DF Reviews Fool for Love (Manhattan Theatre Club)
It’s shaping up to be a great Sam Shepard season in New York – this high-octane Fool for Love on Broadway will […]
Tosca with Angela Gheorghiu (Metropolitan Opera, 29 October 2015)
When a critic friend invited me to the Met Tosca, I jumped at the chance. I wanted another opportunity to hear Angela […]
DF Reviews Thérèse Raquin (Roundabout Theatre, New York)
Thérèse Raquin is a woman of few words, but definitely A Presence. At least, she is in Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Émile […]
DF Reviews Winterreise with Mark Padmore and Kristian Bezuidenhout (Alice Tully Hall)
I’m a great lover of Schubert, and I’ve attended a number of memorable Lieder recitals. Yet I haven’t been to many live performances of […]
DF Reviews John (Signature Theatre)
My second Annie Baker play in two days was John, her newest piece, which I saw in its penultimate performance. Six – […]
DF Reviews The Flick (Barrow Street Theatre, New York)
Last weekend, I finally saw Annie Baker’s The Flick, though I’ve been aware of the play – and the dust-up surrounding it […]
Opera Review: Dialogues des Carmélites (Caramoor, July 2015)
Dialogues des Carmélites was (to me, at least) a surprising choice for Will Crutchfield’s Caramoor Opera. Poulenc’s masterpiece falls outside what the Festival […]
Opera Review: La Favorite at Caramoor (July 2
Last Saturday, I finally made it to the Opera Festival at Caramoor, something I’d long wanted to do, but the timing never […]
Fun Home (Circle in the Square, May 2015)
I missed Fun Home the musical at the Public, but saw the Broadway production a week ago. I’m lucky I went when […]
Zorba (Encores Musicals in Concert, May 2015)
“Life is what you do while you’re waiting to die / Life is how the time goes by.” I was too young […]
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