VIEWPOINTS – 2022 IN REVIEW: Theater, Music, and Dance

2022 saw live performances continue to emerge from Covid’s comprehensive grasp. In no particular order, here are my thematically grouped picks for the most notable happenings in the performing arts … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The charming, cozily-staged musical presentation of Dylan Thomas A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES returns to Irish Rep

For those of you who are worn out by the sheer commercialism of mechanical holiday spectacles like the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (which I opted out of this year exactly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A long day’s journey into night of absurdity: Denis Johnson’s DES MOINES parties at the end of the world without inhibition

Before leaving town for the holidays, I had the opportunity to attended Des Moines by Denis Johnson. Presented by Theatre for a New Audience (lovingly referred to simply as “TFANA”) … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeremy Pope is utterly magnetic as Basquiat in Anthony McCarten’s otherwise clunky biodrama THE COLLABORATION

Last night, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten “opened” on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (last night’s opening night performance was actually cancelled at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At BAM, Andrew Schneider’s immersive and introspective N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars) serenely evokes the cosmos

This past weekend at BAM Fisher, I had the opportunity to experience Andrew Schneider’s N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars), … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maria Friedman and company miraculously unlock MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG through the lens of regret and self-examination

It’s certainly no secret that Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Merrily We Roll Along has had a storied but problematic history. Since its infamous Broadway premiere in 1981, the musical … Continue Reading →

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 →

VIEWPOINTS – Lincoln Center Theater’s fall offerings: Sarah Ruhl’s BECKY NURSE OF SALEM and Julia May Jonas’s YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXEGESIS

This past weekend, I attended both of Lincoln Center Theater’s fall Off-Broadway offerings. Fascinatingly, both imagine personal traumas through the lens of organized religion and history, respectively. As always, here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hugely entertaining SOME LIKE IT HOT rides on an unstoppable wave of nostalgia and refreshed wisdom

Last night, the hugely entertaining new stage musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. Based on the classic 1959 Billy Wilder film of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Audra McDonald is magnetic in Adrienne Kennedy’s slippery OHIO STATE MURDERS, the playwright’s long-awaited Broadway debut

There was much to celebrate last night. First off, the evening marked the Broadway opening of Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders at the recently christened and renovated James Earl Jones … Continue Reading →