New York

MUSIC REVIEW: At the Met, Anna Netrebko Reinvents the Recital

The 3,800 seat Metropolitan Opera may be a temple to music – but it’s not a recital hall. Increasingly, though, the company […]

I was introduced to Sam Shepard’s writing when I was in college, and it was love at first read. At that point […]

It was inevitable and important that Encores would do Cabin in the Sky, the 1940 musical by Vernon Duke, John Latouche and Lynn […]

A few thoughts on today’s Turandot, which I saw via HD transmission… ** For years, I’ve been happy that the Met retained […]

Bizet’s wonderful early opera gets a surprisingly effective rethinking by director Penny Woolcock, and it’s beautifully sung.

Hir, Taylor Mac’s electrifying, take-no-prisoners play, struck me like a bolt of lightening – all the more because only hours before, I’d […]

If you go to Steve at Signature Center, by all means, get there early. There’s a captivating preshow concert of musical theatre […]

New idea for a Ticket / Philadelphia Magazine column — snippet reviews of New York shows, along with links to longer reviews (also […]

I grew up in Miller Time – by which I mean the era when Arthur Miller’s preeminence as the American playwright was […]

Was it prescience or good luck that led me to book a ticket to The Humans only minutes before the New York […]