VIEWPOINTS – Broadway’s first two musicals re-emerge from lockdown: HADESTOWN & WAITRESS

Last week on September 2, Broadway’s first two musicals re-emerged from lockdown – the reigning Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown and the audience favorite Waitress. Here are my thoughts on … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Checking up on Birdland’s pair of vivacious variety shows: JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY and THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER

Although Birdland has long been associated with New York’s storied jazz scene, the club’s location just off of Times Square in the Theater District has inevitably meant that a diverse … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In an act of supreme empathy, the sensational Arturo Luís Soria channels mommy dearest in NI MI MADRE

Last weekend, I attended Arturo Luís Soria’s solo show Ni Mi Madre, which welcomes back in-person performances at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, one of the edgier of the Off-Broadway theater … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – “Hadestown” stars Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney show off their distinctive personalities in their respective cabaret acts

I recently had a chance to get to know Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney – the two fresh-faced stars of Hadestown – better via their respective cabaret acts at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Although set in the future, Amy Berryman’s anxiety-ridden WALDEN asks tough existential questions for the moment

I recently had the opportunity to stream TheaterWorks Hartford’s environmental staging of Amy Berryman’s Walden, which recently wrapped up performances. Luckily, the outdoor production was captured on film and has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael Feinstein triumphantly returns to his namesake club with a beautifully balanced act showcasing the Great American Songbook

Like Dolly Levi descending the steps of the Harmonia Gardens, Michael Feinstein has triumphantly returned to his indispensable namesake supper club. Like many performers over the course of the last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Boss once again reveals his soul in SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY, intimately and poetically

Last night at the St. James Theatre, I attended a performance of Springsteen on Broadway, which has returned to the Great White Way after having played a celebrated sold-out run … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Charged evenings of dance: New York’s iconic companies share the stage at the BAAND Together Dance Festival

Last week at Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, five of New York’s most iconic dance institutions – Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Liza Birkenmeier and Katie Brook stylishly dissect white masculinity in ISLANDER, which ushers back in-person performance at HERE

HERE Arts Center is ushering back in-person performance at its Soho home with the Televiolet production of Islander, written by Liza Birkenmeier and directed by Katie Brook. For their latest … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THEATRE FOR ONE returns to 1:1 in-person performances to address post-lockdown trauma, and it should be mandatory viewing for all

During lockdown, some of the most memorable “theater” experiences I had were courtesy of Christine Jones’s Theatre for One, a fascinating theatrical endeavor whose aim is to bring potent micro-plays … Continue Reading →