Mouths To Be Kissed: CK Reviews A Little Night Music at Barrington Stage Company (for Parterre Box)
Summer smiles in the Berkshires with a charming revival of this Sondheim favorite.
‘Big D’ Energy: David and Cameron Review Most Happy at Williamstown and Sound of Music at Glimmerglass
Two celebrated 1950s musicals get strikingly dissimilar festival productions this summer.
Either Less or More: Into the Woods at the Arden Theatre (for Parterre Box)
An elegantly streamlined makes the best case for the show I’ve yet seen.
Wet Blanket: David and Cameron Review Bedwetter at Atlantic Theater Company (for Parterre Box)
Sarah Silverman’s memoir-musical takes on a traumatic subject with an uneasy mix of crude comedy and serious themes.
A Faint Impression of the Genuine Article: DF & CK on Funny Girl (for Parterre Box)
Can we start by not using Barbra Streisand as a polestar here?
The End of This Play Isn’t Written Yet: The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center (for Parterre Box)
For all of the ingenuity and accomplishment of director Lileana Blain-Cruz and company, something here doesn’t add up.
Middle America In Caps: How I Learned to Drive Comes to Broadway (for Parterre Box)
More than just a revival—it’s a reinvigoration of one of the best works of the last 50 years.
Trouble in River City: DF & CK Review Broadway’s The Music Man (for Parterre Box)
This high-gloss production trades on bland Americana at odds Meredith Willson’s sharply satirical, timeless show.
Cries and Whispers: DF and CK review Shhhh at Atlantic Theater (for Parterre Box)
Clare Barron’s play, which explores women and sexual gratification, could be seen as brave or narcissistic or both.
When You Wish Upon a Scar: DF Reviews Long Day’s Journey Into Night (for Parterre Box)
The best of O’Hara’s Long Day is wrenching, illuminating, and will remain with me for a long time.
reclining standards 