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New World Charm: CK Reviews the Met Orchestra in Concert at Carnegie Hall (for Parterre Box)

In top form, the Met musicians gave rich voice to each selection.. especially the Dvořák.

I’d never imagined spending 10 hours with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, but such is the magic of this event.

A musically strong, theatrically questionable production closes the Opera Philadelphia season.

It’s not BOMBSHELL … It’s just a bomb.

Morley and Moore in a mixed program, brilliantly conceived and superbly performed.

Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.

Playwright Joshua Harmon excels at complicated familial narratives… and this may be his best yet.

Seen here, Mamet’s powerful play feels lost in large void.

The new musical starring Idina Menzel, ostensibly a paean to a back-to-nature life, could hardly feel more manufactured and synthetic.

Rebecca Frecknall’s gripping staging makes new a play many of us feel we know inside out.