THEATER REVIEW: Pippin Dazzles at the Academy of Music
Director Diane Paulus’s circus-style production is a visual dazzler – but two Broadway veterans walk off with the show.
DF Reviews Spine (Inis Nua Theatre Company)
Clara Brennan’s intriguing one-character play — a love-letter to libraries — gets a fine production at Inis Nua, with an extraordinary performance by Emily R. Johnson.
DF Reviews Buried Child (New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center, New York)
I was introduced to Sam Shepard’s writing when I was in college, and it was love at first read. At that point […]
DF Reviews Cabin in the Sky (Encores! Musicals in Concert)
It was inevitable and important that Encores would do Cabin in the Sky, the 1940 musical by Vernon Duke, John Latouche and Lynn […]
DF on Cold Mountain (Opera Philadelphia)
With Cold Mountain — a major new work, superbly performed — Opera Philadelphia makes another leap forward.
DF Reviews Exit Strategy (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
What’s a suitable next season for Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, following Murder House, Asylum, etc.? How about American Horror Story: High School? […]
DF Reviews #therevolution (InterAct Theatre Company)
InterAct launches the Drake Theatre in high style – there are peaks and valleys in Kristoffer Diaz’s script, but the production is a triumph.
DF Reviews The It Girl (Simpatico Theatre Project)
This dazzlingly smart, heartbreaking, genre-defying theater piece about the great Clara Bow (and much more) should be seen by every lover of theater and film.
DF Thoughts on the Met Turandot in HD
A few thoughts on today’s Turandot, which I saw via HD transmission… ** For years, I’ve been happy that the Met retained […]
DF Reviews Harvey (Walnut Street Theatre)
In the leading role, Ben Dibble is luminously sweet — but the frantic Walnut Street production sometimes robs Harvey of its gentle charm.
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