Peter Danish

Review: IN PLAIN SIGHT at Penguin Rep
by Peter Danish - Oct 2, 2026

Michael McKeever’s In Plain Sight arrives at Penguin Rep with a premise that is undeniably offbeat: on the morning of their wedding, two men discover that the past has not merely come back to haunt them—it has apparently obtained their address, read the newspaper, and decided to interrupt the catering arrangements. 

Review: MAHLER 5 WITH DUDAMEL AND THE NY PHILHARMONIC at Geffen Theater
by Peter Danish - Sep 29, 2026

What did our critic think of MAHLER 5 WITH DUDAMEL AND THE NY PHILHARMONIC at Geffen Theater?

Previews: ARIAS WITH A TWIST at Here Arts Center
by Peter Danish - Sep 18, 2026

There are shows you see once, treasure, and file away as an artifact of a particular downtown moment that could never happen again. And then, every couple of decades, one of them proves you wrong. Arias with a Twist, back at HERE Arts Center in the very theater where it detonated in 2008, is not a nostalgia trip. It is a resurrection, and it is glorious.

Feature: JUST LEONA - OPERA LEGEND LEONA MITCHELL RELEASES POP ALBUM
by Peter Danish - Sep 18, 2026

For eighteen seasons, Leona Mitchell's voice filled the Metropolitan Opera House, one of the grandest stages in American music. As a leading spinto soprano, she brought dramatic weight and soaring color to roles like Aida, Liù in Turandot, and both Leonoras in Verdi's La Forza del Destino and Il Trovatore. She sang for four U.S. presidents. She stood before audiences at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and opera houses across Europe and beyond. By any measure, Leona Mitchell built one of the great careers in American opera.

Review: Klaus Nomi - Still Hovering Somewhere Between the Opera House and Outer Space
by Richard Sasanow - Sep 2, 2026

Klaus Nomi—born Klaus Sperber in Germany in 1944—was an otherworldly countertenor who materialized on New York’s downtown scene in the late 1970s. He always seemed to be conducting an improbable musical experiment: Could Saint-Saëns, Purcell, electronic pop, cabaret, rock and performance art somehow inhabit the same body? At Peter Danish’s Klaus Nomi Benefit Concert on Sunday, Aug. 30, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the answer was a surprisingly emphatic yes.

Review: FLYING TOWARD THE SUN at Penguin Rep
by Peter Danish - Aug 19, 2026

What did our critic think of FLYING TOWARD THE SUN at Penguin Rep?

Interview: Peter Danish Honors Klaus Nomi in BC/EFA Benefit at The Green Room 42
by Rebecca Kaplan - Aug 17, 2026

The 8/30 show is a tribute to Nomi, the first major artist to succumb to HIV/AIDS, whose incredible legacy continues to this day. Danish is currently working on a musical about Nomi's life and work

Songs from DO YOU NOMI? Musical Will Premiere at The Green Room 42
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 30, 2026

 More than four decades after Klaus Nomi's singular voice transformed the downtown music scene, a new stage musical inspired by his life will receive its first public presentation on Sunday, August 30 (1pm) at the Green Room 42, in a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

Previews: Teatro Gratticielo Presents COSI FAN TUTTE and The Tempest at La MaMa
by Peter Danish - Jul 13, 2026

In an operatic landscape where financial realities often encourage familiar titles and conservative productions, Teatro Grattacielo continues to distinguish itself by embracing artistic risk.

Review: THE MET OPERA ORCHESTRA MAHLER 4TH at Carnegie Hall
by Peter Danish - Jun 25, 2026

The final Carnegie Hall appearance of the season by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin proved to be one of the most satisfying orchestral evenings New York has heard this spring. In a program devoted almost entirely to Mahler—featuring the *Rückert-Lieder* and the Fourth Symphony with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato—the Met Orchestra demonstrated once again why it has become one of the city's most consistently rewarding ensembles.

Review: BRUCKNER 8TH 'THE APOCALYPTIC' SEMYON BYCHKOV CONDUCTS THE NYT at Geffen Theater
by Peter Danish - Jun 10, 2026

There are performances of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony that impress through sheer scale. There are others that astonish through architectural clarity. And then there are the rare evenings that somehow manage both.

Review: 'MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT' at Penguin Rep
by Peter Danish - May 20, 2026

​​​​​​​At a moment in American life when conversations about race, exclusion, immigration, and human dignity once again dominate the national discourse, Penguin Rep Theatre could scarcely have chosen a more resonant production than 'My Lord, What an Evening.' 

Review: 'CHANGED FOR GOOD' THE NEW YORK POPS 43RD ANNIVERSARY CONCERT at Carnegie Hall
by Peter Danish - May 2, 2026

What did our critic think of 'CHANGED FOR GOOD' THE NEW YORK POPS 43RD ANNIVERSARY CONCERT at Carnegie Hall?

Interview: Ioli Andreade of ANTONIN ARTAUD TRILOGY at The Tank
by Peter Danish - Apr 15, 2026

At The Tank in New York City, director Ioli Andreadi returns with ANTONIN ARTAUD – 130th ANNIVERSARY, a theatrical tribute to the revolutionary French artist Antonin Artaud. The production features two original plays—BONE and GENICA – The Jet of My Blood—presented back-to-back on April 16–18.

Interview: Tom Dudzick of MIRACLE ON SOUTH DIVISION STREET at The Sheen Center
by Peter Danish - Apr 9, 2026

Playwright Tom Duzick has had his works performed all over the world, which speaks to the universal appeal of his creations.  He has a new production of one his most popular plays opening next week.  He sat down to chat with BWW about it.

Interview: Gordon Bovinet, Vienna's Old Deuteronomy, Visits THE JELLICLE BALL
by Peter Danish - Mar 30, 2026

Gordon Bovinet has had long and storied career in Musical Theater, Opera and as one of the most in-demand vocal coaches in Europe. He is in town this week to celebrate his 80th birthday and to take in a performance of the show that launched his career: CATS – or in this case: CATS: JELLICLE BALL!

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 24, 2026- TITANIQUE Exclusive First Look
by - Mar 24, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 24, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Review: The Philadelphia Delivers a Titanic Mahler 2 at Carnegie Hall
by Peter Danish - Mar 16, 2026

On March 10 at Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Orchestra brought Gustav Mahler’s towering Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection,” to New York under the direction of its music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Review: IVAN FISHER AND THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at Carnegie Hall
by Peter Danish - Feb 11, 2026

On February 7 at Carnegie Hall, the Budapest Festival Orchestra offered a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 that did not merely impress — it recalibrated expectations.

Review: THE COLORADO SYMPHONY WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN at Carnegie Hall
by Peter Danish - Feb 2, 2026

What did our critic think of THE COLORADO SYMPHONY WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN at Carnegie Hall?