VIEWPOINTS – Theater in transition or part of the new normal?: THE WATERING HOLE & SEVEN DEADLY SINS

One of the fascinating things about the return of in-person theater has been the hybrid forms in which it’s come back. Although productions like Blindness at the Daryl Roth Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Whether you like it or not, the sensational new rock musical OSO FABULOSO & THE BEAR BACKS! may just be the next “Hedwig”

Last weekend quite literally on West 52nd Street in Hell’s Kitchen, I attended an outdoor performance of the new rock musical Oso Fabuloso & The Bear Backs!, INTAR Theatre’s entrée … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – 600 Highwaymen’s A THOUSAND WAYS (PART 2): A profoundly moving one-on-one, in-person encounter at the Public

This afternoon marked my first time stepping back into the Public Theater’s Lafayette Street home base in more than a year. The occasion? – to attend 600 Highwaymen’s profound and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Pride Performances, Roundup 1: CAMP MORNING WOOD & MADE FOR EACH OTHER

Pride in New York means the opportunity to sample an array of eclectic LGBTQ-themed performances. This week, I made it to two of them. Read on for my thoughts. CAMP … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Recent streaming adventures: NAATCO premieres Caryl Churchill’s WHAT IF IF ONLY and Breslin & Foley strike again with THIS AMERICAN WIFE

As theaters slowly (plan to) bring back in-person performances, many of them have also continued to stream content online. Here are my thoughts on a pair of recent – and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Immersive works of theater that uniquely speak to the soul: I COULDN’T TELL YOU WHY & PERSOU

During their brief runs, I had the opportunity to experience a pair of immersive works of theater. With New York’s flagship immersive theater productions currently shuttered (Sleep No More remains … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two fully-staged Off-Broadway shows nudge theatergoing closer to normalcy: BILL’S 44TH & WORLDS FAIR INN

This past week, as I watched two fully-staged Off-Broadway productions in-person, I couldn’t shake the feeling that theatergoing was slowly inching towards normalcy. Here are my thoughts. BILL’S 44THDixon PlaceClosed … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The show must go on!: Molière in the Park and Alice Ripley brilliantly rally through adverse conditions

For me, one of the exciting things about live performance is its famous insistence that the show must go on. Over the last week or so, I attended a pair … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Proving the relevance of mythology: Adam Guettel’s MYTHS AND HYMNS & Target Margin’s NOW GO AND ACT ACCORDINGLY

This uncommonly torrential Memorial Day weekend, I had the chance to consume two works (one in-person, the other virtually) that playfully riffed on Roman mythology, and in the process, exemplified … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Ijames’s FAT HAM both delivers and smashingly transcends the Bard’s tale

Although I’m late to the game, I’d like to take this opportunity to extole the wonders of the smashing new film/play Fat Ham, James Ijames’s loose adaptation of Hamlet for … Continue Reading →