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

NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Summer/Fall 2004)

What’s up (and what’s coming) this season…. BARBARA COOK’S BROADWAY (Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse, 65th and Broadway). The […]

When I heard on Saturday that the great actor and director Maximilian Schell had died, I planned to write something. I waited […]

From a fat-free FIDDLER to a singing bus… here’s New York’s Spring 2004 musical season in a nutshell. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. […]

(From the CITY PAPER ARCHIVE — more Broadway reviews.) It’s a busy season, so let’s cut straight to the chase.. AVENUE Q. […]

(More from the CITY PAPER archives — reviews of Broadway’s LA BOHEME, MAN OF LA MANCHA, Quoth Rodgers and Hart: “Spring is […]

The theme of family ghosts that refuse to stay buried is gold dust to American playwrights, and it’s central to Jon Robin […]

It makes perfect sense that the Arden would stage Water by the Spoonful. Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes is a native Philadelphian, and […]

(Note: I won’t usually be cross-posting with Facebook here, but in this case, I was tagged by a friend to participate in […]

Nine upcoming productions in Philly to watch for. (I’ll be seeing and reviewing some of these and more, so keep watching this […]

Am I right that there were three Oscar nominations for BLUE JASMINE? One – Cate Blanchett for Best Actress – is absolutely […]