Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Theatre Exile, April 2015)
Let’s start by celebrating the meteoric rise of Theatre Exile – they’ve arrived the top level of Philadelphia’s vibrant theatre scene. The Exilers […]
Hand to God (Booth Theatre, New York, April 2015)
In my innocent youth, puppets were loveable animal figures – Shari Lewis’s Charlie Horse, and the adorably coquettish (and carnivorously named) Lamb […]
Dorothea Röschmann and Mitsuko Uchida (Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, April 2015)
I had the good fortune this week to attend one of the finest Lieder recitals I’ve heard in many years, by soprano […]
Penelope (Inis Nua Theatre, April 2015)
Something magical happens 30 minutes into Penelope. It begins when Quinn, a middle-aged man, unflatteringly clad in a speedo, babbles on with […]
Hamlet (Wilma Theater, April 2015)
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare tells us – and director Blanka Zizka seems to take it literally. Her busy, incohesive production of […]
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