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REVIEW: That’s How They’ve Done It: Cosi Fan Tutte at Academy of Vocal Arts (for Parterre Box)

March 8, 2019

Fine voices and musical values here far outshine a cliché-ridden production.

REVIEW: Walnut Street’s Kate: The Unexamined Life Gives Us Hepburn With Tears

March 8, 2019

Perhaps unintentionally, Rick Foster’s hagiographic one-hander captures just what’s wrong with America’s most beloved actress.

REVIEW: Azuka’s Bob is a Picaresque Romp with a Hipster Sneer

March 5, 2019

Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s play, meant to be funny, shocking and poignant, seems instead to be trying too hard.

REVIEW: Delaware Theater Company’s Saint Joan… or, the Death of Subtext

February 25, 2019

An unspeakably vulgar adaptation of Shaw’s magnum opus is an alarm bell we shouldn’t ignore.

REVIEW: Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met (for Opéra Magazine)

February 21, 2019

Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili shine especially bright in this worthy revival.

REVIEW: Spring is Here: The Day Before Spring at Musicals in Mufti (for Parterre Box)

February 20, 2019

Lerner and Loewe’s “lost” musical is a wonderful oddity that should be better known.

REVIEW: Gatz at McCarter is a Postmodern Romp Through Fitzgerald Country

February 19, 2019

Elevator Repair Service provides plenty of ironic spin but misses its own sense of privilege.

REVIEW: At PTC, Flimsy Bridges Over Fetid Waters

February 14, 2019

Jason Robert Brown’s musical adaptation of the cheesy novel stuffs all the bunk back in.

REVIEW: Dream a Little ‘Dream’: Britten’s Midsummer at Opera Philadelphia (for Parterre Box)

February 12, 2019

Robert Carsen’s 28-year-old production comes to America. It was worth the wait.

REVIEW: Three Sisters by Rashdah at Curio Is Not Your Grandfather’s Chekhov!

February 12, 2019

Few variants on this iconic play are as audacious as this one, smashingly delivered here.

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