VIEWPOINTS – Three solo performers at the height of their storytelling powers: Anna Deveare Smith (NOTES FROM THE FIELD), Sarah Jones (SELL/BUY/DATE) and Daniel Kitson (MOUSE)

This fall, three outstanding solo performers are at the height of their storytelling powers, giving New Yorkers some mighty fine theater a result. These performers – Anna Deveare Smith, Sarah … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A recent crop of divergent solo performances fearlessly peer into the soul the artist

Solo performances, particularly autobiographical ones, can be sacred experiences for all concerned. The act of opening oneself up so that others can observe one’s deepest fears and sensitive vulnerabilities takes tremendous … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Phantom Limb Company’s eco-focused MEMORY RINGS at BAM is whimsical, hypnotic

Last night, I attended a performance of New York-based Phantom Limb Company’s Memory Rings, an offering at BAM’s Next Wave Festival. In many ways, this multi-disciplinary defies categorization. Memory Rings, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Derivative theater: Hedging risk or inspired entertainment? A look at SPAMILTON and OTHELLO: THE REMIX

Much like the financial instrument that bears its name, “derivative theater” hedges the risk of total artistic failure of a theatrical adventure. Surely, a piece of theater deriving its very … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jordan Seavey’s HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA is an intimate, candid portrait of a contemporary gay relationship, and it’s magnificent theater

This past weekend, I had the privilege of catching Jordan Seavey’s new play Homos, or Everyone in America via the adventurous Labyrinth Theater Company. The play is an intimate, almost … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bigger doesn’t always necessarily mean better: The Off-Broadway revivals of FINIAN’S RAINBOW and TICK, TICK… BOOM!

This fall, New Yorkers are being treated to two intimate, heartfelt Off-Broadway musical revivals, demonstrating that bigger – ahem, Broadway musicals – doesn’t necessarily mean better. In fact, I’d argue … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A pair of A.R. Gurney one act world premieres at The Flea marks the end of an era

It was with bittersweet emotions that I walked through the doors of 41 White Street in Tibeca last week. You see, the plays currently in residence, a pair of one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE GREAT COMET miraculously stays intact on Broadway, and it’s better than ever

I was deeply skeptical that it would work. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 was one of the seminal musical theater experiences in my theatergoing in recent years. In its … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MJ Kaufman’s precious SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA feels incomplete

Yesterday evening, I caught a performance of MJ Kaufman’s overly precious Sagittarius Ponderosa at the 3LD Art & Technology Center all the way downtown, courtesy of the National Asian American … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exploring Identity through Theater (and the Internet): Daniel Alexander Jones’s DUAT and Jenny Rachel Weiner’s KINGDOM COME

This past weekend, I took in two new though-provoking Off-Broadway plays that had me contemplating the very notion of identity. Does gender and sexuality hold claim to it? Does even … Continue Reading →