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

Theatre in Los Angeles — An Ode to Oddball Casting

“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 […]

It was announced last week in the NY Times and other sources that in Summer 2016, Cecilia Bartoli will play Maria in […]