VIEWPOINTS – Spring Off-Broadway revivals that brought something fresh to the table: Bedlam’s OTHELLO and Donmar Warehouse’s THE MAIDS

Looking back on this spring, there were two Off-Broadway revivals of classic plays that captured my imagination in fresh new ways that kept the works relevant. Read on for my … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Immersive theater roundup: Role playing in Bated Breath’s probing DIRTY BOOKS, spying intimacies against the vistas of DUMBO in THE CIRCUIT

Those of you looking for immersive theatrical experiences beyond Masquerade — and still mourning the closure of the long-running Sleep No More — can get temporary your fixes by partaking … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Avant-garde theater, uptown: Xhloe and Natasha debut Off-Broadway in AND THEN THE RODEO BURNED DOWN, Julia May Jonas’s A WOMAN AMONG WOMEN returns

Currently on the boards Off-Broadway are two decidedly avant-garde works that have found their way uptown to poke and prod decidedly more mainstream audiences. More specifically, these are Lincoln Center … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Coming of age is a harrowing thing: Eisa Davis’s ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||, Martyna Majok and Aimee Mann’s take on GIRL, INTERRUPTED

Currently Off-Broadway, you’ll find a pair of somber coming-of-age plays — both with a heavy reliance on music — that bring high stakes to their depiction of the journey from … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill Playhouse mounts a sturdy, traditionally-staged revival of WEST SIDE STORY

Perhaps with one of the few glaring exceptions being Ivo van Hove’s experimental revival that opened on Broadway just prior to the world-changing covid pandemic, Jerome Robbins’ singular vision permeates … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Uniquely immersive Off-Broadway shows exploring family legacy: Partying with the Guerreros in CANCIONES, slumming in a cluttered apartment in OBIT.

Over the past week or so, I’ve been able to delve into a pair of new Off-Broadway plays that deal with the notion of family legacy, particularly as it relates … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Breezy summer fare: The Main Stem outing of CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY and striking while it’s hot with a HEATED RIVALRY musical parody

Those of you looking for breezy summer entertainment without much emotional nor intellectual investment need not look further than a pair of options — the Main Stem outing of Celebrity … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Daddy Issues: Navigating girlhood adolescence in Eliana Theologides Rodriguez’s INDIAN PRINCESSES and Eliya Smth’s DAD DON’T READ THIS

Currently Off-Broadway, you’ll find a pair of plays of note that tackle the topic of girlhood adolescence. Likely inspired, at least in part, by the success and the widespread chord … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In a game effort, Classic Stage Company stitches together Thornton Wilder’s unfinished THE EMPORIUM

In a fascinating turn of events, you’ll find a production of Thornton Wilder‘s The Emporium at Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company, where it officially opened earlier this week. Perhaps best known … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bubba Weiler’s WELL, I’LL LET YOU GO is gorgeously remounted, its aching vulnerability fully intact

One of the finest new plays to emerge over the last year or so is Bubba Weiler’s astutely human and surprisingly funny Well, I’ll Let You Go, which has been … Continue Reading →