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Some Old and Then Some New Tricks: CK & DF Review Gypsy (for Parterre Box)

January 10, 2025

Audra McDonald is Broadway’s latest Rose in George C. Wolfe’s re-conceived GYPSY.

No Light, No Window, Just Broken: DF & CK Review Broadway’s Romeo + Juliet

November 2, 2024

A terminally hip production and model-pretty cast can’t disguise the work of an interpretively clueless director.

REVIEW: DF on The Hills of California at the Broadhurst Theatre

October 11, 2024

Jez Butterworth’s play wants to both shine a harsh light on nostalgia, and to bask in it.

Humming Chorus — The Listeners at Opera Philadelphia (DF for Parterre Box)

October 5, 2024

Missy Mazzoli’s gorgeous score is the major takeaway here: a dazzling success in every way.

REVIEW: Annie Baker’s Wonderful Janet Planet

June 22, 2024

It’s a joy to see this great playwright equally at home as a screenwriter and director.

REVIEW: Lucy Kirkland’s The Welkin at the Atlantic Theater Company

June 12, 2024

Lucy Kirkwood’s riveting and unsettling play is both fresh and a welcome return to old-school playmaking.

Playing in the Rafters: CK Reviews the Philadelphia Orchestra’s La Boheme (for Parterre Box)

June 12, 2024

Opera took center stage on the final weekend of the Philadelphia Orchestra season.

Irreverent, Intelligent, and Broadway Bound: CK Reviews Oh, Mary

May 13, 2024

This is the show that this season captured theater cognoscenti like no other.

Fox on Fox: DF on Curtis Opera Theatre’s Wonderful Cunning Little Vixen (for Parterre Box)

May 10, 2024

This superb production by Curtis Opera Theatre would be a credit to any opera company anywhere.

If You Could See It Through My Eyes: DF on Cabaret (for Parterre Box)

May 9, 2024

Each successive version pushed the envelope further… and was less effective.

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