THE HANGOVER REPORT – The more the merrier: SETH SIKES & FRIENDS celebrate Judy Garland’s 103rd birthday in style at 54 Below

Last night at 54 Below, Seth Sikes and a few of his cabaret colleagues celebrated the iconic Judy Garland’s birthday in style. Appropriately billed as Seth Sikes and Friends Celebrate … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Despite its competing agendas, Christin Eve Cato’s raucously acted O.K.! mostly hits the mark

A few hours prior to the Tony Awards last Sunday, I managed to squeeze in the final performance of Intar Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of O.K.! by Christin Eve Cato (as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Fine acting elevates LUNAR ECLIPSE, Donald Margulies’ moderately captivating new romantic two-hander

This past weekend at the Pershing Square Signature Center, I was able to catch Donald Margulies’ latest play Lunar Eclipse courtesy of Second Stage Theater (the play was previously scene … Continue Reading →

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs "The Holy Blues" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (photo courtesy of the company).

THE HANGOVER REPORT – AILEY returns to BAM with a spirituality-fueled bill, including a world premiere by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

This week, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. For this relatively short late spring engagement (performances conclude this Sunday), … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of Off-Broadway revivals dissect human yearning: William Inge’s BUS STOP at CSC and Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE at Signature

This past week, I was able to catch a pair of Off-Broadway revivals that seek to unpack and dissect the throbbing ache that is human yearning. As per usual, read … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – John Adams’ operatic adaptation of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA faithfully channels Shakespeare but makes for unfocused opera

This week at the Metropolitan Opera, I finally caught up with John Adams’ operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Adams’ new two act opera follows in the footsteps of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – CHIAROSCURO interrogates the correlation between beauty and skin tone in the Black community

Last night downtown at The Flea, I caught the world premiere play Chiaroscuro: A Light and Dark Skin Comedy by Black Arts Movement writer Aishah Rahman. Presented by National Black … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – June is bustin’ out all over: Ten shows to see this Pride Month

After a dreary, rainy lead-in, can you believe we’ve once again found ourselves in sunny June? That means Pride Month is upon us! In no particular order, here are my … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: Ayodele Casel reminisces on her roots in THE REMIX and Ballet Hispanico brings back CARMEN.MAQUIA

This week in dance, I was able to catch tap master Ayodele Casel reminisce on her roots at The Joyce Theater and Ballet Hispanico dance a full length story ballet … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Amber Iman shimmers in the enjoyable, by-the-numbers new musical GODDESS at The Public Theater

This spring, the long-in-gestation musical Goddess has arrived at The Public Theater’s storied Newman Theater. Featuring a score by theater veteran Michael Thurber and a book co-written by The Public’s … Continue Reading →