reclining standards

DF on “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and Carousel (WRTI Radio)

A week or two ago, I got a call from Meridee Duddleston, a news anchor and reporter at WRTI-FM, a local classical […]

This is by no means a comprehensive review of the Tonys, but rather some impressions about specific bits that stuck with me. […]

Often when I see a new opera, I wonder about its future. Even some very intriguing contemporary works seem not to have […]

I discovered Company in 1970, shortly after its Broadway premiere, and the show had a profound effect on me. Listening to the […]

O, Passion – How I have tried to love you! Before I get to the Arden’s elegant, beautifully realized production – which almost changed my mind […]

It was announced last week in the NY Times and other sources that in Summer 2016, Cecilia Bartoli will play Maria in […]

Has anything been more over-analyzed than Mad Men? Really, I should be embarrassed to join the fray… but I can’t help myself. […]

I missed Fun Home the musical at the Public, but saw the Broadway production a week ago. I’m lucky I went when […]

Let’s be candid from start: Speech and Debate is about hookups – online and in-person – between older men and teenage boys. Not […]

“Life is what you do while you’re waiting to die / Life is how the time goes by.” I was too young […]