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

Some Unholy Wars — DF Reviews Festival O23 (for Parterre Box)

Unholy Wars is most an opera when it is, with “Lascia ch’io pianga,” actually an opera.

In sum: not a perfect Simon Boccanegra—is there such a thing?—but a grand and often great one.

In 90 minutes, Rene Orth’s riveting work gives us everything we could want in a new opera.

Composer and lyricist Adam Guettel’s return to the theater impresses but divides our critics.

The soprano arrived at Carnegie Hall on May 31 with something to prove.

Sharon’s reordering is the boldest aspect of his production, and for me it’s effective.

At all of these vocal contests, I ask myself the same question: What are the judges looking for?

What do you see when you look at Into the Woods? The musical might serve as a theatrical Rorschach test.

This is by any measure a triumphant show, evidence that Broadway can still be American theater’s gold standard.

Wild adulation for Donna Murphy could not disguise that Dear World doesn’t work in any sense.