DF City Paper Review: True West (Theatre Exile, 13 February 2014)
There’s the west of American Mythology, a place of open spaces, big dreams, and limitless possibilities. Trail-blazing heroes came there and discovered […]
DF Reviews Little Me at Encores (9 February 2014)
Hooray for Encores Great Musicals in Concert! Musical theatre aficionados will almost certainly know about this project, but for those who don’t […]
NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Spring 2006)
Ahhh…ahAhahAhahAh! That’s Tarzan’s voice you hear, bringing to a heavy landing the corporate musicals season of ’06-’07. Others included the vampirical, schmaltzy […]
NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Summer/Fall 2004)
What’s up (and what’s coming) this season…. BARBARA COOK’S BROADWAY (Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse, 65th and Broadway). The […]
RIP: Maximilian Schell, Philip Seymour Hoffman
When I heard on Saturday that the great actor and director Maximilian Schell had died, I planned to write something. I waited […]
NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Fall 2003)
(From the CITY PAPER ARCHIVE — more Broadway reviews.) It’s a busy season, so let’s cut straight to the chase.. AVENUE Q. […]
NEW YORK THEATRE REPORT (Spring 2003)
(More from the CITY PAPER archives — reviews of Broadway’s LA BOHEME, MAN OF LA MANCHA, Quoth Rodgers and Hart: “Spring is […]
DF CITY PAPER Review: OTHER DESERT CITIES (Walnut Street Theatre)
The theme of family ghosts that refuse to stay buried is gold dust to American playwrights, and it’s central to Jon Robin […]
DF CITY PAPER Review: WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Arden Theatre)
It makes perfect sense that the Arden would stage Water by the Spoonful. Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes is a native Philadelphian, and […]
DF CITY PAPER: Coming Up in Philly Theatre (Spring 2014)
Nine upcoming productions in Philly to watch for. (I’ll be seeing and reviewing some of these and more, so keep watching this […]
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