Nuclear Opera
Last night, I heard John Adams' Doctor Atomic at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the experience was as searing and devastating as the title indicates. In unscripted remarks made […]
Road Trip
Tomorrow, I fly out for a week-long holiday that will bring me to Chicago and Los Angeles for various excellent musical happenings. Tomorrow, I’ll get my first look at John
Take Two
I found myself at Barbes twice this past weekend, coming away satisfied both times. Friday night featured the latin-jazz-rock sounds of Zemog El Gallo Bueno (loosely translated as "Land of
Classical Gypsies
After yesterday’s Romeo and Juliet matinee, I went for an early nightcap at Joe’s Pub, the excellent performance space attached to the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. They do three
Real Dance Music
It will probably come as no surprise that I don’t spend much time at the ballet, which suffers from an overabundance of tulle, Tchiakovsky, and overall tweeness. But, if you
American Original
When I arrived at Issue Project Room on Thursday, Tony Conrad was already onstage, playing an amplified ukelele like a lap steel guitar. He was soon joined by M.V. Carbon,
I Hate Top 10 Lists
‘Tis the season for the obligatory Top 10 lists, in which critics make an unwise attempt to comb through a full year’s worth of events to come up with their
Burnt Sugar
On Thursday night, part of a weirdly short stretch of work this week, I ventured out to Zebulon: a friendly Francophile boite on a fast-developing stretch of Williamsburg between Grand
Must Have Mortier
For those looking for a little taste of what to look forward to with the arrival of Gerard Mortier as City Opera’s next director, WNYC’s Katherine Lanpher hosted a 90