My Blue Evan — DF Reviews Dear Evan Hansen (for Parterre Box)
No roller coaster has generated more stomach-churning highs and lows than the musical Dear Evan Hansen.
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.
reclining standards 