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University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.

Getting to Be a Habit with Me: DF & CK Review Days of Wine and Roses (for Parterre Box)

Composer and lyricist Adam Guettel’s return to the theater impresses but divides our critics.

The soprano arrived at Carnegie Hall on May 31 with something to prove.

Sharon’s reordering is the boldest aspect of his production, and for me it’s effective.

At all of these vocal contests, I ask myself the same question: What are the judges looking for?

What do you see when you look at Into the Woods? The musical might serve as a theatrical Rorschach test.

This is by any measure a triumphant show, evidence that Broadway can still be American theater’s gold standard.

Wild adulation for Donna Murphy could not disguise that Dear World doesn’t work in any sense.

Two radically different productions offer fascinatingly contrasting insights into Williams’ great play.

Two plays — one considerably stronger than the other — aim to capture American Jewish experiences.

Don Pasquale is Jawn Pasquale in this delightful production at the Academy of Vocal Arts.