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

Bitter Homes and Gardens Review (Bearded Ladies, July 2015)

By nature, I’m more contrarian than agrarian. I’d almost always choose indoors over out, and I spend many of my happiest hours […]

“It’s not a theatre town.” As a kid in Los Angeles, I routinely heard this from pundits and friends. Like so many […]

I rarely do as much recreational reading as I’d like, and last year I decided to fix that. My inspired idea was […]

I didn’t plan to write about How to Get Away with Murder. For a while, I doubted I’d even finish the series, […]

This little musical, a recent hit off-Broadway, is a chamber-sized murder mystery with a small cast. The character of police detective Marcus […]

A week or two ago, I got a call from Meridee Duddleston, a news anchor and reporter at WRTI-FM, a local classical […]

This is by no means a comprehensive review of the Tonys, but rather some impressions about specific bits that stuck with me. […]

Often when I see a new opera, I wonder about its future. Even some very intriguing contemporary works seem not to have […]

I discovered Company in 1970, shortly after its Broadway premiere, and the show had a profound effect on me. Listening to the […]

O, Passion – How I have tried to love you! Before I get to the Arden’s elegant, beautifully realized production – which almost changed my mind […]