VIEWPOINTS – At THE SANTA FE OPERA, insightful young singers enliven the warhorses LA BOHÈME and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Over the holiday weekend, I ventured out west to attend a couple of performances at the famed Santa Festival Opera, a summertime destination for opera fans — and a bucket … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ADAM PASCAL & ANTHONY RAPP continue to celebrate their friendship and shared history at 54 Below

This week, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp have returned to 54 Below to continue to celebrate nearly three decades of friendship and shared history. Most will be familiar with the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The penetrating gaze of Molière: Assessing the Off-Broadway productions of THE IMAGINARY INVALID and PROSPEROUS FOOLS

Last weekend, a pair of Off-Broadway plays inspired by the works of French playwright Molière closed up shop. Here is my assessment of them in hindsight. THE IMAGINARY INVALIDNew World … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Story ballets then and now: ABT puts on a rock solid GISELLE and premieres Christopher Wheeldon’s THE WINTER’S TALE

Over the past few days, I was able to take in a pair of American Ballet Theatre’s full length story ballets — one representing the classic gold standard, the other … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Queer defiance: JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND at Joe’s Pub and the return of H.M. Koutoukas’ MEDEA OF THE LAUNDROMAT

This past Pride Month, I got more than a whiff of queer defiance at a pair of downtown shows. Read on below for my thoughts on these performance, both of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Playing with immersive theatrical forms: Punchdrunk’s VIOLA’S ROOM at The Shed and Hermès’ MYSTERY AT THE GROOMS’

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to dive into the world of The Death of Rasputin, an immersive theatrical happening that recreated the Bolshevik Revolution on Governors Island … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dave Malloy’s singular GHOST QUARTET returns in a gorgeously reimagined outdoor staging at Green-Wood Cemetery

This past weekend at the gorgeous Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, I was able to catch the brief return of the singular song cycle Ghost Quartet, Dave Malloy’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Boys misbehaving: Emmanuelle Mattana’s TROPHY BOYS and Abby Rosebrock’s LOWCOUNTRY

Currently on the boards in the city, you’ll be able to catch a pair of Off-Broadway plays that dissect male misbehavior from disparate perspectives. As always, read on for my … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Where physical theater meets dance: The 7 Fingers’ PASSENGERS arrives at PAC NYC and PILOBOLUS returns to The Joyce

This past week, I took in a pair of shows from two athletic companies whose respective aesthetics reside at the intersection of physical theater and dance. Here are my thoughts … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In THE COMET/POPPEA, operatic worlds collide in logistically impressive if dramatically bemusing fashion

There was much anticipation surrounding the New York premiere of The Comet/Poppea, essentially a mash-up of two operas — Monteverdi’s 1643 Baroque masterpiece L’Incoronazione di Poppea and George Lewis’s 2024 … Continue Reading →