A Delicate Balance on Broadway; Edward Albee and Pam Mackinnon
Here’s a lesson to frequent theatre goers who think they know a lot – don’t expect that what established, experienced artists have […]
Holiday Movie Report — DF Notes on Gone Girl
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 […]
DF London/Paris Report — Un Ballo in Maschera (Covent Garden, 18 December 2014)
After our three-day jaunt to Paris, Simon and I returned to London, where we initially had no plans for music or theatre […]
DF London/Paris Report — Messiah at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (15 December 2014)
The evening following Clemenza, Simon and I headed back to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for our second (and last) event in Paris […]
Holiday Movie Report — DF on Exodus: Gods and Kings
The day after New Year, we headed to Exodus: Gods and Kings (or, as I prefer to think of it, Exodus: Moses […]
DF London/Paris Report — La Clemenza di Tito at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (14 December 2014)
After two days in London, we spent the next three in Paris, where highlights included back-to-back performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées – […]
DF London/Paris Report — Max Emanuel Cencic at Wigmore Hall (12 December 2014)
Our first trip abroad in a few years, and – truly a first – apart from opera, we didn’t attend any theatre […]
DF Reviews Outside Mullingar (Philadelphia Theatre Company, December 2014)
And God saw the light, that it was good… So the Bible tells us, but I’m not sure you’d know it to […]
Thoughts on NBC’s Peter Pan
On Facebook, I offered a more-or-less ongoing (and more-or-less snarky) commentary about last night’s Peter Pan… but I want to recap my […]
DF Reviews The Matter of Frank Schaefer (Curio Theatre, November 2014)
The facts are fairly simple – “frocked, defrocked, refrocked!” might headline an article about Frank Schaefer, a Methodist minister in Eastern Pennsylvania. […]
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