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David Fox

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REVIEW: In Waitress, Lots of Sugar and Lard, Not Much Filling

How could some very talented people deliver a show so devoid of authenticity?

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REVIEW: In Opera Philadelphia’s Written on Skin, Music and Theater Triumph

But why isn’t there more light and clarity in this moody but muddy work about illuminated manuscripts?

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Review: Waiting for Godot at Quintessence Melds Humor and Humanity

In director Ken Marini’s revelatory production, Beckett’s modern classic feels freshly-minted.

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REVIEW: In EgoPo’s Lydie Breeze, the Ghost of Utopia

Part I of John Guare’s monumental trilogy perplexes even as it makes us want more.

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REVIEW: In Really at Theatre Exile, a Fugue State without a Fugue

Jackie Sibblies Drury’s dreary play is a sprawling, 70-minute journey to nowhere.

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REVIEW: In Sensitive Guys at InterAct, Satire with a Heavy Hand

MJ Kaufman’s play is big on dogma and short on insight.

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REVIEW: Das Rheingold at AVA Mines 14-Karat Vocalism

This chamber-sized production offers some large-scale musical pleasures.

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REVIEW: In The Humans, Things That Go Bump in the Night

Walnut Street’s handsome production doesn’t quite cut to the core of Stephen Karam’s fine play.

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REVIEW: Stones in his Pockets Skims Elegantly Over the Surface

McCarter’s enjoyable production doesn’t fully realize the shows virtuosity or pathos.

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REVIEW: In Copenhagen, Playwright Michael Frayn on a Fission Expedition

Sometimes the play at Lantern Theater seems like a great and important work; at other times, not so much.

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REVIEW: In Arden Theatre’s A Doll’s House, the Original Fjord Maverick

139 years after its premiere, Ibsen’s masterpiece still feels razor-sharp.

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REVIEW: Around the World with Stew in Passing Strange

Wilma’s snazzy revival makes a good case for this charming but quirky show.

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REVIEW: Baskerville Serves Up a Chamber-Sized, Jokey Sherlock Holmes

Walnut Street Theatre’s talented ensemble is its own reward, but they can’t disguise the thinness of Ken Ludwig’s script.

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REVIEW: Arden’s Peter Pan, Reinvented in an American Campground

Some darkly provocative ideas here keep bumping heads with the upbeat tone at the center.

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REVIEW: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Messiah Rings Out the Year

Conductor Cristian Macelaru’s middle-of-the-road approach has glorious moments, but doesn’t quite cohere dramatically.