Not With a Bang: CK Reviews the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms Four Symphonies (for Parterre Box)
What began as a planned sendoff to one man ended up as a testament to the valiant effort of another to realize it.
Harmonic Minor: CK Reviews Harmony on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Part Cabaret, part Jersey Boys, Harmony cannot decide on its primary focus.
Mälkki Way: CK Reviews Ligeti, Mussorgsky & More at the New York Philharmonic (for Parterre Box)
A fascinatingly varied program captured both intellectual rigor and palpable joy in music-making.
Unfit to Print: CK Reviews Gutenberg! The Musical! With an Assist from DF (for Parterre Box)
How did this slimly plotted show make it to Broadway? Four words: Josh Gad! Andrew Rannells!
Short Take: Metaphors Be With Us—DF Reviews Swing State at Audible Theater at Minetta Lane
If only good intentions were good theater!
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.
Let’s Get Serious — CK Reviews Renee Fleming and Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall (for Parterre Box)
The soprano arrived at Carnegie Hall on May 31 with something to prove.
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.
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.
They Trod a Path That Many Have Trod: DF & CK Review Sweeney Todd on Broadway
This is by any measure a triumphant show, evidence that Broadway can still be American theater’s gold standard.
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