Our Friend Flicka
In the summer of 1974, I first heard Frederica Von Stade — Flicka, as she’s widely known — and it was an […]
Altar Boyz and the Rise of 11th Hour Theatre Company
Nothing gladdens my heart like seeing a new theater company grow and prosper. These are tough times for the arts, and the […]
How to Succeed (Walnut Street Theatre) and the Great Frank Loesser (DF for the City Paper)
In 1950, Frank Loesser redefined how musical theater looked at New York. Oh, other composer-lyricists – notably Cole Porter— got there first. […]
Even Elephant Pregnancies Seem Shorter — DF Rants About Rosemary’s Baby
I hadn’t planned to write about Rosemary’s Baby the mini-series – wasn’t watching four hours of it enough of a time sink? – yet I […]
DF Reviews Of Mice and Men at the Longacre Theatre, New York
This Broadway season has brought revivals of several American classics – The Glass Menagerie, A Raisin in the Sun, and Of Mice […]
DF Reviews Irma La Douce at Encores, New York (May 2014)
The good news: Encores brought to the party many of their usual virtues, including superlative orchestral playing and conducting, strong casting in […]
Salome — Philadelphia Orchestra / Opera Philadelphia (8 May 2014)
Sometimes even in opera, it’s the orchestra that earns top billing. So it was on Thursday night, in a collaborative, semi-staged production […]
DF City Paper Review — Gint (EgoPo Classic Theatre, 8 May 2014)
Among the pleasures provided by EgoPo Classic Theater’s season devoted to Henrik Ibsen has been an opportunity to revel in the astonishing […]
DF City Paper Review — Annapurna (Theatre Exile, 1 May 2014)
Annapurna seems to be having its moment – in an unusual coincidence, the first Philadelphia and New York productions of Sharr White’s […]
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