REVIEW: Trial by Korngold: Concert at Bard SummerScape (for Parterre Box)
The biggest problem here was sensory overload.
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
FOLLOW-UP: More Thoughts on Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!
Although I saw this provocative production a month ago, I continue to think about it.
REVIEW: A Grandeur Night for Singing: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Zauberflöte Recording (for Parterre Box)
The maestro captures superbly this work’s complex mix of diverse elements.
REVIEW: We’ve Been Through the Mill: Moulin Rouge! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
For all of its winking loucheness, the show is utterly devoid of any real suggestion of sex.
REVIEW: Maid in America: Maid of Orleans at Russian Opera Workshop (for Parterre Box)
A thrillingly full-throttle rarity, with much to celebrate in the fine singing here.
REVIEW: Sweeping Down the Plains: Oklahoma! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Within minutes, something wonderful happened, and none of my reservations mattered.
OPINION: Myths About Critics (Installment #2)
Cameron and David continue the conversation about what critics do and how they are perceived.
REVIEW: PSF’s Antony and Cleopatra Is Less Fire Than Hot Air
The gorgeous title characters in this self-consciously clever production are diminished from the start.
OPINION: Busting Myths About Critics and Criticism
David and Cameron consider what it means to be a critic… and what other people think it means.
REVIEW: Williamstown’s A Human Being, of a Sort Is the Wrong Kind of Exhibition
Playwright Jonathan Payne’s sense of distance robs us of our need for outrage.
