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DavidAFox

@DavidAFox

University administrator; teacher; critic; gadfly.

 City of Brotherly Love
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Joined April 2008
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Billy Porter grows more smug and annoying hourly.
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Fantastic news about Signature Theatre's upcoming season, though one must now also conclude that Annie Baker's "Infinite Life" is DOA.
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@CameronPKelsall and my latest for Parterre Box is a look at KIMBERLY AKIMBO, a new musical at the Atlantic Theater that stars the wondrous Victoria Clark. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
My new Cocktail Corner for Vin de Jerz looks at the most iconic drink of all, with my personal favorite recipe and some serving suggestions... vindejerz.com/2021/11/07/dav…
When a critic mistakes watching a woman unravel for “theater,” we should be grateful he (yes, of course “he”) is retired.
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Reasons to love live theater, 149. Playing a woman who unravels as she struggles to conceive a child in "Yerma," Billie Piper delivers an out-there, exposed-nerve-endings performance that shatters. Simon Stone's harrowing, glass-box production comes to the Armory, NYC, in 2019.
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My latest Parterre review looks at this short but powerful mono-drama from Irish Heritage Theatre, with a superb performance by Kirsten Quinn. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
After a brief refresh-and-reboot pause, @CameronPKelsall and I are back at Parterre Box for another film conversation: this one on Nicholas Ray's A WOMAN'S SECRET (1949) parterre.com/2021/08/31/that…
That's why I pulled the trigger - Parterre Box

That's why I pulled the trigger - Parterre Box

Watching Gloria Grahame—lips moist and parted, eyes staring off into some faraway middle distance—is absolutely arresting. She looks like the quintessential Noir femme fatale that was, in fact,...

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The performing arts are back in Philly venues! And your faithful scribes, @CameronPKelsall and I were there, covering this thrilling concert for Parterre Box. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
My latest for Parterre Box is a look at the fourth and final installment of MasterVoice's extraordinary streaming film version of Adam Guettel's MYTHS AND HYMNS. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
For Parterre Box, @CameronPKelsall and I review the latest--and likely, last--Metropolitan Opera streaming concert of the 2020-21 Season... recliningstandards.com/2021/…
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@CameronPKelsall and my latest collaborative theater conversation for Parterre Box is about Ian Rickson's superb production of UNCLE VANYA, now streaming on PBS. recliningstandards.com/2021/…

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.

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@CameronPKelsall and I are overjoyed to be back in the critic's saddle for an actual live performance: Opera Philadelphia's THE DRAMA OF TOSCA at the Mann! Read on for the details... recliningstandards.com/2021/…
For Parterre Box, I review MasterVoices' ongoing exploration of Adam Guettel's MYTHS AND HYMNS. recliningstandards.wordpress…

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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I wrote about #WoodyAllen in two of my first posts for RECLINING STANDARDS. Seven years later, he's back in the news... and my feelings haven't changed. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
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Replying to @CameronPKelsall
@CameronPKelsall and my latest piece for Parterre Box explores the Met Orchestra's fund-raising concert with guest star Angela Gheorghiu (for Parterre Box)... recliningstandards.com/2021/…
In our latest conversation for Parterre Box, @CameronPKelsall and I consider John Huston's film version of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana. recliningstandards.com/2021/…
For Parterre Box, @CameronPKelsall and I discuss the wonderful Lisette Oropesa TRAVIATA, now streaming on the Opera Philadelphia Channel. recliningstandards.wordpress…

Sparkle, Lisette, Sparkle!: Opera Philadelphia’s Archival Production of La Traviata (for Parterre...

God is in the details, as they say—and in passage after passage, Oropesa realized those details as few singers have.

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For Parterre Box, I review David T. Little's harrowing, riveting SOLDIER SONGS, now streaming on Opera Philadelphia's channel. recliningstandards.com/2021/…

One Little Soldier: Opera Philadelphia Streams Soldier Songs

You will not soon forget David T. Little’s harrowing, riveting monodrama, nor Johnathan McCullough’s performance.

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In our latest film conversation for Parterre Box, @CameronPKelsall and I consider the 1955 film of THE ROSE TATTOO. recliningstandards.wordpress…

Everybody Is Nothing Until You Love Them: Our Critics Watch The Rose Tattoo (for Parterre Box)

It would be impossible to overpraise Anna Magnani’s performance.

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For Parterre Box, I review Part I of Adam Guettel's MYTHS AND HYMNS, now streaming from MasterVoices. recliningstandards.com/2021/…

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