September 2019 – reclining standards

REVIEW: The Philadelphia Stories: Festival O19 Wrap-Up (for Parterre Box)

Festival O19 ended on a sweet note, connecting Opera Philadelphia with the city and our musical future.

Seeing this exercise in naval-gazing on the eve of impeachment feels like the theatrical equivalent of fiddling while Rome burns.

It’s as if the show has gone from the page to the stage… and back again to the page.

In this intriguing but confounding theater piece , creator Joseph Keckler wants to have his cake and eat it too.

This superb chamber-sized two-hander has a monumental, shattering impact.

Once again, the audacious Opera Philadelphia folks are playing without a net.

If this production has an astronomy lesson to teach us, it’s that lightning doesn’t strike twice.

Domingo was out and Audra was in, as the Philadelphia Orchestra opens its season. Cameron and David were there…

Tina Satter’s 70 minute play is disturbingly effective, even as it raises questions about the nature of documentary theater.

For better and worse, Lantern Theater’s production charms rather than alienates us.