life stories of pioneering men who … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Brian d’Arcy James and Kelli O’Hara devastate in Lucas and Guettel’s coiled and uncompromising DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

Last week at the Linda Gross Theater in Chelsea, I had the opportunity to catch up with the highly anticipated world premiere musical Days of Wine and Roses by Craig … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In A SIMULACRUM, a playwright and an illusionist stealthily investigate the limitations and elusive promises of playing make believe

In A Simulacrum currently playing Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company’s subterranean Atlantic Stage 2, playwright Lucas Hnath and illusionist Steve Cuiffo have collaborated on a fascinating if seemingly unassuming hybrid … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s competent, solidly acted Shakespeare in the Park production of HAMLET leans in on the family drama

This week, the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet opened at the Delacorte Theatre. In many ways, the current offering at the Delacorte is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Christopher Wheeldon’s sweeping LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE is an inspired blend of theatrical storytelling and satisfying dance

Last night at the Metropolitan Opera House, I attended American Ballet Theatre’s ambitious and highly anticipated new ballet adaptation of Like Water for Chocolate (the staging is a co-production with the Royal … Continue Reading →