Requiem for the Boyd / Alas, Poor Theater (from the Archives)
The Boyd — then and now As I write this, demolition is underway at Philadelphia’s Boyd Theatre. Opened in 1928, it was […]
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David Fox
University administrator and teacher by day, theater and arts critic by night.
Interview with Christopher Durang (from the City Paper Archive)
The Philadelphia Theatre Company is presenting Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (previews begin March 21st, and the show runs through […]
DF Reviews Tales from Red Vienna at MTC, New York (March 2014)
You will see nothing sexier or more arresting this season than the first five minutes of Tales from Red Vienna. In a […]
DF Looks at HBO’s Looking
Two months ago, I watched the first episode of Looking, then I left it alone, and only recently came back recently to […]
DF Film Notes — Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil LeClercq
Most of the general public won’t recognize the name Tanaquil LeClercq, but ballet fans of a certain age absolutely will. For them […]
Critics & Criticism: Alastair Macaulay
I started this blog in part to explore arts criticism — who does it and why, what makes good (and bad) criticism, […]
Oscar 2014 — DF’s Mini-Rant
I’m going to limit myself to a couple of incidental observations, or I’d be writing for the next 24 hours. (And I […]
DF City Paper Review – The Lady from the Sea (EgoPo, 27 February 2014)
EgoPo Classic Theater may be Philadelphia’s most intellectually bracing company. Artistic Director Lane Savadove builds seasons around specific playwrights and ideas, consistently […]
10 Theatre Experiences That Changed My Life
A feature on PLAYBILL-ON-LINE that I particularly enjoy offers Broadway actors an opportunity to share, in pictures and a few words, some […]
Julianne Moore Loves To Cry. (But Why Do We Love To Watch?)
Recently, in an enjoyably snarky Facebook conversation about movies, I mentioned that there were two things I remembered about THE HOURS: Nicole […]
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