THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Lazours’ new musical WE LIVE IN CAIRO is an unsteady ode to “Rent” and Arab Spring revolutionaries

This fall’s offering at New York Theatre Workshop is the new musical We Live in Cairo, which arrives Off-Broadway after having been previously programmed at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – FIND ME HERE, Crystal Finn’s quirky family dramedy of manners, concludes Summerworks 2024

Earlier this week, I found myself back at The Wild Project in the East Village to take in Crystal Finn’s Find Me Here, the closer of another successful iteration of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Classical music highlights: A new work by Thomas Adès and Steve Reich’s iconic masterpiece returns

This past week was a memorable couple of days for contemporary classical music. Over at Carnegie Hall, music fans were treated to an anticipated new work by a major composer. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Searching solo shows that stare down life and death: Phillip Howze’s SELF PORTRAITS (DELUXE) and Dael Orlandersmith’s SPIRITUS / VIRGIL’S DANCE

This past week, I was able to take in a pair of intimate, searching solo shows that stare down life and death. Read on for my thoughts. SELF PORTRAITS (DELUXE)Bushwick … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At Birdland, MELISSA ERRICO conjures back “old” New York glamour with her love letter to the city (and Sondheim)

Currently at Birdland Theater, you can find Broadway star Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady, High Society) delighting audiences with her latest cabaret act. Entitled A Manhattan Valentine, the show arrives … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At TFANA, Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks lead Arin Arbus’s thoroughly satisfying revival of WAITING FOR GODOT

Last night at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, I caught Theatre for a New Audiences’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s seminal play Waiting for Godot. Originally scheduled to open … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Off-Broadway’s DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS is a rambunctiously campy send-up of Bram Stoker’s original

Over at New World Stages, you’ll find the Off-Broadway production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, which arrives in New York just in time for the Halloween season. Written by … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Laughing through grief: Michael Cruz Kayne’s SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS and Jackie Hoffman’s IT’S OVER WHO HAS WEED?

Over the past week, I came across a pair of shows from comics who used comedy to deal with grief, albeit in divergent ways. Here are my thoughts, as always. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Broadway’s MELISSA ERRICO celebrates the femme fatale and all things noir in her cabaret show at Birdland

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, cabaret and musical theater fans wil be able to catch Broadway’s Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain, High Society, Dracula, Passion, etc.) … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of comics remedy the winter doldrums: Julie Halston in DECLASSIFIED! and Colin Quinn in SMALL TALK

Few things can remedy the winter doldrums than attending a diverting comedy show. Over the past few days, I was able to take in a pair of inspired solo performances … Continue Reading →