THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julian Rosefeldt’s immersive, genre-straddling film installation EUPHORIA hypnotically investigates the history and merits of capitalism

Last week at the Park Avenue Armory, I had the opportunity to catch Julian Rosefeldt’s Euphoria. The immersive film installation is a follow up to Manifesto (which was also seen … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE MUSEUM OF BROADWAY is an immersive, playfully Instagrammable overview of Broadway’s past and present

Last weekend, I was able to visit and experience the new Museum of Broadway. Located just next door to the Lyceum Theatre on 45th Street (where the Tony-winning A Strange … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In its collaborative (AFTERLIFE), composer Tyshawn Sorey’s MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT morphs into an altogether altered experience

Earlier this week at the Park Avenue Armory, I had the opportunity to experience composer Tyshawn Sorey’s profound and highly collaborative effort Monochromatic Light (Afterlife). Commissioned by the Armory, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The elaborate, immersive STRANGER THINGS: THE EXPERIENCE concludes its summer residency at Brooklyn Navy Yard

During the steamy days of summer, fans of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things were able to immerse themselves in the show’s universe via Stranger Things: The Experience, a large-scale … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY unearths the musical’s raw, beating heart without altering its essence

Why mess with a classic movie musical, especially one as widely revered as West Side Story? As a cinematic experience, the original film (co-directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise), … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Pride Performances, Roundup 3: Taylor Mac provides the definitive Pride entertainment, and Aja reinvents herself

The latter half of this week – the lead-up to Pride weekend, the culmination of Pride Month – saw the opportunity to attend even more LGBTQ+ performances. As always, here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sublime film adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS improves upon the Tony-winning stage musical

On its opening weekend on the biggest possible screen (the IMAX theater at AMC Lincoln Square), I caught the sublime film adaptation of In the Heights, a hip-hop and and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of interactive art installations in Brooklyn speak potently to our times: NEGATIVE LIBERTY / POSITIVE LIBERTY & ARRIVALS + DEPARTURES

This weekend, I trekked to Brooklyn to experience a pair of interactive, socially-distanced art installations – courtesy of the american vicarious and the Brooklyn Academy of Music – that speak … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The spirit of the Broadway musical persists in RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL and JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

Although live/in-person theater is becoming an increasingly distant memory, the irrepressible spirit of the Broadway musical persists in other mediums. Here are my thoughts on two of these hybrid endeavors. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE THIRD DAY’s immersive, durational appendix turns out to be its show-stopping calling card

This week, I delved into the world of HBO’s The Third Day, the brainchild of Felix Barrett (artistic director of marquee immersive theater company Punchdrunk) and Dennis Kelly (writer of … Continue Reading →