DF on Cold Mountain (Opera Philadelphia)
With Cold Mountain — a major new work, superbly performed — Opera Philadelphia makes another leap forward.
DF Reviews Exit Strategy (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
What’s a suitable next season for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, following Murder House, Asylum, etc.? How about American Horror Story: High School? […]
DF Reviews #therevolution (InterAct Theatre Company)
InterAct launches the Drake Theatre in high style – there are peaks and valleys in Kristoffer Diaz’s script, but the production is a triumph.
DF Reviews The It Girl (Simpatico Theatre Project)
This dazzlingly smart, heartbreaking, genre-defying theater piece about the great Clara Bow (and much more) should be seen by every lover of theater and film.
DF Thoughts on the Met Turandot in HD
A few thoughts on today’s Turandot, which I saw via HD transmission… ** For years, I’ve been happy that the Met retained […]
DF Reviews Harvey (Walnut Street Theatre)
In the leading role, Ben Dibble is luminously sweet — but the frantic Walnut Street production sometimes robs Harvey of its gentle charm.
DF Reviews The Piano Lesson (McCarter Theatre)
Jade King Carroll’s production hits all the right notes, and actors John Earl Jelks and Cleavant Derricks offer a master class in Wilson style.
DF Reviews Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Metropolitan Opera in HD)
Bizet’s wonderful early opera gets a surprisingly effective rethinking by director Penny Woolcock, and it’s beautifully sung.
DF Reviews A Moon for the Misbegotten (Walnut Studio Theater)
Eugene O’Neill’s last completed play finds true greatness in its second half — and Kate Galvin’s production rises to meet it.
DF Reviews The Hard Problem (Wilma Theater)
Stoppard’s meditation on science, the humanities and other big questions has his familiar dazzle, and Blanka Zizka’s direction is visually brilliant. But sometimes the human dimension gets lost.
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