Alexander C. Kafka

First Show

'Bubbling Brown Sugar'

Favorite Show

It's a tie between 'Chicago' with Charlotte d'Amboise and the revival of 'West Side Story' directed by Arthur Laurents

Favorite Stories

• Review: CENDRILLON at Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center - I enjoyed the challenge of conveying a highly unorthodox dance-theater production.
• Review: HOLIDAY at Arena Stage - I had reviewed a different production of the same play decades before and it was enlightening to return to the work having had more life, artistic, and critical experience.
• BWW Review: REMEMBER THIS: THE LESSON OF JAN KARSKI, at the Michael R. Klein Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company - It was an opportunity to see the incredibly accomplished David Strathairn in a particularly ambitious, difficult work. He did not disappoint.
• BWW Review: NORM LEWIS AND THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA at Wolf Trap's Filene Center - It was among the first live performances I reviewed or attended after the Covid-19 lockdown, and it gave me an opportunity to think about the production but also about the beautiful and poignant rituals and routines surrounding any production.
• BWW Review: AMERICA'S REQUIEM: A KNEE ON THE NECK and Mozart's REQUIEM at Strathmore Music Center - It's not every day that a critic gets to review the world premiere of a bold, thoughtful, timely American opus. Its coupling with Mozart was a study in context and contrast.