VIEWPOINTS – Rare revivals to relish: City Center’s heavily revised PAL JOEY by Rodgers & Hart and MasterVoices’ top notch THE FROGS by Sondheim

Despite their extremely limited runs, I had the great opportunity this weekend to relish a pair of rarely staged musicals. Read on below for my thoughts on these uncommonly well-produced … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Susanna Mälkki leads the NY PHIL in an undaunted Ligeti Piano Concerto and a majestic “Pictures at an Exhibition”

This week at at Lincoln Center, the in-demand Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki returned to David Geffen Hall to lead the New York Philharmonic in a fascinating and musically satisfying program. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the compellingly eccentric HOW TO BE A DANCER IN 72,000 EASY LESSONS, Michael Keegan-Dolan meditates on a life in dance

Last night, I attended Teac Damsa and Gate Theatre’s production of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s compellingly eccentric How to Be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons, which is currently playing for a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nathan Alan Davis’s THE REFUGE PLAYS: A turbulent family saga kept afloat by love and ghosts

Last night at the Laura Pels Theatre, I attended Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of The Refuge Plays by Nathan Alan Davis. Set in the backwaters of Southern Illinois, the sprawling work … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maria Friedman’s redemptive revival of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG lands triumphantly on Broadway

Earlier this week (on Halloween, in fact) at the Hudson Theatre, I had the great pleasure of catching up with the Maria Friedman’s acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Hansol Jung channels all but the kitchen sink in MERRY ME, a raucous wartime sex comedy for the 21st century

Last night, Hansol Jung’s Merry Me opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. Jung has been enjoying well deserved success as of late, with her breakout play Wolf Play and its follow-up — a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In her highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut, LEA MICHELE sings her way down memory lane

Last night, Lea Michele made her highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut during which she sang herself and her adoring fans down memory lane. With Ms. Michele’s recent triumph as Fanny … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – CSC presents a smashing, timely revival of I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE led by a sensational Santino Fontana

Last night, Classic Stage Company’s production of I Can Get It for You Wholesale open Off-Broadway, and boy is it a knockout. Set during the Great Depression, the musical — which features … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: Dance Reflections continues to fascinate with CORPS EXTRÊMES and SOMNOLE; ABT concludes its fall season on a note of high emotions

New York’s fall dance season is in full swing, in large part due to Van Cleef & Arpels’ ongoing Dance Reflections festival. This past weekend alone, I took in a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NO. 9 delivers soulful, nourishing experiences in which reality and artifice are blurred through conversation

Last night, I trekked out to Williamsburg to take in No. 9, a new immersive experience from the folks at Roll the Bones. Immersive theater has long asked participants to … Continue Reading →