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

Razors, Edge: Sweeney Todd at Curtis Opera (for Parterre Box)

Ensemble coordination is this production’s greatest achievement, along with some fine individual contributions.

This glossy but glib production is enjoyable but adds little of substance to Ibsen’s original.

A mixed bag of a production, but some singing of significant promise.

The restaurant setting has a sense of authenticity; the action in it, not so much.

This frantic, antic production doesn’t illuminate Anne Washburn’s poignant satire.

Yet Kenneth Lonergan’s often powerful play seems oblivious to its own sense of privilege.

Not one of these wan, trivial one-acts proves worth producing.

But director Austin Pendleton’s production too often makes this world grotesque.

If you were hoping for some new insight into this fascinating chapter of theater history, ‘tis not to be.

Trafalgar’s enjoyable filmed stage production preserves a star turn that should be seen.