VIEWPOINTS – With the recent return of MOMIX and COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI, The Joyce smartly leans in on fan favorites

This holiday season and just beyond, The Joyce Theater has smartly leaned in on fan favorites, namely with the heavily sold three-week engagement of MOMIX’s celebrated production of Alice, which … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – THE BEST OF 2025: Theater, Music, and Dance

With 2025 now merely a memory, I’ve taken the time to look back upon the year prior and pick out the performances that distinguished themselves from the pack. Read on … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – London roundup: A varied bounty of performances across the classics, new dramas, musicals, and beyond

A few weeks back, I was able to travel across the pond to take in an eclectic bounty of shows across the classics, new dramas, musicals, and beyond to satisfy … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ALVIN AILEY returns for its holiday time City Center engagement with eclectic premieres and the saving grace of iconic classics

In the world of dance, one of the holiday traditions that New Yorkers have embraced is paying a visit (or two) to New York City Center to take in Alvin … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – An overview of ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY FARE: From mildly off the beaten path, to the thoughtfully tangental, to the wacky remixes

For those of you looking for some alternative fare for your holiday entertainment, there are certainly options beyond the big guns (e.g., New York City Ballet’s production of Balanchine’s The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Slightly dwarved at the Armory, the freewheeling stage adaptation of THE FAGGOTS AND THEIR FRIENDS casts its sensuous spell

The Park Avenue Armory’s massive drill hall is a space that begs to be utilized to its extravagant physical potential. With such an expanse, the possibilities are almost limitless — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dancing in and out of the closet: TERE O’CONNOR and CALEB TEICHER reflect their queer identities in their dance aesthetic

This week, I attended a pair of dance performances that expressed queerness in fascinatingly distinct ways. Seen side by side, they chronicle the evolution of dance from being a reaction … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – GOTTA DANCE! takes a nostalgic choreographic trip down memory lane through the various eras of the American musical

This week, The York Theatre and American Dance Machine’s co-production — in association with producer Riki Kane Larimer — of Gotta Dance! opened Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Jean’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – After an absence of over 40 years, DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET returns to New York with two stacked programs

This week, Dutch National Ballet in a highly anticipated return has arrived in New York for its first major engagement in more than 40 years. During its relatively brief run … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Sadler’s Wells in New York: Hofesh Shechter’s THEATRE OF DREAMS and the late Paul Roberts’ QUADROPHENIA, A ROCK BALLET

This week saw the arrival of a pair of full length dance pieces with origins from across the pond, namely the prolific dance presenter that is Sadler’s Wells in London. … Continue Reading →