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REVIEW: At People’s Light, The Children Brings Disaster to Our Doorstep

January 21, 2020

Cameron and David consider Lucy Kirkwood’s taut drama that considers how society reacts to a fallout of its own making.

REVIEW: Hare-Brained Posturing in The Vertical Hour at Lantern Theater

January 16, 2020

Politics and culture here are ultimately filler, suggesting but not delivering dramatic weight.

REVIEW: Cats is Litter Box Office Poison (for Parterre Box)

January 14, 2020

Already a byword for spectacular failure, David and Cameron find the movie of CATS even worse than expected.

REVIEW: Speaking to a Missed Opportunity — Greater Clements at Lincoln Center (for Parterre Box)

December 17, 2019

Judith Ivey offers a performance of raw, unflinching honesty across the story’s increasingly bleak three hours.

REVIEW: “Jagged”… with Sophistication — Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill (for Parterre Box)

December 14, 2019

This musical is as manicured as the kind of Stepfordian society the material supposedly rails against.

REVIEW: Diary of the Dead — Joyce DiDonato’s Winterreise in Princeton (for Parterre Box)

December 12, 2019

A conceptual misstep frustratingly dilutes and distracts from an often rewarding musical performance.

REPOST: Anthony Lawton’s A Christmas Carol Is This Year’s Holiday Must-See

December 9, 2019

Don’t miss this superb show, which returns for a run this December!

REVIEW: What Flesh Is Heir To: Natural Shocks at Simpatico Theatre

December 6, 2019

The great Amanda Schoonover makes the ordinary extraordinary.

REVIEW: Howards, Endless: The Inheritance on Broadway (for Parterre Box)

December 4, 2019

It’s not difficult to make an audience weep. But artists have a responsibility to not overuse that power.

REVIEW: Music for Moderns — Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Orchestre Métropolitain (for Parterre Box)

November 26, 2019

They came, saw, and conquered… and I hope they return soon.

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