15 Outstanding Philly Arts Moments in 2015 (for Ticket / Philadelphia Magazine)
Ticket arts writers weigh in on the most important local arts moments of 2015.
DF on Radio Times — The Pervasiveness of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Radio Times Program Guests: Beatrice Jona Affron, David Fox This time of year, we are inundated with songs from the unofficial Christmas […]
DF on the Problem with Family Drama
Family relationships are an essential theme in modern drama. Yet, in my 45-plus years of theatre-going, I can hardly remember a production […]
Listening to Books — Dropped Names by Frank Langella
There are many things in actor Frank Langella’s compulsively readable Dropped Names that grabbed me, and not always in a good way. […]
DF Revisits The Godfather — Book, Audiobook, Film
I read The Godfather many years ago, but I can no longer remember whether it was before or after I saw any […]
DF’s TV Report — Les Revenants, Rectify, and Empire
A week ago, I wrote that I’d review some of the TV series I’ve been watching this summer. I’ll start with two good, and […]
DF’s Summer TV Diary… or, The Special Pleasures of Bad Television
In the coming weeks, I plan to do a few short reviews of TV shows I’ve been catching up on this summer. Some […]
More on Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh — and the Quagmire of Literary Estates
When I wrote recently about John Lahr’s marvelous Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, I didn’t mention one of its odder […]
Theatre in Los Angeles — An Ode to Oddball Casting
“It’s not a theatre town.” As a kid in Los Angeles, I routinely heard this from pundits and friends. Like so many […]
Listening to Books — Fitzgerald, Parker, & Wilder
I rarely do as much recreational reading as I’d like, and last year I decided to fix that. My inspired idea was […]
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