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DF Thoughts on the Met Turandot in HD

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 […]

It’s shaping up to be a great Sam Shepard season in New York – this high-octane Fool for Love on Broadway will […]

When a critic friend invited me to the Met Tosca, I jumped at the chance. I wanted another opportunity to hear Angela […]

Thérèse Raquin is a woman of few words, but definitely A Presence. At least, she is in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Émile […]