Thoughts on NBC’s Peter Pan
On Facebook, I offered a more-or-less ongoing (and more-or-less snarky) commentary about last night’s Peter Pan… but I want to recap my […]
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
DF Reviews The Matter of Frank Schaefer (Curio Theatre, November 2014)
The facts are fairly simple – “frocked, defrocked, refrocked!” might headline an article about Frank Schaefer, a Methodist minister in Eastern Pennsylvania. […]
Thoughts on Death of a Salesman — and EgoPo’s Production
This will seem an odd admission for a theatre critic, but here goes: I’ve never been entirely convinced by Death of a […]
DF Previews Soprano Kathleen Battle (Verizon Hall / Kimmel Center — 24 October 2014)
Make no mistake about it: A performance by Kathleen Battle is An Event. Anyone interested in hearing great music – and experiencing […]
DF Reviews Detroit (Philadelphia Theatre Company, October 2014)
Good things come to those who wait. Slow cooking yields the best flavor. You might want to keep these aphorisms in mind […]
DF Reviews Bad Jews (Walnut Studio Theatre, October 2014)
To review or not to review? That was my question as we divided up the schedule for City Paper. In the yes […]
DF Reviews Rapture, Blister, Burn (Wilma Theater, October 2014)
Feminism. Post Feminism. Raunch Feminism. The complex, on-going evolution of the women’s movement – and its effect on living, breathing females – […]
Attend the Tale of Audra – Thoughts on NYPO’s Sweeney Todd
Of the many things I love about the theater, near the top is this – shows almost never turn out to be exactly […]
You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway, and Thoughts on American Comedy
Growing up in a theatre family – a Jewish theatre family – I accepted on faith that George S. Kaufman and Moss […]
DF Reviews A Streetcar Named Desire (National Theatre Live, October 2014)
Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly! Sometimes – there isn’t. In the summer of 1974, I saw A Streetcar Named Desire […]
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