DF Reviews Lights Rise on Grace (Azuka Theatre Company)
Lights Rise on Grace by Chad Beckim arrives at Azuka as part of the National New Play Network’s ambitious Rolling World Premiere […]
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
DF Reviews The Humans (Roundabout Theatre, New York)
Was it prescience or good luck that led me to book a ticket to The Humans only minutes before the New York […]
DF Reviews Fool for Love (Manhattan Theatre Club)
It’s shaping up to be a great Sam Shepard season in New York – this high-octane Fool for Love on Broadway will […]
Tosca with Angela Gheorghiu (Metropolitan Opera, 29 October 2015)
When a critic friend invited me to the Met Tosca, I jumped at the chance. I wanted another opportunity to hear Angela […]
DF Previews Kiss of the Spider Woman (11th Hour Theatre)
The rise of 11th Hour is one of Philly theatre’s great success stories. Now in their 11th season, they’ve grown from a […]
DF Reviews Thérèse Raquin (Roundabout Theatre, New York)
Thérèse Raquin is a woman of few words, but definitely A Presence. At least, she is in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Émile […]
DF Reviews Rizzo (Theatre Exile)
A special theatrical alchemy happens when a great actor plays a bigger-than-life, flawed but charismatic personality. Think of Orson Welles’s Charles Foster […]
DF Reviews Antigone (Wilma Theater)
When I was a theatre student, I was fascinated by stories of the Greek tragedies in their earliest performances – multi-day outdoor […]
DF Reviews Juno and the Paycock (Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays & Players)
At Irish Heritage Theatre, Juno and the Paycock seems to begin even before the actors come onstage. There’s mournful fiddle music playing […]
DF Reviews Winterreise with Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout (Alice Tully Hall)
I’m a great lover of Schubert, and I’ve attended a number of memorable Lieder recitals. Yet I haven’t been to many live performances of […]
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