In Theatre Exile’s Ideation, Consultants Pitching for their Lives
The ideas fly fast, furious, and ominous in Aaron Loeb’s entertaining satire.
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
James Ijames: Breakout Bard (Philadelphia Magazine)
The actor and playwright, a mainstay of the Philly theater scene, is now making waves nationally.
In The Swallowing Dark at Inis Nua, Action is Subjegated to Storytelling
Lizzie Nunnery’s earnest but inert play lacks a sense of forward momentum.
Four Gay Men Ponder Their Cosmic Attachment to Barbra Streisand
A chat with the cast and crew of 1812’s Buyer & Cellar.
In Carousel at the Media Theatre, Life Lived Fully in a One-Horse Town
This production is small-scale, but often imaginative and satisfying.
In Arden Theatre’s Cabaret—Garter Belts, Nipples, and Oh, Yes… Nazis
The emphasis on louche sexual openness, meant to shock the audience, instead makes this production feel less dangerous.
O Festival Diary—Day V: The Wake World Is O17’s Glamorous Swan Song
David Hertzberg’s opera is dramatically pretentious, musically gorgeous, and very much An Event.
O Festival Diary—Day IV, Part II: War Stories
A sometimes-awkward evening that delivers in Lembit Beecher’s one-act premiere opera.
O Festival Diary—Day IV, Part I: Sondra Radvanovsky in Recital
One of today’s top divas provided glamour and high-wattage vocalism.
THEATER REVIEW: Simpatico at McCarter Uneasily Straddles the American Dream
In Red Orchid’s dazzlingly odd production, the great Sam Shepard lives on.
reclining standards 