Criticism

DF Reviews Mothers and Sons (Philadelphia Theatre Company, February 2015)

“Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly!,” Tennessee Williams famously wrote. Here, though, He doesn’t show up till 9:15. Roughly 70 minutes […]

David Leddy’s Long Live the Little Knife, a 2013 Edinburgh Fringe hit now receiving a stylish production at Inis Nua, strikes me […]

Encores Musicals in Concert opened their current season – the 22nd, if I’m counting correctly – with exactly the kind of show […]

In Halley Feiffer’s I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard, two damaged egos go at it, though (initially, at least) it’s hardly […]

I went to Birdman knowing very little – that it’s about an actor trying to reinvent himself by doing a Broadway play, and […]

A sad truth that’s dawned on me as I’ve gotten older: We may all be, as our doting mothers told us, “unique” […]

It’s not a wrestling narrative you’re likely to get from John Irving, nor a chapter of Du Pont family history you’ll hear […]

“Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup.” “The prettier the flower, the farther from the path.” “Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.” To […]

Here’s a lesson to frequent theatre goers who think they know a lot – don’t expect that what established, experienced artists have […]

The last month has been my busiest move-going time in ages – since the beginning of December, I’ve seen more than I did during […]