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

REVIEW: Walnut Street’s Kate: The Unexamined Life Gives Us Hepburn With Tears

Perhaps unintentionally, Rick Foster’s hagiographic one-hander captures just what’s wrong with America’s most beloved actress.

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s play, meant to be funny, shocking and poignant, seems instead to be trying too hard.

An unspeakably vulgar adaptation of Shaw’s magnum opus is an alarm bell we shouldn’t ignore.

Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili shine especially bright in this worthy revival.

Lerner and Loewe’s “lost” musical is a wonderful oddity that should be better known.

Elevator Repair Service provides plenty of ironic spin but misses its own sense of privilege.

Jason Robert Brown’s musical adaptation of the cheesy novel stuffs all the bunk back in.

Robert Carsen’s 28-year-old production comes to America. It was worth the wait.

Few variants on this iconic play are as audacious as this one, smashingly delivered here.

Seen here, an old fashioned but endearing musical becomes a Trumpian fantasia.