Paint Your Wagon (Encores Musicals in Concert, New York, March 2015)
By my count, Encores, now in its 22nd year, has produced 65 musicals (not counting some gala concert evenings, and a couple […]
Macbeth (Arden Theatre, March 2015)
Thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. Thus Shakespeare’s Lady pithily sums up her […]
Field Hockey Hot (11th Hour: Adrienne Theatre)
Remember that Robert Frost’s poem about the importance of taking the right road? Well, Monday night, I took the low road – and […]
Stairs to the Roof (EgoPo Classic Theatre) — and the Unpredictable Magic of Tennessee Williams
Among my favorite writers (in any language, in any genre), there’s a special place for Tennessee Williams. Of course, like theater goers […]
The Cherry Orchard (People’s Light, February 2015) — and the Joys and Perils of Chekhov
Last week, I saw The Cherry Orchard at People’s Light. Before commenting on that estimable, thought-provoking and often excellent production, please humor […]
DF Reviews The Whale (Theatre Exile, February 2015)
It hit me the minute the curtain went up on The Whale, Samuel D. Hunter’s marvelous, heartbreaking play, in an exceptionally fine […]
DF Reviews Mothers and Sons (Philadelphia Theatre Company, February 2015)
“Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly!,” Tennessee Williams famously wrote. Here, though, He doesn’t show up till 9:15. Roughly 70 minutes […]
DF Reviews Long Live the Little Knife (Inis Nua Theatre, February 2015)
David Leddy’s Long Live the Little Knife, a 2013 Edinburgh Fringe hit now receiving a stylish production at Inis Nua, strikes me […]
DF Reviews Rasheeda Speaking (The New Group at Signature Center, New York, February 2015)
“Can we have an honest conversation about race?” It’s a question I hear with some regularity in my day job in university […]
DF Reviews Lady, Be Good! (Encores, New York, February 2015)
Encores Musicals in Concert opened their current season – the 22nd, if I’m counting correctly – with exactly the kind of show […]
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