DF CITY PAPER Review: OTHER DESERT CITIES (Walnut Street Theatre)
The theme of family ghosts that refuse to stay buried is gold dust to American playwrights, and it’s central to Jon Robin […]
DF CITY PAPER Review: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Arden Theatre)
It makes perfect sense that the Arden would stage Water by the Spoonful. Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes is a native Philadelphian, and […]
Paul Mazursky and BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Film Notes)
(Note: I won’t usually be cross-posting with Facebook here, but in this case, I was tagged by a friend to participate in […]
DF CITY PAPER: Coming Up in Philly Theatre (Spring 2014)
Nine upcoming productions in Philly to watch for. (I’ll be seeing and reviewing some of these and more, so keep watching this […]
BLUE JASMINE, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, and Oscar 2014 (Film Notes)
Am I right that there were three Oscar nominations for BLUE JASMINE? One – Cate Blanchett for Best Actress – is absolutely […]
From the New York Times — Ben Brantley reviews MACHINAL
From the New York Times — Ben Brantley reviews MACHINAL Several friends of mine saw this in previews, and came back raving […]
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Film Notes)
The best news is it’s not bad – certainly not the train wreck that I feared when the AUGUST film was first […]
THEATRE TALKBACK: IS IT FAIR TO JEER? (NY TIMES, 2 August 2011)
THEATRE TALKBACK: IS IT FAIR TO JEER? (NY TIMES, 2 August 2011) In 2011, I wrote this piece, which might be subtitled, […]
NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Spring/Fall 2002)
(An editorial note — from 2002 through 2006, I wrote a series of short reviews of New York theatre. These took the […]
NERDS (theatre review, Philadelphia Theatre Company, December 2013)
Oh, it’s just too perfect. At 7:15 on the opening night of Nerds, a musical about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, PTC […]
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