DF Reviews The Children’s Hour (EgoPo Classic Theater)
Dramatist or melodramatist? The jury is still out on Lillian Hellman, whose play, The Children’s Hour, is onstage now at EgoPo, directed […]
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
DF Reviews Metamorphoses (Arden Theatre)
Even before I saw Arden’s drop-dead gorgeous Metamorphoses, I knew I’d face a challenge. You see, we critics always want to come […]
DF Reviews La Traviata (Opera Philadelphia)
For more than a century and a half, La Traviata has been one of opera’s enduring favorites, beloved equally by neophytes and […]
The Demise of the Philadelphia City Paper (But I’m Still Here)
I wish I could say it was a shock, but it wasn’t. The sad news that Philadelphia City Paper would publish its […]
Listening to Books — The Elephant to Hollywood by Michael Caine
The celebrity memoir isn’t a genre I care much about, but I had so enjoyed Frank Langella’s Dropped Names that, when I […]
DF Reviews Photograph 51 (Lantern Theater)
In science and theater, timing matters. British DNA researcher Dr. Rosalind Franklin’s early death – at 37, from ovarian cancer – is […]
DF on Andy: A Popera (Review and Podcast Link)
As arts collaborations go, these seem like strange bedfellows indeed: the Bearded Ladies, Philadelphia’s gender-bending, satiric, outré, and greatly beloved theatre troupe […]
DF Reviews John (Signature Theatre)
My second Annie Baker play in two days was John, her newest piece, which I saw in its penultimate performance. Six – […]
DF Reviews The Flick (Barrow Street Theatre, New York)
Last weekend, I finally saw Annie Baker’s The Flick, though I’ve been aware of the play – and the dust-up surrounding it […]
DF on the Problem with Family Drama
Family relationships are an essential theme in modern drama. Yet, in my 45-plus years of theatre-going, I can hardly remember a production […]
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