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 Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ken Ludwig’s comic take on Sherlock Holmes gets a dazzling visual production, though suspense is in short supply.
DF Reviews Disgraced (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Good news first. After several difficult years, the Philadelphia Theatre Company has regained ownership of their beautiful Suzanne Roberts Theatre, which they […]
Murder for Two (Philadelphia Theatre Company, June 2015)
This little musical, a recent hit off-Broadway, is a chamber-sized murder mystery with a small cast. The character of police detective Marcus […]
Leonard Bernstein’s Mass (Philadelphia Orchestra, May 2015)
Sometimes, a cluster of events come along that really illustrates the strength of Philly’s current arts scene. Last week, I saw Edward […]
DF Reviews Mothers and Sons (Philadelphia Theatre Company, February 2015)
“Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly!,” Tennessee Williams famously wrote. Here, though, He doesn’t show up till 9:15. Roughly 70 minutes […]
DF Reviews Outside Mullingar (Philadelphia Theatre Company, December 2014)
And God saw the light, that it was good… So the Bible tells us, but I’m not sure you’d know it to […]
DF Reviews Detroit (Philadelphia Theatre Company, October 2014)
Good things come to those who wait. Slow cooking yields the best flavor. You might want to keep these aphorisms in mind […]
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