Company (Bucks County Playhouse)
I discovered Company in 1970, shortly after its Broadway premiere, and the show had a profound effect on me. Listening to the […]
Passion (Arden Theatre, May 2015
O, Passion – How I have tried to love you! Before I get to the Arden’s elegant, beautifully realized production – which almost changed my mind […]
Cecilia Bartoli in West Side Story — Why Not?
It was announced last week in the NY Times and other sources that in Summer 2016, Cecilia Bartoli will play Maria in […]
Fun Home (Circle in the Square, May 2015)
I missed Fun Home the musical at the Public, but saw the Broadway production a week ago. I’m lucky I went when […]
Speech and Debate (Azuka Theatre, May 2015)
Let’s be candid from start: Speech and Debate is about hookups – online and in-person – between older men and teenage boys. Not […]
Zorba (Encores Musicals in Concert, May 2015)
“Life is what you do while you’re waiting to die / Life is how the time goes by.” I was too young […]
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Theatre Exile, April 2015)
Let’s start by celebrating the meteoric rise of Theatre Exile – they’ve arrived the top level of Philadelphia’s vibrant theatre scene. The Exilers […]
Hand to God (Booth Theatre, New York, April 2015)
In my innocent youth, puppets were loveable animal figures – Shari Lewis’s Charlie Horse, and the adorably coquettish (and carnivorously named) Lamb […]
Penelope (Inis Nua Theatre, April 2015)
Something magical happens 30 minutes into Penelope. It begins when Quinn, a middle-aged man, unflatteringly clad in a speedo, babbles on with […]
Hamlet (Wilma Theater, April 2015)
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare tells us – and director Blanka Zizka seems to take it literally. Her busy, incohesive production of […]
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