Reclaiming a Camp Artifact — The Bad Seed
My colleagues in Penn’s Theatre Arts program and I spend a lot of time talking about potential directing projects. Sometimes they’re pipe […]
DF Review — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Bucks County Playhouse (August 2014)
Hooray for homecomings! In this case, we have two. Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a sweet-sad comic riff […]
DF Reviews Herringbone (Flashpoint Theatre — July 2014)
They don’t call it “star power” for nothing! The musical Herringbone is a worthy, intriguing show that takes too many detours, and […]
In Memoriam: Elaine Stritch
This is a post I’d rather not write, but it was inevitable. Elaine Stritch has died. Though I can’t presume to speak […]
What I’ve Been Listening To This Summer
With less theater to review in the summer, I spend more time listening to music – specifically, catching up on CD purchases, […]
The Rebirth of Bucks County Playhouse (July 2014)
When I last visited the Bucks County Playhouse – in August 2002, to review a production of Camelot – I felt sadly […]
Encores Musicals in Concert Season 2015 — And My Wish List for the Future
Every year, I await the announcement of Encores’ upcoming season of musicals in concert with an eagerness once reserved for anticipating the arrival […]
Sondheim, Into the Woods, Artistic Flexibility & Compromise
Last week, a Talk of the Town column in The New Yorker reported on a masterclass given by Stephen Sondheim, during which […]
Remembering Melissa Lynch: The Honey Bee Cabaret (June 2014)
I remember the last time I saw Melissa Lynch. It was November 2010, and she was onstage in Latern Theater’s Uncle Vanya, […]
DF Offers Advice to Young Actors Shailene Woodley and Brie Larson
They’re in their early 20s, they’re hot commodities, and they’re out to fix the movie business. New York Magazine’s current (2 June) […]
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