THE HANGOVER REPORT – With its shocking power to both empathize and condemn intact, HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES arrives on Broadway

Pictures are worth a thousand words. These famous words of wisdom have been taken to heart with gusto by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich in their play Here There Are Blueberries, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Transporting dance theater outings: Taking a look at Sankai Juku’s swan song TOTEM, and sweat variant’s ADAKU, PART 2

This past week, I bid farewell to Japan’s Sankai Juku, one of the most distinctive companies in global dance, as well as immersed myself in the latest interdisciplinary by sweat … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Intimate, haunting two-handers I just can’t stop thinking about: Billy McEntee’s SLANTED FLOORS and Dan Giles’ THE CHARIOTEER

This past weekend, I had close encounters with a pair of haunting Off-Broadway two-handers that caught me off guard with the candid way they explored domesticity and the crevices of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Sometimes less is more: Theatrically embellishing personal and political histories in MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT and KING OF THE YEES

Also recently, I had the chance to take in a pair of new Off-Broadway plays — coincidently, both were originally performed in pre-pandemic Chicago — that resort to theatrical embellishment … Continue Reading →

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 →