Momentum Mori — DF Reviews Don Giovanni at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)
A musically strong, theatrically questionable production closes the Opera Philadelphia season.
Smash or Pass: CK & DF Review Smash on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
It’s not BOMBSHELL … It’s just a bomb.
I Love the Flower Girl: DF Reviews Erin Morley in Recital at Park Avenue Armory (for Parterre Box)
Morley and Moore in a mixed program, brilliantly conceived and superbly performed.
Happiness Indeed: DF Reviews Candide at Curtis (for Parterre Box)
Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.
Park & Bark: DF and CK Review Redwood (for Parterre Box)
The new musical starring Idina Menzel, ostensibly a paean to a back-to-nature life, could hardly feel more manufactured and synthetic.
Brutal Desire — CK & DF Review A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM (for Parterre Box)
Rebecca Frecknall’s gripping staging makes new a play many of us feel we know inside out.
The Baptism of Konstantin: DF Reviews Konstantin Krimmel at Park Avenue Armory (for Parterre Box)
The American debut of a truly great singer and recitalist is cause for rejoicing.
Some Old and Then Some New Tricks: CK & DF Review Gypsy (for Parterre Box)
Audra McDonald is Broadway’s latest Rose in George C. Wolfe’s re-conceived GYPSY.
REVIEW: Lucy Kirkland’s The Welkin at the Atlantic Theater Company
Lucy Kirkwood’s riveting and unsettling play is both fresh and a welcome return to old-school playmaking.
Playing in the Rafters: CK Reviews the Philadelphia Orchestra’s La Boheme (for Parterre Box)
Opera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.
reclining standards 