Stained Class: Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met (for Parterre Box)
The undisputed cause célèbre here — for better or worse — is director Simon Stone.
Trouble in River City: DF & CK Review Broadway’s The Music Man (for Parterre Box)
This high-gloss production trades on bland Americana at odds Meredith Willson’s sharply satirical, timeless show.
It Ain’t Easy Being Tween — David and Cameron Review Trevor (for Parterre Box)
This relentlessly upbeat musical about teen suicide raises the question: Is gay without irony even possible?
Lehman’s Terms: DF Reviews The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
The Lehman Trilogy had me in its thrall from the start. That’s not to say I endorse it wholeheartedly, though.
“That’s Why I Pulled the Trigger” — Our Critics Discuss A Woman’s Secret (for Parterre Box)
This now largely forgotten oddity from the great Nicholas Ray offers Gloria Grahame in two enticing modes.
Tenors Al Fresco: Brownlee and Spyres in Concert for Opera Philadelpha (for Parterre Box)
Two singers at the top of their game in music as punishing as it is pretty.
Joust In Time: Man of La Mancha at Saratoga Opera (for Parterre Box)
Zachary James delivers a thoughtfully crafted, blessedly restrained Quixote/Cervantes.
Telling the World We Are Not Invisible: Our Critics on In the Heights
This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical has come around at exactly the right moment.
Confrontation, Catharsis and Crisis: Our Critics watch Uncle Vanya (for Parterre Box)
Watching the actors—masked and in street clothes, struggling with umbrellas—was almost unbearably emotional.
Myth Me Blind: DF on Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns by MasterVoices (for Parterre Box)
MasterVoices’ imaginative traversal of Adam Guettel’s quirky, charmingly uncategorizable work continues.
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