reclining standards

Worth the Wait — Ana Maria Martinez in Recital at PCMS (for Parterre Box)

Martinez is an artist of the first caliber, which was richly evident throughout this imaginative, substantial program.

I felt a surge of joy learning the Festival O will return in September.

Two young casts due justice to Tchaikovsky’s opera — and bring honor to the Academy of Vocal Arts.

This high-gloss production trades on bland Americana at odds Meredith Willson’s sharply satirical, timeless show.

Clare Barron’s play, which explores women and sexual gratification, could be seen as brave or narcissistic or both.

The best of O’Hara’s Long Day is wrenching, illuminating, and will remain with me for a long time.

Opera Philadelphia returns to the stage with an honorable, if not entirely convincing, mixed program.

This audacious and charming new musical is especially welcome for wondrous presence of Victoria Clark.

Katrina Lenk’s Bobbie channels an assertive female persona, but it doesn’t feel fully realized or convincing.

So many of my memories are not simply about shows I loved—they are experiences that literally shaped my life.