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

Park & Bark: DF and CK Review Redwood (for Parterre Box)

The new musical starring Idina Menzel, ostensibly a paean to a back-to-nature life, could hardly feel more manufactured and synthetic.

Rebecca Frecknall’s gripping staging makes new a play many of us feel we know inside out.

The American debut of a truly great singer and recitalist is cause for rejoicing.

Audra McDonald is Broadway’s latest Rose in George C. Wolfe’s re-conceived GYPSY.

A terminally hip production and model-pretty cast can’t disguise the work of an interpretively clueless director.

Jez Butterworth’s play wants to both shine a harsh light on nostalgia, and to bask in it.

Missy Mazzoli’s gorgeous score is the major takeaway here: a dazzling success in every way.

It’s a joy to see this great playwright equally at home as a screenwriter and director.

Lucy Kirkwood’s riveting and unsettling play is both fresh and a welcome return to old-school playmaking.

This superb production by Curtis Opera Theatre would be a credit to any opera company anywhere.