VIEWPOINTS – The show must go on!: Molière in the Park and Alice Ripley brilliantly rally through adverse conditions

For me, one of the exciting things about live performance is its famous insistence that the show must go on. Over the last week or so, I attended a pair … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Proving the relevance of mythology: Adam Guettel’s MYTHS AND HYMNS & Target Margin’s NOW GO AND ACT ACCORDINGLY

This uncommonly torrential Memorial Day weekend, I had the chance to consume two works (one in-person, the other virtually) that playfully riffed on Roman mythology, and in the process, exemplified … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Ijames’s FAT HAM both delivers and smashingly transcends the Bard’s tale

Although I’m late to the game, I’d like to take this opportunity to extole the wonders of the smashing new film/play Fat Ham, James Ijames’s loose adaptation of Hamlet for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Radial Park’s “cine-mersive” THE BLUES BROTHERS capitalizes on nostalgia and an interactive party atmosphere

Last night, I made the trek all the way out to a remote nook of Astoria to attend the opening night performance of Radial Park’s festive production/screening of The Blues … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Ravishing new musicals from off the beaten path getting their (virtual) due: ANIMAL WISDOM & MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET

Some of the most disarming new musicals I’ve seen over the years have never made it to Broadway, and therefore don’t get the attention they deserve. However, this week, courtesy … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Basking in an eclectic array of joyous outdoor performances via DOWNTOWN LIVE & RESTART STAGES

Coinciding with some spectacular spring weather this May are a pair of outdoor performing arts festivals, each of which have programmed an eclectic array of acts – all free of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A DOZEN DREAMS: A sprawling theatrical art installation that thoroughly captures the imagination

Last weekend at Brookfield Place in downtown Manhattan, I attended a new theatrical art installation entitled A Dozen Dreams. As conceived and created Anne Hamburger, John Clinton Eisner, and Irina … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Breezy, campy fun with HOUSEWIVES OF SECAUCUS: WHAT A DRAG!

With spring in full swing and the pandemic looking as if it’s in fast retreat, what could be more appealing than indulging in some good old campy entertainment? Fitting the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Expounding white dudes at the Kraine: Mike Daisey in SCOTT AND ANDY AND ALL THE BOYS & Liam McEneaney in SECOND SHOT

Last weekend down at the Kraine Theater in the East Village, I sat through a pair of performances featuring white dudes expounding … MIKE DAISEY: SCOTT AND ANDY AND ALL … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – In Brooklyn, a pair of in-person performances that uniquely and profoundly engage their audiences: 1:1 CONCERTS & ZOETROPE

Currently on view in Brooklyn are a pair of in-person performances that uniquely and profoundly engage their audiences. Here are my thoughts. 1:1 CONCERTSBrooklyn Academy of Music / Silkroad EnsembleIn-person … Continue Reading →