VIEWPOINTS – Sublimely symphonic: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and VIENNA PHILHARMONIC play Carnegie Hall

Last week, Carnegie Hall was alive with sublime symphonic music-making courtesy of two of the world’s most renowned orchestras, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. As always, read … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Depicting fraught homecomings in the return of Clare Barron’s YOU GOT OLDER and the premiere of Jake Brasch’s THE RESERVOIR

Now running Off-Broadway, you’ll also find two plays that depict fraught homecomings of bruised characters who make the difficult decision to return to their childhood home to reset there lives. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Identity-blurring solo shows to catch: David Greenspan in WITHOUT MIRRORS, Sean Hayes in THE UNKNOWN

Currently on the boards, I encourage you to check out a pair of intriguing and alluring solo shows that blur the identities of their narrators. Indeed, by the end of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The mildly satiric CHINESE REPUBLICANS continues Alex Lin’s investigation into the costs of assimilation

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s world premiere production of Chinese Republicans opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre. In short, Alex Lin’s new play is a mildly satiric look into … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aigner Mizzelle and Okieriete Onaodowan are heart-stopping in Ngozi Anyanwu‘s deeply affecting THE MONSTERS

This week, I was able to catch up with Manhattan Theatre Club and Two River Theater’s Off-Broadway world premiere co-production of The Monsters, Ngozi Anyanwu‘s extremely affecting two-hander that centers … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At 54 Below, Tony-nominee TOM PECINKA basks in the classic rock songbook and “Stereophonic”

Earlier this week on the heels of the blizzard that practically shut down New York City, actor Tom Pecinka made his solo debut in a one-night-only appearance at 54 Below. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – History through the fantastical lens of theater: MARCEL ON THE TRAIN at CSC and MOTHER RUSSIA at Signature

As we all know, history is a slippery, tricky thing. Currently on the boards, there are two new Off-Broadway plays that have chosen to cut through the thick gauze of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – In its opening days, DANCE REFLECTIONS ambitiously takes on technology, human connection, and the natural world

This past week saw the arrival and departure of the three initial offerings of the 2026 edition of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, an expansive, nearly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rouvali confidently leads the NY PHILHARMONIC in a program of works by Rachmaninoff, Bartók, and Nelson

This past week, maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali — principal conductor of London’s Philharmonia and honorary conductor of Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra — returned to confidently lead the New York Philharmonic in a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of piercing documentary theater works look back at past crises: Daniel Fish’s KRAMER/FAUCI and Milo Rau’s HATE RADIO

This snowy and chilly February, theatergoers have been given two opportunities — courtesy of a pair of adventurous and highly curious auteur stage directors — to look back at past … Continue Reading →