REVIEW: In Da at Irish Heritage Theatre, the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
For sheer charm, I doubt this production will be equaled this year, or for many to come.
REVIEW: That’s How They’ve Done It: Cosi Fan Tutte at Academy of Vocal Arts (for Parterre Box)
Fine voices and musical values here far outshine a cliché-ridden production.
REVIEW: Walnut Street’s Kate: The Unexamined Life Gives Us Hepburn With Tears
Perhaps unintentionally, Rick Foster’s hagiographic one-hander captures just what’s wrong with America’s most beloved actress.
REVIEW: Azuka’s Bob is a Picaresque Romp with a Hipster Sneer
Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s play, meant to be funny, shocking and poignant, seems instead to be trying too hard.
REVIEW: Delaware Theater Company’s Saint Joan… or, the Death of Subtext
An unspeakably vulgar adaptation of Shaw’s magnum opus is an alarm bell we shouldn’t ignore.
REVIEW: Gatz at McCarter is a Postmodern Romp Through Fitzgerald Country
Elevator Repair Service provides plenty of ironic spin but misses its own sense of privilege.
REVIEW: At PTC, Flimsy Bridges Over Fetid Waters
Jason Robert Brown’s musical adaptation of the cheesy novel stuffs all the bunk back in.
REVIEW: Dream a Little ‘Dream’: Britten’s Midsummer at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)
Robert Carsen’s 28-year-old production comes to America. It was worth the wait.
REVIEW: Three Sisters by Rashdah at Curio Is Not Your Grandfather’s Chekhov!
Few variants on this iconic play are as audacious as this one, smashingly delivered here.
REVIEW: American Dreaming: Freud on Broadway, c. 1945
Despite some intriguing ideas, Elmer Rice’s Dream Girl at IRC fails to find full resonance.
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