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

Sorry/Ungrateful: DF and CK on Consider the Revised Company on Broadway (for Parterre Box)

Katrina Lenk’s Bobbie channels an assertive female persona, but it doesn’t feel fully realized or convincing.

So many of my memories are not simply about shows I loved—they are experiences that literally shaped my life.

This relentlessly upbeat musical about teen suicide raises the question: Is gay without irony even possible?

Morning Sun often feels as occluded and distancing as the austere, featureless set on which it’s performed.

The Lehman Trilogy had me in its thrall from the start. That’s not to say I endorse it wholeheartedly, though.

Who would pay $150 for the privilege to see this schlockfest again, masked and in an uncomfortable chair?

This short but powerful monologue, superbly delivered by Kirsten Quinn, exemplifies the strengths of Irish Heritage Theatre.

This now largely forgotten oddity from the great Nicholas Ray offers Gloria Grahame in two enticing modes.

Two singers at the top of their game in music as punishing as it is pretty.

This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical has come around at exactly the right moment.