VIEWPOINTS – Potent American origin stories in theatrically unassuming packages: MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET and HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE

This spring, I encountered a pair of Off-Broadway shows that have landed in New York after successful runs at regional theaters just outside the city. Despite the unassuming, decidedly old … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – New opera is alive and well: Gregory Spears’ SLEEPERS AWAKE at Opera Philadelphia and Kaija Saariaho’s INNOCENCE at the Met

And just like that, contemporary opera is alive and well — In an unexpected one-two punch this past weekend, I was able to take in a pair of new opera … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – THE LOST BOYS and BEACHES: The requisite film-to-stage adaptations arrive on Broadway, and they’re better than you’d think

The last week or so saw the arrival of two film-to-stage adaptations to this relatively timid Broadway season. Despite some wide-ranging word of mouth, they’re actually better than you’d think. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Auburn’s PROOF returns to Broadway in a sensitively-acted production starring a beguiling Ayo Edebiri

Last week, I had the great opportunity to catch up with Thomas Kail’s sensitively-acted revival of David Auburn’s Proof starring Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle in their Broadway debuts, alongside … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – On Broadway, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is giddily revived in a thoroughly downtown manner

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s highly anticipated production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show opened on Broadway at what has to be the ideal venue for the cult musical, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At 98-years-young, the miraculous MARILYN MAYE continues to dazzle with her singular vitality at 54 Below

Every opportunity to catch the marvelous and timeless Marilyn Maye is an experience to be cherished. Such was the case during the sold out closing night of the cabaret icon’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The battle of the Firebirds: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM packs them in, NEW YORK CITY BALLET’s spring season commences

Over the course of a single week, I was able to take in two important versions of Firebird, courtesy of Dance Theatre of Harlem and New York City Ballet. Set … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In a number of notable debuts, a wonderfully game young cast takes on Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN at the Met

Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Opera brought back its production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, a revival distinguished by a handful of notable Met debuts. Overall, the performance seethed of Russian … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bringing parodic joy to Broadway: Transporting SCHMIGADOON! to the Nederlander, TITANÍQUE docks at the St. James

This spring on Broadway — in what seems to be reactionary to the fraught times we live in — campy, parodic joy has become the mode du jour, as evidenced … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne strike comic gold in Roundabout’s bubbly revival of Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS

Last night at Broadway’s newly refreshed Todd Haimes Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company unveiled a rare revival of Noël Coward‘s early-career play Fallen Angels. The production, which emphatically strikes comic gold, … Continue Reading →