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

Artists With Enough “Oomph”?: DF Reviews the Met Laffont Competition Grand Finals (for Parterre Box)

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.

Two radically different productions offer fascinatingly contrasting insights into Williams’ great play.

Two plays — one considerably stronger than the other — aim to capture American Jewish experiences.

Don Pasquale is Jawn Pasquale in this delightful production at the Academy of Vocal Arts.

That Some Like It Hot fizzles rather than sizzles is not only a disappointment, but also a bit of surprise.

Soprano Lydia Grindatto confirmed her promise with a charismatic, thoroughly inhabited Violetta.

This is likely the best Giargiari Bel Canto competition year in my experience, evidenced in several important ways.