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. […]
Thoughts on Death of a Salesman — and EgoPo’s Production
This will seem an odd admission for a theatre critic, but here goes: I’ve never been entirely convinced by Death of a […]
DF Reviews Detroit (Philadelphia Theatre Company, October 2014)
Good things come to those who wait. Slow cooking yields the best flavor. You might want to keep these aphorisms in mind […]
DF Reviews Bad Jews (Walnut Studio Theatre, October 2014)
To review or not to review? That was my question as we divided up the schedule for City Paper. In the yes […]
Attend the Tale of Audra – Thoughts on NYPO’s Sweeney Todd
Of the many things I love about the theater, near the top is this – shows almost never turn out to be exactly […]
You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway, and Thoughts on American Comedy
Growing up in a theatre family – a Jewish theatre family – I accepted on faith that George S. Kaufman and Moss […]
DF Reviews A Streetcar Named Desire (National Theatre Live, October 2014)
Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly! Sometimes – there isn’t. In the summer of 1974, I saw A Streetcar Named Desire […]
DF Reviews Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions)
For nearly two decades, 1812 Productions, founded in Philadelphia by several of our most gifted actors, has been devoted to comedy of […]
DF Summer TV Catch-Up / Loathing The Borgias
Summer is TV catch-up time at our house, and how low we’ll go in choosing shows is a measure of how hopelessly […]
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