Even Elephant Pregnancies Seem Shorter — DF Rants About Rosemary’s Baby
I hadn’t planned to write about Rosemary’s Baby the mini-series – wasn’t watching four hours of it enough of a time sink? – yet I […]
DF Reviews Of Mice and Men at the Longacre Theatre, New York
This Broadway season has brought revivals of several American classics – The Glass Menagerie, A Raisin in the Sun, and Of Mice […]
DF Reviews Irma La Douce at Encores, New York (May 2014)
The good news: Encores brought to the party many of their usual virtues, including superlative orchestral playing and conducting, strong casting in […]
Salome — Philadelphia Orchestra / Opera Philadelphia (8 May 2014)
Sometimes even in opera, it’s the orchestra that earns top billing. So it was on Thursday night, in a collaborative, semi-staged production […]
DF City Paper Review — Gint (EgoPo Classic Theatre, 8 May 2014)
Among the pleasures provided by EgoPo Classic Theater’s season devoted to Henrik Ibsen has been an opportunity to revel in the astonishing […]
DF City Paper Review — Annapurna (Theatre Exile, 1 May 2014)
Annapurna seems to be having its moment – in an unusual coincidence, the first Philadelphia and New York productions of Sharr White’s […]
CP Blog — The Fairy Queen (Rutgers-Camden, April 2014)
I saw this delightful production of Henry Purcell’s weird and wonderful The Fairy Queen at Rutgers Camden this afternoon, and enjoyed it so much […]
Critics & Criticism: Why Critics Should Dread Opening Nights
I love going to the theater. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be in this business. Whether as a critic or a civilian […]
DF City Paper Review — Mourning Becomes Electra (Quintessence Theatre, 17 April 2014)
Somewhere on the list of plays I always wanted to see – but never thought I would have the chance – is […]
DF City Paper Review — Midsummer (a play with songs) (Inis Nua, 17 April 2014)
Since the term “rom-com” fills my tiny critic’s heart with dread, let’s start with the good news. Midsummer (A play with songs) […]
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