THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE MET ORCHESTRA returns to Carnegie Hall with the sublime orchestral colors of an all-Strauss bill

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024/2025 season may have officially concluded over at Lincoln Center, but the Met Orchestra continues on with a pair of June performances at Carnegie Hall. The first … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Chloe Misseldine absolutely stuns in American Ballet Theatre’s traditional, well-worn production of SWAN LAKE

This week marks the commencement of American Ballet Theatre’s full length story ballet-driven summer season at The Metropolitan Opera. This year, the company has opted to launch into the run … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jean Smart cuts deep as an aspiring writer in Jamie Wax’s otherwise pedestrian solo show CALL ME IZZY

Last night, Jean Smart (perhaps most recognizable to audiences as Deborah Vance in Hacks or Charlene Frazier in Designing Women) consummated her return to the boards of the Great White … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Krasinski slyly plays the victim in ANGRY ALAN, Penelope Skinner’s observant new play about masculinity

Last night, Penelope Skinner’s highly anticipated play Angry Alan starring film star John Krasinski opened at Studio Seaview’s brand new theater in Midtown Manhattan (in what was the Tony Kiser … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The more the merrier: SETH SIKES & FRIENDS celebrate Judy Garland’s 103rd birthday in style at 54 Below

Last night at 54 Below, Seth Sikes and a few of his cabaret colleagues celebrated the iconic Judy Garland’s birthday in style. Appropriately billed as Seth Sikes and Friends Celebrate … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Despite its competing agendas, Christin Eve Cato’s raucously acted O.K.! mostly hits the mark

A few hours prior to the Tony Awards last Sunday, I managed to squeeze in the final performance of Intar Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of O.K.! by Christin Eve Cato (as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Fine acting elevates LUNAR ECLIPSE, Donald Margulies’ moderately captivating new romantic two-hander

This past weekend at the Pershing Square Signature Center, I was able to catch Donald Margulies’ latest play Lunar Eclipse courtesy of Second Stage Theater (the play was previously scene … Continue Reading →

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs "The Holy Blues" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (photo courtesy of the company).

THE HANGOVER REPORT – AILEY returns to BAM with a spirituality-fueled bill, including a world premiere by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

This week, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. For this relatively short late spring engagement (performances conclude this Sunday), … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of Off-Broadway revivals dissect human yearning: William Inge’s BUS STOP at CSC and Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE at Signature

This past week, I was able to catch a pair of Off-Broadway revivals that seek to unpack and dissect the throbbing ache that is human yearning. As per usual, read … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – John Adams’ operatic adaptation of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA faithfully channels Shakespeare but makes for unfocused opera

This week at the Metropolitan Opera, I finally caught up with John Adams’ operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Adams’ new two act opera follows in the footsteps of … Continue Reading →