THEATER REVIEW: Red has Intimacy Issues
John Logan’s play is executed skillfully at the Walnut Studio, but the intimate space robs it of its grandeur.
THEATER REVIEW: Theatre Exile’s Smoke is 50 Shades of Meh
Kim Davies’ play about sexual bondage feels like a cynical exercise in edginess for its own sake.
THEATER REVIEW: Pippin Dazzles at the Academy of Music
Director Diane Paulus’s circus-style production is a visual dazzler – but two Broadway veterans walk off with the show.
DF Reviews Spine (Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Clara Brennan’s intriguing one-character play — a love-letter to libraries — gets a fine production at Inis Nua, with an extraordinary performance by Emily R. Johnson.
DF on Cold Mountain (Opera Philadelphia)
With Cold Mountain — a major new work, superbly performed — Opera Philadelphia makes another leap forward.
DF Reviews Exit Strategy (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
What’s a suitable next season for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, following Murder House, Asylum, etc.? How about American Horror Story: High School? […]
DF Reviews Harvey (Walnut Street Theatre)
In the leading role, Ben Dibble is luminously sweet — but the frantic Walnut Street production sometimes robs Harvey of its gentle charm.
DF Reviews Funnyman (Arden Theatre Company)
Bruce Graham’s play, an over-plotted riff on the behind-the-scenes saga of Bert Lahr in Waiting for Godot, is nowhere near as good as the real story.
DF Reviews A Moon for the Misbegotten (Walnut Studio Theater)
Eugene O’Neill’s last completed play finds true greatness in its second half — and Kate Galvin’s production rises to meet it.
DF Reviews The Hard Problem (Wilma Theater)
Stoppard’s meditation on science, the humanities and other big questions has his familiar dazzle, and Blanka Zizka’s direction is visually brilliant. But sometimes the human dimension gets lost.
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