VIEWPOINTS – At New York Theatre Workshop’s IN THE BRICKS 2026, mortality and aging were front of mind for the festival’s participating solo theater artists

At New York Theatre Workshop’s 2026 edition of its In the Bricks Festival — which concluded this past weekend — the notions of mortality and aging were front of mind … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Spring Off-Broadway revivals that brought something fresh to the table: Bedlam’s OTHELLO and Donmar Warehouse’s THE MAIDS

Looking back on this spring, there were two Off-Broadway revivals of classic plays that captured my imagination in fresh new ways that kept the works relevant. Read on for my … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exuberant cabaret nights: SETH SIKES celebrates Judy’s 104th, SALTY BRINE ecstatically leans in on storytelling, and NORM LEWIS is all giddy showmanship

With the 2025/2026 theater season firmly behind us, I’ve had wonderful recent opportunities to leave my cares behind and close out my lengthening days with exuberant nights at the cabaret. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Assessing a pair of dynamic installations: The artistry of happenstance in Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s CLINAMEN and Troy Schumacher’s TRANSLATION

This past week, I had the opportunity to take in a pair of unique installation-like experiences — each in drastically opposing scale — that paid careful attention to the artistry … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Classical music roundup: EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO is a vibe at The Met, LISE DAVIDSEN dazzles at Carnegie Hall with an all-Schubert recital

With the recent conclusion of The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025/2026 season, it seems a good time to look back at the final new opera of the company’s season, composer Gabriela Lena … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: Scottish Ballet dances a stylized MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, and ALVIN AILEY explores its legacy in its BAM spring bill

Blink and you might have missed them — Over the past week or so, New York saw the quickly successive arrivals and departures of two notable dance programs that lit … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Immersive theater roundup: Role playing in Bated Breath’s probing DIRTY BOOKS, spying intimacies against the vistas of DUMBO in THE CIRCUIT

Those of you looking for immersive theatrical experiences beyond Masquerade — and still mourning the closure of the long-running Sleep No More — can get temporary your fixes by partaking … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Avant-garde theater, uptown: Xhloe and Natasha debut Off-Broadway in AND THEN THE RODEO BURNED DOWN, Julia May Jonas’s A WOMAN AMONG WOMEN returns

Currently on the boards Off-Broadway are two decidedly avant-garde works that have found their way uptown to poke and prod decidedly more mainstream audiences. More specifically, these are Lincoln Center … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Coming of age is a harrowing thing: Eisa Davis’s ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||, Martyna Majok and Aimee Mann’s take on GIRL, INTERRUPTED

Currently Off-Broadway, you’ll find a pair of somber coming-of-age plays — both with a heavy reliance on music — that bring high stakes to their depiction of the journey from … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill Playhouse mounts a sturdy, traditionally-staged revival of WEST SIDE STORY

Perhaps with one of the few glaring exceptions being Ivo van Hove’s experimental revival that opened on Broadway just prior to the world-changing covid pandemic, Jerome Robbins’ singular vision permeates … Continue Reading →