DF Review — Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Bucks County Playhouse (August 2014)
Hooray for homecomings! In this case, we have two. Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a sweet-sad comic riff […]
Hooray for homecomings! In this case, we have two. Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, a sweet-sad comic riff […]
Another week, some more summer listening — in this case, two recordings that I’ve owned for years, and revisiting them made me very happy… so […]
Frequently, when I go to the opera, even though I recently turned 58, I feel like one of the younger, hipper people […]
They don’t call it “star power” for nothing! The musical Herringbone is a worthy, intriguing show that takes too many detours, and […]
This is a post I’d rather not write, but it was inevitable. Elaine Stritch has died. Though I can’t presume to speak […]
On Sunday, the great tenor Carlo Bergonzi turned 90. I’m a day late to the party, but I spent quite a bit […]
With less theater to review in the summer, I spend more time listening to music – specifically, catching up on CD purchases, […]
When I last visited the Bucks County Playhouse – in August 2002, to review a production of Camelot – I felt sadly […]
Every year, I await the announcement of Encores’ upcoming season of musicals in concert with an eagerness once reserved for anticipating the arrival […]
Last week, a Talk of the Town column in The New Yorker reported on a masterclass given by Stephen Sondheim, during which […]