REVIEW: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is a Star-Crossed Mistake
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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 at Mastervoices (for Parterre Box)
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)
A wonderful musical performance, hampered by a misguided production.
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