Sisters were doing it for themselves (for Parterre Box)
What a filmed Three Sisters from 1966 can tell us about Method acting, Chekhov and more.
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PREVIEW: Opera Philadelphia Unveils Ambitious, Eclectic 2020-2021 Season
From Verdi and verismo to Stravinsky and contemporary music, the line-up offers something to fit every taste. Cameron and David discuss.
REVIEW: The Julius Eastman Revival Reaches the Curtis Institute
The long-neglected composer’s work anchored a concert dedicated to exploring personal identity through music.
REVIEW: The Camera Does the Work in BAM’s Medea
With predictably Eurotrashy design elements, playwright/director Simon Stone reduces Euripides to soap opera.
REVIEW: At People’s Light, The Children Brings Disaster to Our Doorstep
Cameron and David consider Lucy Kirkwood’s taut drama that considers how society reacts to a fallout of its own making.
REVIEW: Speaking to a Missed Opportunity — Greater Clements at Lincoln Center (for Parterre Box)
Judith Ivey offers a performance of raw, unflinching honesty across the story’s increasingly bleak three hours.
REVIEW: At George Street Playhouse, Renée Taylor Diets and Dishes
After seven decades in show business, the legendary actress and comedienne still knows her way around a joke.
REVIEW: Mean Girls Musical Proves You Can’t Go Home(room) Again
Tina Fey’s satire of high school cliquishness ages uncomfortably into the social media era.
REVIEW: At the Wilma, Dance Nation Unleashes the Adolescent Id
Clare Barron’s Pulitzer finalist chronicles the hard road to maturity with a refreshing lack of condescension.
