Aging of Aquarius: DF Reviews Hair at Two River Theatre (for Parterre Box)
Wanna feel old? Hair, “The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” has its 56th birthday this month.
DF Reviews The Pianist at George Street Playhouse (for Parterre Box)
Despite some stunning stage images, this adaptation of The Pianist remains stubbornly literary and often inert.
Short Take: DF Looks at Sondheim’s Assassins at the Arden Theatre
Director Terry Nolen’s second production of this Sondheim work is an intriguingly different take on the piece.
Some Unholy Wars — DF Reviews Festival O23 (for Parterre Box)
Unholy Wars is most an opera when it is, with “Lascia ch’io pianga,” actually an opera.
A Madhouse Is Not A Home — DF Reviews 10 Days in Madhouse at Festival O23
In 90 minutes, Rene Orth’s riveting work gives us everything we could want in a new opera.
Getting to Be a Habit with Me: DF & CK Review Days of Wine and Roses (for Parterre Box)
Composer and lyricist Adam Guettel’s return to the theater impresses but divides our critics.
Die Frist Ist Glum — CK Reviews Der Fliegende Hollander at the Met (for Parterre Box)
Francois Girard’s Holländer sits on the Met’s cavernous stage as a dull gray mass.
Backwards Runs Bohème: DF Reviews Opera Philadelphia’s Production (for Parterre Box)
Sharon’s reordering is the boldest aspect of his production, and for me it’s effective.
Pianist Envy: CK Reviews Good Night, Oscar on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Doug Wright’s new biographical dramadey, seems at once intimately familiar with and entirely alien to its subject.
Artists With Enough “Oomph”?: DF Reviews the Met Laffont Competition Grand Finals (for Parterre Box)
At all of these vocal contests, I ask myself the same question: What are the judges looking for?
