An existential, feminist play of wildly mournful keening, filled with rich Ianguage, intense questions, and rueful comedy
View More WOMAN AND SCARECROW (Irish Heritage Theatre): When did this all end in tragedy?Author: Toby Zinman
COME FROM AWAY (national tour): Welcome to the Rock
Deeply stirring and mournful, a remarkable accomplishment
View More COME FROM AWAY (national tour): Welcome to the RockMARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (McCarter): Overreaching ambition
Theatrically spectacular but without the marvelous profundity of the source novel
View More MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (McCarter): Overreaching ambitionDONNA ORBITS THE MOON (Tiny Dynamite): A long and moving journey
At first it seems to be just another mad housewife story: a church-going, cookie-baking, carpet-vacuuming middle-aged empty nester whose husband works until 11 p.m. and…
View More DONNA ORBITS THE MOON (Tiny Dynamite): A long and moving journeyTHE ROOMMATE (1812 Productions): 60-second review
Where are Oscar and Felix when you really need them?
View More THE ROOMMATE (1812 Productions): 60-second reviewLET ME DIE (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe review
Spoilers puts it mildly: She dies. He dies. They die.
View More LET ME DIE (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe reviewMETEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t fly
Steve Martin was once funny and smart.
View More METEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t flyIS THIS A ROOM (Tina Satter/Half Straddle): 2019 Fringe review
A brilliant production by Half Straddle based on an FBI transcription
View More IS THIS A ROOM (Tina Satter/Half Straddle): 2019 Fringe reviewTHERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review
Visually arresting and aurally haunting, THERE makes rarefied language solid and visceral
View More THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe reviewTHE B-SIDE (The Wooster Group): 2019 Fringe review
Toby Zinman reviews THE B-SIDE: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,” A Record Album Interpretation from The Wooster Group
View More THE B-SIDE (The Wooster Group): 2019 Fringe reviewLetter from Edinburgh: A dilettante at large reviews
Toby Zinman reviews shows from the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe
View More Letter from Edinburgh: A dilettante at large reviewsCANDIDE (Philadelphia Orchestra): A dilettante at large review
A dilettante at large Toby Zinman reviews Candide by Leonard Bernstein.
View More CANDIDE (Philadelphia Orchestra): A dilettante at large reviewA dilettante at large reviews RIDERS TO THE SEA/ EMPTY THE HOUSE (Curtis Opera)
Theater critic extraordinaire Toby Zinman continues her forays into other art forms with a visit to Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theatre to see two one-act operas presented by the Curtis Opera Theatre
View More A dilettante at large reviews RIDERS TO THE SEA/ EMPTY THE HOUSE (Curtis Opera)LASHED BUT NOT LEASHED (Martha Graham Cracker): A dilettante at large sees the new revue
Martha Graham Cracker (aka Dito von Reigersberg) is back in Philly for only three shows
View More LASHED BUT NOT LEASHED (Martha Graham Cracker): A dilettante at large sees the new revueKODO: A dilettante at large enjoys the Japanese drum troup
Toby Zinman feels the Japanese rhythms of KODO drum troupe.
View More KODO: A dilettante at large enjoys the Japanese drum troupWhat A Lark: The dilettante at large has A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Opera Philly
Visually, musically, and vocally gorgeous, this is a delectable MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.
View More What A Lark: The dilettante at large has A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Opera PhillyBarbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA
A dilettante at large considers two exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
View More Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMAA dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum
A whimsical and educational show combining images of the city by moonlight, gaslight, electric light, fire and lightning.
View More A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the AthenaeumFIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Broadway tour at Academy of Music): An updated Fiddler
The thrill of a big show-biz production and the feeling of authenticity
View More FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Broadway tour at Academy of Music): An updated FiddlerA dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)
What a complicated evening, filled with gorgeous singing and roiled emotions and puzzling theatrics
View More A dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)