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David Fox

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REVIEW: At Walnut Studio, Andrew Llloyd Webber with Tears but no Chandeliers

A rare opportunity to see Tell Me on a Sunday reveals a good idea, flawed in the execution.

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REVIEW: In The Wild Duck, Dark Family Secrets with Ironic Humor

Quintessence’s production is problematic, but at least the problems are interesting.

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REVIEW: Noises Off is a Wild Night in the Theater

The Walnut Street production’s antic energy is both its strength and its weakness.

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REVIEW: In Frozen — Forgiving the Unforgivable

Isis’s earnest but constrained production doesn’t fully resonate.

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REVIEW: In Small Mouth Sounds, Six Characters in Search of… Shhhhhh!

Despite ingenious moments, the gimmick of Beth Wohl’s play wears out before it’s over.

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REVIEW: In John Guare’s Aipotu, Utopia Ain’t What it’s Cracked Up to Be

Part II of the Lydie Breeze Trilogy is linear, concise, and better than Part I.

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REVIEW: The Bluest Eye — From Page to Stage, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

The Arden’s Toni Morrison adaptation is too much handsome staging, too little Morrison.

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REVIEW: A Quiet Place—Leonard Bernstein’s Chilly Winter Garden

Without its companion pieced, Trouble in Tahiti, this difficult late work feels like half of an opera.

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REVIEW: Ready, Steady, Yeti…. What?

David Jacobi’s play wants to capture something important. I wish I knew what.

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REVIEW: Something Rotten at the Academy Serves Up Ham(let) & Eggs

The audience loved this musical Shakespeare send-up. So did I—sometimes.

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REVIEW: A Transcendent Ariadne auf Naxos at the Academy of Vocal Arts

A terrific evening of music and theater, and a thrilling affirmation of a magnificent work.

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REVIEW: In A Steady Rain, Crime Stories at Arm’s Length

Keith Huff’s episodic play has powerful moments, but too much narration.

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REVIEW: Curio’s Marie Antoinette has Éclat… Mais Pourquoi?

David Adjmi’s clever but thin play offers theatrical showmanship but not much else.

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REVIEW: Love, Lies and Taxidermy at Inis Nua is a Rom-Com for Today

Alan Harris’s rollercoaster of a play is a hint of Spring renewal in the depths of February.

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REVIEW: Time Remembered Is an Elegant French Feast

Mastery of style is everywhere in this jewel of a show that is wistful, wry, and deeply touching.