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

No Light, No Window, Just Broken: DF & CK Review Broadway’s Romeo + Juliet

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.

Each successive version pushed the envelope further… and was less effective.

This production delivers an intriguing mix of conceptual ideas that sometimes scores powerfully.

Director Lila Neeugebauer’s production refashions Chekhov’s play as a Steve Carell movie.

In tribute to the great playwright, who left us on April 2nd, here’s a 2005 interview with Durang conducted by DF.