Criticism

15 Outstanding Philly Arts Moments in 2015 (for Ticket / Philadelphia Magazine)

Ticket arts writers weigh in on the most important local arts moments of 2015.

Michael Ogborn’s musical is at its best when evoking the quirks and follies of our home city, especially the local accent.

Hir, Taylor Mac’s electrifying, take-no-prisoners play, struck me like a bolt of lightening – all the more because only hours before, I’d […]

Who says you can’t go home again? Pig Iron Theatre is now 20 years old. In that time, the locally based company […]

Scholars of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler will continue to debate why the protagonist (that’s Hedda, of course) is so profoundly unhappy. But there’s […]

If you go to Steve at Signature Center, by all means, get there early. There’s a captivating preshow concert of musical theatre […]

Sometimes, a moment can bring into focus something I’ve idly pondered for months. In this case, that thing is Showtime’s hit serial, […]

It’s an odd thing about holiday season musicals. On one hand, they’re often very successful – at least between November and January […]

I grew up in Miller Time – by which I mean the era when Arthur Miller’s preeminence as the American playwright was […]

In my crankier moods, I think “one-person play” is an oxymoron. I’ve seen plenty, and some have been delightful – The Belle […]