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.
Myth Me Blind: DF on Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns by MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
MasterVoices’ imaginative traversal of Adam Guettel’s quirky, charmingly uncategorizable work continues.
Monsters Don’t Die Early: Our Critics Discuss Sweet Bird of Youth (for Parterre Box)
Geraldine Page and Paul Newman shine in a problematic adaptation of Williams’ fork-in-the-road play.
Original Sin: Our Critics in Conversation about It’s a Sin (for Parterre Box)
It’s a Sin may be the gay drama we have been waiting for.
Fascinating but Frustrating: Our Critics Discuss Sonya Yoncheva in Recital (for Parterre Box)
With this recital, the Metropolitan Opera kicks it’s diva-dom game up a notch!
Forging Forward, Instruments in Hand: Our Critics on the Met Orchestra Streamed Concert (for Parterre Box)
Guest soprano Angela Gheorghiu brought her radiant individuality to a project close to her heart.
Peyton Place on the Riviera: Cameron and David discuss Night of the Iguana (for Parterre Box)
If The Night of the Iguana is not exactly a day at the beach, it’s not really the dark night of the soul it should be, either.
Stopping by Philly on a Snowy Evening: Molly Sweeney from the Lantern Theater
I’ve long held that Philly’s best actors are as good as those anywhere, and you’ll see that here.
Wild Things Leave Skins Behind Them: Our Critics Discuss The Fugitive Kind (for Parterre Box)
This version of Orpheus Descending takes off like a rocket.
reclining standards 