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

DF City Paper Review — Annapurna (Theatre Exile, 1 May 2014)

Annapurna seems to be having its moment – in an unusual coincidence, the first Philadelphia and New York productions of Sharr White’s […]

I saw this delightful production of Henry Purcell’s weird and wonderful The Fairy Queen at Rutgers Camden this afternoon, and enjoyed it so much […]

I love going to the theater. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be in this business. Whether as a critic or a civilian […]

Somewhere on the list of plays I always wanted to see – but never thought I would have the chance – is […]

Since the term “rom-com” fills my tiny critic’s heart with dread, let’s start with the good news. Midsummer (A play with songs) […]

Some things look so good on paper that success seems a sure thing. Take Encores second show of the season, The Most […]

What can I say about Will Eno’s intriguing, amusing, frustrating The Realistic Joneses, without revealing too much? I can tell you what it’s […]

In the 20-plus years I’ve been attending the Arden, I’ve seen many fine shows, but this is something special. Faced with the […]

They are two of modern life’s certainties, but still – when death and television collide, it shakes our world, as we saw […]

The Boyd — then and now As I write this, demolition is underway at Philadelphia’s Boyd Theatre. Opened in 1928, it was […]