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Showing articles 21 to 30 of 130 by David Anthony Fox
January 14th, 2010
Gagarin Way | Golden Age | Any Given Monday | Happily Ever After ... | Romeo and Juliet/King Lear/Macbeth/Henry IV, Part I/A Midsummer Night's Dream | When We Go Upon the Sea | August: Osage County | Leaving | Sunday in the Park with George
by David Anthony Fox
November 26th, 2009
REVIEW: The Light in the Piazza
Composer/lyricist Adam Guettel and playwright Craig Lucas adapted Light
as a musical. I'll admit I was surprised at the prospect. What would two contemporary artists make of it? Something simply gorgeous, that's what.
by David Anthony Fox
November 5th, 2009
Rabbit Hole
Lately, an overwhelming flood of media has turned
grief-and-catharsis into an industry. Sudsy Lifetime movies, maudlin
Jodi Picoult novels, countless hours of reality TV have reduced loss to
a series of clichés. How can we separate art from Oprah-tainment?
by David Anthony Fox
October 22nd, 2009
Tue.-Thu., Oct. 27-29, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Oct. 30, 8 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 31, 2 and 8 p.m.; $20-$55, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St., 215-898-3900,
pennpresents.org.
This early play shows the Bard at his most virtuosic, at least when it comes to verbal games and horseplay.
by David Anthony Fox
October 15th, 2009
THEATER REVIEW: The First Day of School
The list of really good sex comedies is short, and it doesn't include The First Day of School, which, true to its title, feels like an assignment dispatched in haste by an inexperienced writer.
by David Anthony Fox
October 15th, 2009
INTERVIEW: Frank X and Terry Nolen of The History Boys
Frank X is one of Philadelphia's most distinguished actors — and the
Arden is one of our finest theaters. Yet amazingly, The History Boys marks their first collaboration.
by David Anthony Fox
October 8th, 2009
Curtain Call: Happy Days
There's no doubting the historical importance of Happy Days, Beckett's modernist masterpiece. But it's difficult for contemporary audiences to connect with Winnie's plight.
by David Anthony Fox
October 8th, 2009
Curtain Call: Humor Abuse
If there's one thing that strikes fear in my tiny critic's heart, it's
a clown. And memoirs where kids tearfully forgive their errant parents.
by David Anthony Fox
October 1st, 2009
Show Boat is a microcosmic melting pot of our American musical
heritage, with a still-unparalleled score that runs the gamut from
operatic grandeur to gospel-inflected blues.
by David Anthony Fox
September 24th, 2009
REVIEW: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
In fact, the whole of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good-hearted spoof — but it needs a very strong production to keep it all afloat.
by David Anthony Fox