DF City Paper Review — Gint (EgoPo Classic Theatre, 8 May 2014)
Among the pleasures provided by EgoPo Classic Theater’s season devoted to Henrik Ibsen has been an opportunity to revel in the astonishing […]
Critics & Criticism: Why Critics Should Dread Opening Nights
I love going to the theater. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be in this business. Whether as a critic or a civilian […]
DF City Paper Review — Midsummer (a play with songs) (Inis Nua, 17 April 2014)
Since the term “rom-com” fills my tiny critic’s heart with dread, let’s start with the good news. Midsummer (A play with songs) […]
DF Reviews The Most Happy Fella at Encores, New York (April 2014)
Some things look so good on paper that success seems a sure thing. Take Encores second show of the season, The Most […]
DF Reviews The Realistic Joneses at the Lyceum, New York (April 2014)
What can I say about Will Eno’s intriguing, amusing, frustrating The Realistic Joneses, without revealing too much? I can tell you what it’s […]
Death and Television: The Good Wife, James Rebhorn
They are two of modern life’s certainties, but still – when death and television collide, it shakes our world, as we saw […]
Requiem for the Boyd / Alas, Poor Theater (from the Archives)
The Boyd — then and now As I write this, demolition is underway at Philadelphia’s Boyd Theatre. Opened in 1928, it was […]
Interview with Christopher Durang (from the City Paper Archive)
The Philadelphia Theatre Company is presenting Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (previews begin March 21st, and the show runs through […]
DF Reviews Tales from Red Vienna at MTC, New York (March 2014)
You will see nothing sexier or more arresting this season than the first five minutes of Tales from Red Vienna. In a […]
DF City Paper Review – The Lady from the Sea (EgoPo, 27 February 2014)
EgoPo Classic Theater may be Philadelphia’s most intellectually bracing company. Artistic Director Lane Savadove builds seasons around specific playwrights and ideas, consistently […]
