Street Scene: DF and CK review Leopoldstadt (for Parterre Box)
Stuffed with Stoppardian cleverness, there’s far too much in LEOPOLDSTADT to register with specificity.
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
REVIEW: A Divided Duty: Rossini’s Otello at O22 (for Parterre Box)
In bel canto opera, virtuosic singing IS the drama. Accept that, and O22’s OTELLO pays off thrillingly.
REVIEW: As The Raven Flies — Festival O22 Begins (for Parterre Box)
In THE RAVEN, Festival O’s characteristic imagination and audacity remain front and center.
Two Characters in Search of Anagnorisis: DF Reviews for Parterre Box
This superb production of a Tennessee Williams’ rarity illuminates by lightening the playwright’s life and work.
My Blue Evan — DF Reviews Dear Evan Hansen (for Parterre Box)
No roller coaster has generated more stomach-churning highs and lows than the musical Dear Evan Hansen.
Silent Treatment: DF reviews Strauss’s Schweigsame Frau at Bard (for Parterre Box)
A lovingly restored version of Strauss’s opera reveals that sometimes cuts are for the best.
‘Big D’ Energy: David and Cameron Review Most Happy at Williamstown and Sound of Music at Glimmerglass
Two celebrated 1950s musicals get strikingly dissimilar festival productions this summer.
Either Less or More: Into the Woods at the Arden Theatre (for Parterre Box)
An elegantly streamlined makes the best case for the show I’ve yet seen.
Wet Blanket: David and Cameron Review Bedwetter at Atlantic Theater Company (for Parterre Box)
Sarah Silverman’s memoir-musical takes on a traumatic subject with an uneasy mix of crude comedy and serious themes.
A Faint Impression of the Genuine Article: DF & CK on Funny Girl (for Parterre Box)
Can we start by not using Barbra Streisand as a polestar here?
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