VIEWPOINTS – Rage against the machine: Humanity buckling under pressure in AND THEN WE WERE NO MORE and SLAUGHTER CITY

This past week, I came across a pair of dark and urgently acted Off-Broadway plays that ambitiously attempted to depict humanity exploited, buckling under the pressure of the machinations of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bromance is in the air: Taking a look at the much hyped Broadway revivals of WAITING FOR GODOT and ART

This fall, bromance is in the air, as evidenced by the much hyped Broadway revivals of a pair of well-trodden plays that explore male friendships in depth. These would be … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Playwright James Graham brings his latest kinetic docudrama PUNCH to the Great White Way

This past weekend, I was able to catch up with James Graham’s new play Punch, which is currently playing on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman theatre courtesy of Manhattan … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Uniquely immersive performances of contemporary classical music: Paola Prestini’s HOUSES OF ZODIAC, Georg Friedrich Haas’s 11,000 STRINGS

This past week, I encountered a pair of uniquely immersive performances of contemporary classical music that unlocked live music’s ability to viscerally shake one to the core. If this has … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Masters at work: The Joyce’s ARPINO DANCE FESTIVAL revs up and the return of Robbins and Balanchine masterworks at CITY BALLET

This week — to borrow from New York City Ballet’s programming lingo — I had the great pleasure of basking in “masters at work” by way of ballets by Gerald … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In a downsizing corporate environment, Mike Bartlett’s gladiatorial BULL still packs a visceral punch

Currently at the cozy “storefront” theater venue JACK in Brooklyn, you’ll be able to find an intimate and in-your-face revival of Bull by Mike Bartlett, a playwright perhaps best known … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Spector’s THIS MUCH I KNOW teases the brain in order to touch base with the soul

Last season, playwright Jonathan Spector struck a chord with Broadway audiences with his vaccination debate play Eureka Day, which won him the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Preston Max Allen’s piercing new play CAROLINE sheds a humanizing light on the trans experience

Tonight, Preston Max Allen’s exceptional new play Caroline opened Off-Broadway at MCC Theater’s more intimate Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater space. The play tells the story of Maddie, a lower … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met commences its season with a fluent adaptation of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY

Earlier this month, The Metropolitan Opera kicked off its 2025/2026 season with an operatic adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In FLAMING SEPTEMBER, Justin Vivian Bond voluptuously channels Marianne Faithfull

Last week, I had the great pleasure of attending a Justin Vivian Bond concert at the ornate St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights. Entitled Flaming September … Continue Reading →