VIEWPOINTS – Song and Dance: Milo Cramer’s SCHOOL PICTURES and Jenn Freeman’s IS IT THURSDAY YET? artfully animate personal experiences

This past week, I took came across a pair of performances that artfully – through song and dance, respectively – animated personal experiences. Read on for my thoughts on them. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Awash in urgent music and dance, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB finds thrilling new life as a stage musical

Last night, the highly anticipated musical incarnation of Buena Vista Social Club opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. As a storytelling-driven adaptation of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In their latest solo show LESS LONELY, comedian Jes Tom presents a slippery sense of self

Last night, Jes Tom’s Less Lonely opened Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater. The new autobiographical solo show finds the transgender comedian updating audiences with the latest occurrences in their … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For the holidays, Paper Mill stages a timely, generously performed revival of Bock & Harnick FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

For its annual holiday musical, Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ has programmed a revival of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s classic musical Fiddler on the Roof. For those of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ruth Stage’s expanded LONE STAR brings depth to the material at the expense of satiric edginess

This weekend, I was able to catch Ruth Stage’s Off-Broadway revival of James McLure’s Lone Star at Theatre Row.  Set in the secluded back lot of a Texas bar, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lesson learned: Lynette Wallworth serenely reflects on HOW TO LIVE (AFTER YOU DIE)

Last night at BAM Fisher, I took in the the latest offering of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s storied Next Wave Festival – Lyette Walworth’s solo show HOW TO LIVE … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Channeling the past through music: Hershey Felder’s MONSIEUR CHOPIN and the Mloteks’ AMID FALLING WALLS

Music has the power for thrilling dramatic evocation when wielded in the right manner. This was the case with two works of theater that I came across this week, both … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mary Kathryn Nagle’s ambitious new play MANAHATTA draws parallels between two tragic histories

Last night, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s new play Manahatta opened at the Public Theater’s Anspacher Theater. After having had previous regional productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theater, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – York Walker’s COVENANT brings genuine Southern gothic horror to the New York stage

Currently enjoying an extended run at the Black Box Theatre at the Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre is Roundabout Theatre Company’s world premiere production of York Walker’s Covenant, which I … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A Recap of Holiday Entertainment (Part 1): An atmospheric solo CHRISTMAS CAROL at Merchant’s House and City Ballet’s definitive NUTCRACKER

There’s much to see and do in New York as we head into December, and this includes holiday entertainment. How to sort through all the offerings? In my first of … Continue Reading →