Höchste Lust: DF Reviews TRISTAN UND ISOLDE at the Philadelphia Orchestra
I’d never imagined spending 10 hours with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, but such is the magic of this event.
Momentum Mori — DF Reviews Don Giovanni at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)
A musically strong, theatrically questionable production closes the Opera Philadelphia season.
Smash or Pass: CK & DF Review Smash on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
It’s not BOMBSHELL … It’s just a bomb.
I Love the Flower Girl: DF Reviews Erin Morley in Recital at Park Avenue Armory (for Parterre Box)
Morley and Moore in a mixed program, brilliantly conceived and superbly performed.
Happiness Indeed: DF Reviews Candide at Curtis (for Parterre Box)
Emma Griffin’s “Go big or go home” production scores a win for Bernstein’s musical/operetta.
CK Reviews We Had a World at Manhattan Theatre Club
Playwright Joshua Harmon excels at complicated familial narratives… and this may be his best yet.
Always Be Closing: Glengarry Glen Ross Is Back on Broadway (Review by CK & DF)
Seen here, Mamet’s powerful play feels lost in large void.
Park & Bark: DF and CK Review Redwood (for Parterre Box)
The new musical starring Idina Menzel, ostensibly a paean to a back-to-nature life, could hardly feel more manufactured and synthetic.
Brutal Desire — CK & DF Review A Streetcar Named Desire at BAM (for Parterre Box)
Rebecca Frecknall’s gripping staging makes new a play many of us feel we know inside out.
The Baptism of Konstantin: DF Reviews Konstantin Krimmel at Park Avenue Armory (for Parterre Box)
The American debut of a truly great singer and recitalist is cause for rejoicing.
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