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

REVIEW: Quando le serre senza Placido: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Opening Night (for Parterre Box)

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.

EgoPo Theatre makes a welcome return to Tennessee Williams’ with this fascinating dramaticule.

Fringe rethinkings of William Inge and Tennessee Williams have fascinating, sometimes revelatory results.

Did Bard’s Festival raise our sense of the composer’s classical works? Yes and no.

The biggest problem here was sensory overload.

Although I saw this provocative production a month ago, I continue to think about it.

The maestro captures superbly this work’s complex mix of diverse elements.

For all of its winking loucheness, the show is utterly devoid of any real suggestion of sex.