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

DF Tribute to James Jorden & Parterre Box (Video)

My short video tribute to Parterre Box on its 30th birthday… and James Jorden.

A cast of 1st and 2nd Year AVA artists showed considerable promise, and sometimes more than that.

No show should last for 20 years.

It sounds like a bad joke, but Beth Wohl’s riveting Camp Siegfried–superbly done by Theatre Exile–is rooted in reality.

In this vulgar world, there is no situation that can’t be limned with a power ballad.

Another year, another strong group of AVA artists give us careers to look forward to.

A beautiful, funny, disquieting study by an artist whose mastery of understatement is nonpareil.

If only good intentions were good theater!

Wanna feel old? Hair, “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” has its 56th birthday this month.

Despite some stunning stage images, this adaptation of The Pianist remains stubbornly literary and often inert.