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 […]
DF Review — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Bucks County Playhouse (August 2014)
Hooray for homecomings! In this case, we have two. Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a sweet-sad comic riff […]
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