THE HANGOVER REPORT – FALL FOR DANCE gets off to a rousing start

Last night I attended the opening night performance of City Center’s Fall for Dance festival, one the center pieces of New York’s fall dance season. What makes Fall for Dance … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A Tale of Four Swans: Mearns, Bouder, Hyltin, and Peck take on Odette/Odile

Over the course of the last two weeks, six New York City Ballet principal dancers took on the coveted role of Odette/Odile in Peter Martins’ Swan Lake – Sara Mearns, Teresa Reichlen, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Max Posner’s THE TREASURER is brilliant, insidious theater

One of the very best new plays likely to open in New York this fall is The Treasurer, playwright Max Posner’s insidious, guilt-ridden homage to the memory play – particularly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kalman and Heginbotham’s THE PRINCIPALS OF UNCERTAINTY is a whimsical, if vague, affair

Last night, I caught the final performance of The Principals of Uncertainty at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This hybrid piece of dance-theater is based on a book of collected illustrations of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The hyper-physical London transfer of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE exudes, oddly, sex appeal

Last night, A Clockwork Orange officially opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages in a timely production directed by Alexandra Spencer-Jones. The ensemble-based show, which originated from London, is adapted from the novel by Anthony … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maestro Levine leads a noble account of DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at the Met

Tonight, I caught the opening night performance of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte led by the Metropolitan Opera’s esteemed longtime maestro, James Levine. In recent years, Mr. Levine has suffered a series of health … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The thrilling Vittorio Grigolo leads a coolly menacing LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN

Is it that time of year again? With this past Monday’s premiere of David McVicar’s new production of Bellini’s Norma, the Met’s 2017-2018 season was off and running. Last night, I … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michel van der Aa’s immersive BLANK OUT at the Park Avenue Armory is a triumph of concept and execution

Tonight, I caught the penultimate performance of Michel van der Aa’s immersive Blank Out at the Park Avenue Armory. Over the years, the Armory has become one of the key purveyors of must-see … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Recapping a summer’s worth of cabaret highs

With the slowdown in theater openings during the summer months, I typically find myself spending more time at cabaret clubs across the city. Indeed, over the course of the summer … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael Yates Crowley’s THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN, BY GRACE B. MATTHAUS is entertaining, if smirky

Before ending its run this past weekend, I was able to take in a performance of Michael Yates Crowley’s entertaining if smirky The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthaus at … Continue Reading →