Do the math. That’s what accountants do, right? The show is 75 minutes long. I looked at my watch about ten times, from which we…
View More THE ACCOUNTANT (Trey Lyford): 2018 Fringe reviewAuthor: Toby Zinman
ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review
ECCENTRICITIES is lush, loquacious and very typical Tennessee Williams: lonely, sex-starved women, men struggling against overbearing mothers, desperation everywhere.
View More ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe reviewMARY ROSE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2018 Fringe review
However crammed your Fringe calendar may be, don’t miss this one.
View More MARY ROSE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2018 Fringe reviewA Dilettante at Large reviews two new shows at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Toby Zinman considers “Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp/The Future Fields Commission” and “Biting Wit and Brazen Folly: British Satirical Prints, 1780s–1830s”
View More A Dilettante at Large reviews two new shows at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtA Dilettante at Large: THE RESTAURANT SCHOOL AT WALNUT HILL COLLEGE
All this dilettanting around town can make a critic hungry
View More A Dilettante at Large: THE RESTAURANT SCHOOL AT WALNUT HILL COLLEGEOUR FEW AND EVIL DAYS (Inis Nua): Tantalizing ambiguity
This is difficult review to write since almost anything I’d say would be a spoiler. I can say this much: Go see it.
View More OUR FEW AND EVIL DAYS (Inis Nua): Tantalizing ambiguityA Dilettante at Large goes to Penn Museum
Toby Zinman gives her thoughts on the new Middle East galleries at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
View More A Dilettante at Large goes to Penn MuseumTHE TEMPEST (Lantern): Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not
Lantern Theater’s production of THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare’s last play, is an enjoyable, modest show, full of comedy and romance and the gentle spirit of human forgiveness.
View More THE TEMPEST (Lantern): Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt notA dilettante at large: LEONARD BERNSTEIN: THE POWER OF MUSIC (NMAJH)
If you’re a Leonard Bernstein fan, don’t miss the terrific new exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
View More A dilettante at large: LEONARD BERNSTEIN: THE POWER OF MUSIC (NMAJH)SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Ars Nova/PTC): Hmmph
As far as I can tell, this is a satire, although you know you’re on shaky ground when you’re not sure if the play knows it’s a satire.
View More SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Ars Nova/PTC): HmmphA dilettante at large: A QUIET PLACE (Curtis Institute of Music)
The Curtis Institute of Music and Opera Philadelphia’s stunning production Leonard Bernstein’s opera, A Quiet Place, is one of many worldwide celebrations of his centennial;
View More A dilettante at large: A QUIET PLACE (Curtis Institute of Music)A STEADY RAIN (Walnut St): An intense and engrossing cop show
If you’re a fan of TV police procedurals this is the play for you.
View More A STEADY RAIN (Walnut St): An intense and engrossing cop showA dilettante at large: WRITTEN ON SKIN (Opera Philadelphia)
Philadelphia’s premiere drama critic, Toby Zinman knows her theater. Opera, not so much. Here’s her dilettante review of Opera Philadelphia’s WRITTEN ON SKIN.
View More A dilettante at large: WRITTEN ON SKIN (Opera Philadelphia)REALLY (Theatre Exile): Camera obscura
Discomfort is the name of the game here, but to what purpose?
View More REALLY (Theatre Exile): Camera obscuraSENSITIVE GUYS (InterAct): Satirizing the dialectic of sex
What’s being satirized in this social satire? Good question, with several answers.
View More SENSITIVE GUYS (InterAct): Satirizing the dialectic of sexTWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messy
This musical theater version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, launches EgoPo’s season as a cabaret/fundraiser.
View More TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messyBROKEN STONES (InterAct): Searching through the meta rubble
What better theatrical vehicle for cynicism than “meta”: how many ways can the playwright fool an audience?
View More BROKEN STONES (InterAct): Searching through the meta rubbleIT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Walnut): A bell rings
If you’re in the mood for a misty-eyed, life-affirming moment, It’s a Wonderful Life is the show for you.
View More IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Walnut): A bell ringsBUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we are
This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments. BUYER AND CELLAR is about Barbra Streisand’s basement.
View More BUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we areKINKY BOOTS (national tour at the Academy of Music): Everybody say yeah
Seeing KINKY BOOTS every couple of years turns out to be a semi-good idea
View More KINKY BOOTS (national tour at the Academy of Music): Everybody say yeah