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REVIEW: Lambs to the Slaughter: Curse of the Starving Class at Signature Theatre

May 26, 2019

Director Terry Kinney blows up Sam Shepard’s great play and can’t put it back together again.

REVIEW: Happy Talk and the Problem of Tone

May 21, 2019

Is Jesse Eisenberg’s bumpy play camp…or something entirely different? Critics David Fox and Cameron Kelsall discuss.

REVIEW: Star-Crossed: The Met’s Dialogues des Carmélites in HD (for Parterre Box)

May 16, 2019

Does this legendary production, seen in close-up, retain it’s greatness? Yes… and no.

REVIEW: Nothing’s Gonna Charm You: High Button Shoes at Encores! for Parterre Box

May 13, 2019

Even the hit songs in this early Jule Styne musical would recede in a better show.

REVIEW: Can You Go Home Again?: Broadway’s The Ferryman Revisited in a Tandem Review

May 9, 2019

An admirable new cast doesn’t own this play as the first one did.

REVIEW: Riding on Empty: Two One-Act Operas at Curtis (for Parterre Box)

May 6, 2019

As a cohesive evening of music drama, this ambitious double bill doesn’t quite add up.

REVIEW: All She Has To Do Is Dream: Lady in the Dark by MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)

April 28, 2019

To resurrect this astonishing show at all in a brief time frame is almost miraculous.

REVIEW: Pigment of the Imagination: La Bohème at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

April 28, 2019

A wonderful musical performance, hampered by a misguided production.

REVIEW: All My Sons on Broadway: A Critical Dialogue

April 25, 2019

Critics David Fox and Cameron Kelsall discuss Arthur Miller, and this idea-free, crash-and-burn production.

REVIEW: Sophisticated Hades: Hadestown on Broadway (for Parterre Box)

April 21, 2019

The sexiest moment on Broadway this season features a 73-year-old man and a single button. 

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