Reviewer's Rating Salome Paul Meltzer 30/12/2016Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts disgustingly. That seems to be the message behind Richard Strauss's opera.
Reviewer's Rating God of Vengeance Charles Bittner 30/12/2016Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance, written in 1906, opened this week at La MaMa Theater. The play explores...
Reviewer's Rating The Encounter Paul Meltzer 29/12/2016Who do we actually encounter in The Encounter? A powerful artist, some faraway people, our own assumptions.
Reviewer's Rating Les Liaisons Dangereuse Paul Meltzer 26/12/2016Valmont's reputation for savage civility precedes him. The play takes place in the 1780s, not long before the French Revolution...
Reviewer's Rating Saint Joan Tim Hochstrasser 23/12/2016ernard Shaw’s plays, for all their number and reputation, are not often seen in London, so a revival of even...
Reviewer's Rating Christina Bianco’s O Come, All Ye Divas Richard Voyce 23/12/2016ne-Woman shows are notoriously difficult to pull off successfully and, if I’m honest, I don’t believe O Come All Ye...
Reviewer's Rating Don Giovanni Katherine Syer 22/12/2016eith Warner’s strongly conceived production of Don Giovanni (in revival with assistance from Michael Moxham) remains a public success in...
Reviewer's Rating Der Rosenkavalier Jonathan Ben Garcia 20/12/2016he Royal Opera House’s Der Rosenkavalier is lavish and eye-catching. This production is set in the year of the opera’s...
Reviewer's Rating Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward Elizabeth Bove 20/12/2016We enter the third floor cabaret at 59 East 59. The lights are subdued, the small tables covered with white table cloths. We are...
Reviewer's Rating Le serve (The Maids) Eva Lipari 19/12/2016ll the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances,...