VIEWPOINTS – Songs of resilience in the face of health crises: The Lazours’ NIGHT SIDE SONGS and Jesse Malin’s SILVER MANHATTAN

Currently Off-Broadway, there are a pair of brave and unconventional new musicals that have taken it upon themselves to tell stories of the resilience of the human spirit in the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Depicting fraught homecomings in the return of Clare Barron’s YOU GOT OLDER and the premiere of Jake Brasch’s THE RESERVOIR

Now running Off-Broadway, you’ll also find two plays that depict fraught homecomings of bruised characters who make the difficult decision to return to their childhood home to reset there lives. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The mildly satiric CHINESE REPUBLICANS continues Alex Lin’s investigation into the costs of assimilation

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s world premiere production of Chinese Republicans opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre. In short, Alex Lin’s new play is a mildly satiric look into … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aigner Mizzelle and Okieriete Onaodowan are heart-stopping in Ngozi Anyanwu‘s deeply affecting THE MONSTERS

This week, I was able to catch up with Manhattan Theatre Club and Two River Theater’s Off-Broadway world premiere co-production of The Monsters, Ngozi Anyanwu‘s extremely affecting two-hander that centers … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of piercing documentary theater works look back at past crises: Daniel Fish’s KRAMER/FAUCI and Milo Rau’s HATE RADIO

This snowy and chilly February, theatergoers have been given two opportunities — courtesy of a pair of adventurous and highly curious auteur stage directors — to look back at past … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: Anticipated debuts at City Ballet’s SLEEPING BEAUTY, commercial street dance animates 11 TO MIDNIGHT

Before New York dance aficionados are bombarded by the onslaught of offerings coming their way via the upcoming Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, here are my thoughts … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of Shakespeare tragedies arise this winter: KING LEAR at La MaMa and THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS at TFANA

This winter, a pair of Off-Broadway productions of meaty Shakespeare tragedies have arisen in robust, full-bodied manner. As per usual, read on for my thoughts on these revivals — one … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dramatizing the gradual act of disappearing: Jacob Perkins’ THE DINOSAURS and Erica Schmidt’s THE DISAPPEAR

As humans, our lives are largely constructed around the concept of permanence. It’s therefore fascinating that, currently Off-Broadway, we have a pair of fascinating new plays that, in their own … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Storytelling takes center stage in Mary Kate O Flanagan’s MAKING A SHOW OF MYSELF and Simon Rich’s ALL OUT

Feel like curling up to a good yarn? You’re in luck, friend, because currently on the boards this winter, there are two notable shows that are attempting to win over … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A chill from across the pond hits The Shed: Alexander Zeldin’s disorienting OTHER PLACE and Simon Stephens’ virtual ARK

Over at The Shed at Hudson Yards, you’ll find a pair of new works by two celebrated British playwrights that bring a chill from across the pond to our shores. … Continue Reading →