OPERA REVIEW: Capriccio is a Triumph
Richard Strauss’ funny, beautiful and moving last opera is superbly done in this co-production by Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia.
THEATER REVIEW: Red has Intimacy Issues
John Logan’s play is executed skillfully at the Walnut Studio, but the intimate space robs it of its grandeur.
THEATER REVIEW: Theatre Exile’s Smoke is 50 Shades of Meh
Kim Davies’ play about sexual bondage feels like a cynical exercise in edginess for its own sake.
THEATER REVIEW: Pippin Dazzles at the Academy of Music
Director Diane Paulus’s circus-style production is a visual dazzler – but two Broadway veterans walk off with the show.
DF Reviews Exit Strategy (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
What’s a suitable next season for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, following Murder House, Asylum, etc.? How about American Horror Story: High School? […]
DF Reviews #therevolution (InterAct Theatre Company)
InterAct launches the Drake Theatre in high style – there are peaks and valleys in Kristoffer Diaz’s script, but the production is a triumph.
DF Reviews The It Girl (Simpatico Theatre Project)
This dazzlingly smart, heartbreaking, genre-defying theater piece about the great Clara Bow (and much more) should be seen by every lover of theater and film.
DF Reviews Harvey (Walnut Street Theatre)
In the leading role, Ben Dibble is luminously sweet — but the frantic Walnut Street production sometimes robs Harvey of its gentle charm.
DF Reviews Funnyman (Arden Theatre Company)
Bruce Graham’s play, an over-plotted riff on the behind-the-scenes saga of Bert Lahr in Waiting for Godot, is nowhere near as good as the real story.
DF Reviews The Piano Lesson (McCarter Theatre)
Jade King Carroll’s production hits all the right notes, and actors John Earl Jelks and Cleavant Derricks offer a master class in Wilson style.
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