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REVIEW: Betty’s Summer Vacation Is Not Your Usual Day at the Beach

June 14, 2019

But IRC’s wonderfully garish production is a must-see for Christopher Durang fans and others.

POSTMORTEM: The 2019 Tony Awards

June 10, 2019

Cameron Kelsall and David Fox share morning-after thoughts on this year’s awards.

REVIEW: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is a Star-Crossed Mistake

June 6, 2019

This production, with a miscast pair of boldface names, can’t withstand the light of day.

REVIEW: In Indecent, A Journey from Asch’s to Ashes

May 30, 2019

Paula Vogel’s well-meaning play is cast adrift in a sea of confusion and clichés.

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.

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