Remembering Joel Markowitz, founding editor of DC Metro Theater Arts
An open letter to a theater legend.
An open letter to a theater legend.
Actions you can take since you’re upset with theater criticism in Philadelphia.
Thoughts on Destiny Estimate, the American Theater Critics Association, and theater criticism.
Excerpted from gchat conversations between Christopher Munden and John Rosenberg.
A critic evaluating TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not an anthropologist studying another culture through their artifacts.
Do writers get more ethical the more they are paid?
Readers of Phindie will know that I’m a big fan of William Shakespeare. Yet in the Fall, when I got an invitation to see a favored young Shakespeare group, Revolution…
the Code of Practice for the International Association of Theatre Critics
Debra Miller sees a LOT of theater. Indeed, she is the most prolific theater writer in town. Henrik Eger talked to Deb about her background and writing.
Personal statement by Phindie editor Christopher Munden. How he got into publishing and why he started Phindie.
Phindie writer Michael Fisher introduces his multi-part critical experiment, using the Lantern’s production of ARCADIA as his guinea pig subject.
Conversations are not always comfortable, but when Colie McClellan had an issue with a Phindie review, she decided to start one.
A review by Victor Fiorillo of EgoPo Classic Theatre’s A Doll’s House got Phindie writer Julius Ferraro contemplating the role of reviewer. This is part of Phindie‘s ongoing series on theater criticism….
Published by The Dance Journal, republished with kind permission. Merilyn Jackson has been writing regularly on dance for The Philadelphia Inquirer since 1996 and prior to that on dance, theater,…
Originally published on the FringeArts blog. Republished with kind permission. “I see 150 to 180 plays a year, and still always regret missing a bunch.” Mark Cofta has been covering…
Following his much-discussed piece on Gimmickry in Theater, Michael F. Fisher considers the role of the critic, and how theater criticism in Philadelphia compares to the best pop culture reviews….
Writing a play review, a brief critical account of an actual performance, involves making an evaluation.
I’ve been a lover of the stage as long as I can remember. Mostly this love has been realized as a patron of local theaters. My father acted in community…
I’ve been a lover of the stage as long as I can remember. Mostly this love has been realized as a patron of local theaters. My father acted in community…
Submit to whatever spell, weak or strong, is being cast. Better to praise and share than blame and ban. The communion between reviewer and his public is based upon the…