REVIEW: When Fringe Meets the American Canon (Part II: And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens)
EgoPo Theatre makes a welcome return to Tennessee Williams’ with this fascinating dramaticule.
REVIEW: On Broadway, An Overwhelming Betrayal
Director Jamie Lloyd and a strong trio of actors puncture the pomposity of Harold Pinter’s adultery drama.
REVIEW: When Fringe Meets the American Canon (Part I: Come Back, Little Sheba)
Fringe rethinkings of William Inge and Tennessee Williams have fascinating, sometimes revelatory results.
REVIEW: Die Tote Stadt at Bard, and Leon Botstein’s Korngold Project
Did Bard’s Festival raise our sense of the composer’s classical works? Yes and no.
REVIEW: Trial by Korngold: Concert at Bard SummerScape (for Parterre Box)
The biggest problem here was sensory overload.
FOLLOW-UP: More Thoughts on Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!
Although I saw this provocative production a month ago, I continue to think about it.
REVIEW: A Grandeur Night for Singing: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Zauberflöte Recording (for Parterre Box)
The maestro captures superbly this work’s complex mix of diverse elements.
REVIEW: We’ve Been Through the Mill: Moulin Rouge! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
For all of its winking loucheness, the show is utterly devoid of any real suggestion of sex.
REVIEW: Maid in America: Maid of Orleans at Russian Opera Workshop (for Parterre Box)
A thrillingly full-throttle rarity, with much to celebrate in the fine singing here.
REVIEW: Sweeping Down the Plains: Oklahoma! on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Within minutes, something wonderful happened, and none of my reservations mattered.
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