VIEWPOINTS – Fiercely feminist plays that still resonate more than 100 years onwards: Rediscovering Susan Glaspell’s THE VERGE and Cicely Hamilton’s PHYL

This fall, I discovered a pair of all-but-lost plays that fiercely champion feminism through their tenacious central characters, two women who have vowed to live their lives uncompromisingly during a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY’s 2026 fall season at Lincoln Center: From company premieres to indisputable Taylor classics

Over the past few days, I was able to immerse myself in a pair of programs from Paul Taylor Dance Company’s three-week fall season at the David H. Koch Theater … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Heavily reconsidered on multiple fronts, WANTED arrives on Broadway still in need of focus, but boy does it sound glorious

Last night, the new musical Wanted opened at the James Earl Jones Theatre, concluding its winding journey to the Great White Way. Having seen a previous iteration of the musical … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – French jazz chanteuses with international flair: Night-capping with CYRILLE AIMÉE and TATIANA EVA-MARIE at Birdland

This weekend at Birdland Jazz Club, I had the great privilege of night-capping on successive nights with a pair of French jazz chanteuses — Cyrille Aimée and Tatiana Eva-Marie — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – From Bowery to Barrowman: An account of night life outings with THE BOWERY BOYS and JOHN BARROWMAN

Over the past week or so, in between the covering the onslaught of fall theater openings, I’ve had the opportunity to sneak in a couple of night life outings, enjoying … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The destabilizing trauma of loss in Nick Payne’s THE UNBELIEVERS and Josep Maria Miró’s THE NICEST BODY EVER SEEN AROUND THESE PARTS

This past week, I encountered a pair of Off-Broadway plays, both riveting, that meditated on the destabilizing trauma of loss on families and communities that survive them. As always, read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Getting up to speed with the Apples in 2026, in real time: Richard Nelson’s latest installment WE’LL SEE finds the family retreating into art

For about sixteen years now over the course of seven plays — four IRL (That Hopey Changey Thing in November 2010, Sweet and Sad in September 2011, Sorry in November … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Nights at 54 Below: CHRISTINE EBERSOLE nails the essence of cabaret, ELENA SHADDOW ambitiously tackles “Nine” in its (near) entirety

This past week, I spent a couple of nights at 54 Below basking in the glow of a pair wonderful musical theater performers, two divas in their own right. Here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Embracing the chaos: In THE KICK INSIDE, Nicolás Noreña channels downtown avant-garde heritage, to gloriously uneven effect

Over at HERE, you’ll find The Million Underscores’ production of The Kick Inside (the play’s title is named after Kate Bush’s early-career album from 1978). Conceived and directed by Nicolás … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steven Pasquale directs Clifford Odets’ WAITING FOR LEFTY, infusing music and movement to bring soul to the play’s blunt didacticism

With all the agitation in the air these days, it’s no surprise that theater-makers are turning to Clifford Odets to channel their frustrations and take a political stance. In the … Continue Reading →