VIEWPOINTS – A pair of experimental Off-off-Broadway plays open: Agnes Borinsky’s A SONG OF SONGS and Talking Band’s LEMON GIRLS OR ART FOR THE ARTLESS

In recent days, a pair of new experimental plays opened Off-off-Broadway courtesy of some of the city’s most pioneering theater presenters. As per usual, here are my thoughts. A SONG … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Peter Gil-Sheridan’s THIS SPACE BETWEEN US explores the consequences of making life-changing decisions

Last night, I attended a performance of Peter Gil-Sheridan’s This Space Between Us Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. The piece is presented by Keen Company, which returns to in-person performances with … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MasterVoices hits the bullseye with its joyful, starry concert rendition of Sondheim and Laurents’s ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Last Thursday, MasterVoices hits the bullseye with its one-night-only concert rendition of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’s 1964 musical Anyone Can Whistle at Carnegie Hall (the venue’s iconic Stern Auditorium … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Prospect Theater Company’s hopeful new musical revue NOTES FROM NOW is already starting to feel like a time capsule

Last night, Prospect Theater Company’s Notes from Now: Songs of Resilience & Renewal opened Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters. The new musical revue features seventeen new songs from an army of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The affecting COAL COUNTRY returns to New York after its run was cut short by the pandemic

Coal Country has returned to New York at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre after its run was cut short by the pandemic in March 2020. The affecting play-with-music recounts the events … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Beloved City Ballet principals TILER PECK and SARA MEARNS branch out from the comfort of their home base to curate their own programs of dance

Tiler Peck and Sara Mearns have bigger things on their minds beyond dazzling audiences with their appearances with New York City Ballet. Case in point – with the company’s gruelling … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The legendary immersive theatrical experience SLEEP NO MORE resumes performances at the McKittrick Hotel

Earlier this week at the McKittrick Hotel, I returned to Punchrunk’s flagship production of Sleep No More, which triumphantly resumed performances last month following its pandemic hiatus. The legendary immersive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Newly relevant, Lloyd Suh’s captivating THE CHINESE LADY returns to New York

Last night, Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady opened at the Public Theater in a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company. Together with the simultaneously-running Out of Time, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Douglas Thompson gives a wrenching performance in Arin Arbus’s grim, probing production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Yesterday at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, I caught the final performance of Theatre for a New Audience’s probing production of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Although technically classified as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Angel Corella’s traditional SWAN LAKE for Philadelphia Ballet is inspired by the choreographer’s ABT roots but is also distinctly his own

Also down in Philadelphia this weekend, I had the opportunity to take in Philadelphia Ballet’s production of Swan Lake at the stunningly beautiful Academy of Music, one of the venues … Continue Reading →