VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Dueling MAGIC FLUTEs, a pair of exceptional Shakespeare productions, and a moving dance/documentary tribute to Alvin Ailey

Aside last week’s main attraction (that would be “Hamilfilm”), I also had the opportunity to stream other fine performing arts related entertainment. Here are my thoughts. OPERA Last week can … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Highlights include MacMillan’s MANON, Glass’s SATYAGRAHA & AKHNATEN, and the stage adaptation of SMALL ISLAND

Happy Pride Weekend! Here are my thoughts on this past week’s batch of viewings … DANCE This weekend, I caught a performance of English National Ballet’s production of Manon (RECOMMENDED), Kenneth MacMillan’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Dairy: Theater via Zoom, Renée Fleming x2, and [Musicals] Live!

And so, the quarantining continues, and so does my at-home streaming of performing arts content. Here’s the latest crop of viewings and my associated thoughts. THEATER In terms of theater … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: A Tom Hiddleston-led CORIOLANUS, Alvin Ailey graciously dances through the hurt in ODE, and Karita Mattila goes for the jugular as SALOME

As I quickly approach the three-month mark of lockdown, I remain thankful for the quantity and quality of the performing arts content that I’ve been able to stream on a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Dueling FAUST operas, an exceptional TURANDOT, and the end of City Ballet’s Digital Spring Season

And so the quarantining continues, as does my performing arts streaming. Here are my latest thoughts … OPERA Over the past week or so, I streamed three performances of note, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: City Ballet unleashes a diverse set, the Met’s 2008 PETER GRIMES stops the heart, and a pair of short plays disarm

And so, Week Nine (!) of lockdown has come and gone in New York. As mentioned before, I’ve largely kept sane thanks to the performing arts content that I’ve been … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Exuberant dancing from City Ballet, a set of captivating opera productions, the invaluable “Stars in the House”, and a little-known Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

Eight weeks of quarantine have come and gone, and I think I would have already gone mad had it not been for the performances I’ve been able to stream at … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The Met and Sondheim, two pillars of the arts, held up amidst the lockdown and celebrated with considerable style

In light of the bleak uncertainty facing the performing arts during the ongoing lockdown, I’ve been inspired by the valiant and nimble efforts of artists (and administrators) to band together and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Richard Strauss’s ELEKTRA, Bryony Lavery’s TREASURE ISLAND, George Balanchine’s ALLEGRO BRILLANTE, and Robert O’Hara’s GATHER

Like many performing arts fans out there, I’ve been steadily streaming content to enjoy in lieu of attending live performances (which, pre-pandemic, I used to do pretty much on a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In PRIME, Heather Christian’s untethered imagination sets the act of prayer free

Lucky for us in our current fraught times, Playwrights Horizons was ahead of the curve when it started commissioning its audio-only Soundstage series. The aptly named Heather Christian’s Prime: A Practical Breviary – which I … Continue Reading →