Lehman’s Terms: DF Reviews The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
The Lehman Trilogy had me in its thrall from the start. That’s not to say I endorse it wholeheartedly, though.
Hate-Watching: Cameron and David Stream and Discuss Diana The Musical (for Parterre Box)
Who would pay $150 for the privilege to see this schlockfest again, masked and in an uncomfortable chair?
Widow’s Talk: The Holy Ground Streams from Irish Heritage Theatre (for Parterre Box)
This short but powerful monologue, superbly delivered by Kirsten Quinn, exemplifies the strengths of Irish Heritage Theatre.
“That’s Why I Pulled the Trigger” — Our Critics Discuss A Woman’s Secret (for Parterre Box)
This now largely forgotten oddity from the great Nicholas Ray offers Gloria Grahame in two enticing modes.
Tenors Al Fresco: Brownlee and Spyres in Concert for Opera Philadelpha (for Parterre Box)
Two singers at the top of their game in music as punishing as it is pretty.
Her Kind of Woman: New Biography Explores Jane Russell’s Life and Times (for Parterre Box)
“Mean…Moody…Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend” chronicles the Golden Age starlet’s troubled life and idiosyncratic career.
Telling the World We Are Not Invisible: Our Critics on In the Heights
This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical has come around at exactly the right moment.
Awaiting Faith: Myths and Hymns, Chapter IV from MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
The fourth and final chapter of MYTHS AND HYMNS feel deeply connected to our current moment.
Ladies of Spain: The Met’s Final 2020-21 Streaming Program (for Parterre Box)
These streamed recitals, warts and all, have allowed us to see performers let their hair down.
Confrontation, Catharsis and Crisis: Our Critics watch Uncle Vanya (for Parterre Box)
Watching the actors—masked and in street clothes, struggling with umbrellas—was almost unbearably emotional.
