THE HANGOVER REPORT – In its current VISIONARY VOICES program, City Ballet features idiosyncratic contemporary works by Tanowitz, Roberts, and Peck

Yesterday at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, I caught a Sunday matinee performance by New York City Ballet, which just concluded the first week of its ambitious spring season. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bated Breath’s intermittently successful CHASING ANDY WARHOL creates some striking tableaus against the city’s iconic vistas

This weekend, I participated in Chasing Andy Warhol, Bated Theatre Company’s latest walking tour cum immersive theater experience. The piece is the theater company’s equally ambitious – if less cohesive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ntozake Shange’s landmark FOR COLORED GIRLS returns to Broadway in the form of Camille A. Brown’s gloriously cathartic, life-giving revival

Last night, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Booth Theatre, the very theater where the landmark “choreopoem” premiered on Broadway back in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The inaugural CITY CENTER DANCE FESTIVAL concludes with a flourish: Martha Graham Dance Company & Dance Theatre of Harlem

This past week, the inaugural City Center Dance Festival concluded with a flourish, with both Martha Graham Dance Company and Dance Theatre of Harlem playing in repertoire (other companies that … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Paul Taylor launches the inaugural City Center Dance Festival and Mark Morris’s timeless, undisputed masterpiece returns to BAM

This week, the works of a pair of legendary dance-makers graced the stages of two beloved New York performing arts institutions. Here are my thoughts. PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANYNew York … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Works & Process unveils Jamar Roberts’ A CHRONICLE OF A PIVOT IN A POINT IN TIME, a rigorous, devastating depiction of bodies under duress during the pandemic

Last night at the Guggenheim, I attended the second of two Works & Process performances investigating the pandemic works of choreographer Jamar Roberts. Mr. Roberts, a celebrated former Ailey dancer, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Beloved City Ballet principals TILER PECK and SARA MEARNS branch out from the comfort of their home base to curate their own programs of dance

Tiler Peck and Sara Mearns have bigger things on their minds beyond dazzling audiences with their appearances with New York City Ballet. Case in point – with the company’s gruelling … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The legendary immersive theatrical experience SLEEP NO MORE resumes performances at the McKittrick Hotel

Earlier this week at the McKittrick Hotel, I returned to Punchrunk’s flagship production of Sleep No More, which triumphantly resumed performances last month following its pandemic hiatus. The legendary immersive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Angel Corella’s traditional SWAN LAKE for Philadelphia Ballet is inspired by the choreographer’s ABT roots but is also distinctly his own

Also down in Philadelphia this weekend, I had the opportunity to take in Philadelphia Ballet’s production of Swan Lake at the stunningly beautiful Academy of Music, one of the venues … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kyle Abraham’s casually striking AN UNTITLED LOVE beguiles as it chronicles Black love and community

Last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater, choreographer Kyle Abraham and his dance company – now known as A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – presented the New York … Continue Reading →