THE HANGOVER REPORT – Caleb Teicher’s joyous SW!NG OUT at The Joyce catapults the Lindy Hop into the 21st century

This past week, I had the pleasure of having a terrific good time at SW!NG OUT , which is in the midst of a two-week run at The Joyce Theater … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The iconic JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, with vivacious openers The Illustrious Blacks, reopen Joe’s Pub

This week, Joe’s Pub reopened its doors at the Public Theater with a weeklong run of Justin Vivian Bond’s latest cabaret act Storming the Glamparts, which I attended last night. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met’s one-act BORIS GODUNOV, starring the great René Pape, is a striking and oddly satisfying operatic experience

Last night at the Metropolitan Opera, I attended a performance of Boris Godunov – a performance which has the distinction of being the first fully staged opera I’ve experienced in-person in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Off-Broadway impressions: Bedlam’s stage adaptation of PERSUASION and Lynn Clay Byrnes’ BETWEEN THE BARS

It’s been thoroughly gratifying to see so many in-person shows sprouting across the city in recent weeks. Indeed, in just the past few days, I was able to attend a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The exuberant SIX finally opens on Broadway, and it’s exactly what New York needs at the moment

Last night, the highly anticipated new musical Six finally arrived on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. I say finally because the London import was supposed to have opened on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – CITY BALLET engages Andrea Miller and Sidra Bell, in collaboration with fashion designers, to create new ballets for its fall season (to mixed results)

Last week at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet premiered a pair of new ballets for its Fall Fashion Gala. Instead of looking for … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Experimenting with and transcending form(s): ASUNA’S 100 KEYBOADS at BAM and HOLDTIGHT’s WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? at the cell

This past week, I attended two performances that experimented with and transcended form(s). Here are my thoughts on these interesting outings. 100 KEYBOARDSASUNA / Brooklyn Academy of MusicThrough October 2 … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – DEEP BLUE SEA & IT STARTS NOW: Bill T. Jones and Alejandro Cerrudo unveil artful evening-length dance creations

This week, dance makers Bill T. Jones and Alejandro Cerrudo unveiled their respective new evening-length works to New York dance fans. Here are my thoughts these artful dance creations. DEEP … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of new Off-Broadway musicals attempt to examine life in the performing arts: A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET and YEAH, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW

Currently Off-Broadway, there are a pair of Off-Broadway musicals that attempt to examine life in the performing arts industry. Here are my thoughts. A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMETDR2 TheatreThrough … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo clash and mesh spectacularly in ONLY AN OCTAVE APART

Last week, St. Ann’s Warehouse returned to in-person events when it commenced performances of Only an Octave Apart, an elaborate cabaret act starring downtown cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond and … Continue Reading →