VIEWPOINTS – Basking in an eclectic array of joyous outdoor performances via DOWNTOWN LIVE & RESTART STAGES

Coinciding with some spectacular spring weather this May are a pair of outdoor performing arts festivals, each of which have programmed an eclectic array of acts – all free of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A DOZEN DREAMS: A sprawling theatrical art installation that thoroughly captures the imagination

Last weekend at Brookfield Place in downtown Manhattan, I attended a new theatrical art installation entitled A Dozen Dreams. As conceived and created Anne Hamburger, John Clinton Eisner, and Irina … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Breezy, campy fun with HOUSEWIVES OF SECAUCUS: WHAT A DRAG!

With spring in full swing and the pandemic looking as if it’s in fast retreat, what could be more appealing than indulging in some good old campy entertainment? Fitting the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – PARTY IN THE BARDO: Laurie Anderson and Jason Moran’s assaultive sonic memorial for a city in painful transition

Last weekend, I got the opportunity to attend the final performance of the short sold out run of legendary musician-cum-performance artist Laurie Anderson and jazz pioneer Jason Moran’s Party in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Expounding white dudes at the Kraine: Mike Daisey in SCOTT AND ANDY AND ALL THE BOYS & Liam McEneaney in SECOND SHOT

Last weekend down at the Kraine Theater in the East Village, I sat through a pair of performances featuring white dudes expounding … MIKE DAISEY: SCOTT AND ANDY AND ALL … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – In Brooklyn, a pair of in-person performances that uniquely and profoundly engage their audiences: 1:1 CONCERTS & ZOETROPE

Currently on view in Brooklyn are a pair of in-person performances that uniquely and profoundly engage their audiences. Here are my thoughts. 1:1 CONCERTSBrooklyn Academy of Music / Silkroad EnsembleIn-person … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 54 BELOW PREMIERES’s spring season features Jeremy Jordan & Marilyn Maye, who both command the virtual cabaret stage

During the pandemic, the gold standard for the virtual conveyance of cabaret has been Feinstein’s/54 Below’s “54 Below Premieres” series (previous wintertime offerings include Laura Osnes’s Broadway Princess Holiday Concert, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dancing in bold new settings: NYCB’s Digital Spring Gala & Omari Wiles’ NEW YORK IS BURNING

As restrictive as the pandemic has been for much of the performing arts, it has also necessitated that artists consider fascinating new possibilities. For example, during the past year, choreographers … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Melancholic puppetry: Justin Perkins’ UNICORN AFTERLIFE & Ralph B. Peña’s VANCOUVER

This week, I took in a pair of puppet theater works – one in-person, the other via on-demand streaming. It’s been a while since I’ve engaged in the art of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Opera Philadelphia’s magnificent concert production of THE DRAMA OF TOSCA meaningfully truncates Puccini’s warhorse

Last night, I ventured down to Philadelphia to attend the opening night performance of Opera Philadelphia’s concert production of The Drama of Tosca at the Mann Center. The Mann seems … Continue Reading →