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Friday, May 19, 2017

Review: Meteor Shower at curtainup.com/ by David A. Rosenberg

Comedian and tragedian, bluegrass musician and art collector, brainy and goofy . . . this Long Wharf world premiere is all Steve Martin

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:13AM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Review: Napoli,Brooklyn at curtainup.com/-connectcut by David A. Rosenberg

an overloaded kitchen sink drama having its world premiere at Long Wharf Theater before moving to the Roundabout in New YorkR

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:24AM
Monday, May 16, 2016

Review: My Paris at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

though still in need of a pointg of view this musical luckily has the superb Bobby Steggert as Toulouse-Lautrec.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Review: Happy Days at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Samuel Beckett's play featuring a heartbreaking performance by Dianne Wiest blazes with life at Yale Rep . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:09AM
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Review: Lewiston at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

Samuel D. Hunter's evocative, admirably realistic new play Long Wharf Theater is that familiar conflict between a new country's western expansion at the expense of devouring the land.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:47PM
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Review: The Moors at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Clocking in at an intermissionless 95 minutes, Jen Silverman's melodramatic comedy is as adventurous and stylish as it is strained and vapid.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:00AM
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Review: The Body Of An American at curtainup.com - Connecticut l by David A. Rosenberg

Dan O'Brien uses a true story to examine the lives of two men, their creative processes, the ghosts that haunt them, their search for themselves and their symbiotic need for connections.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:08AM
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review: Indecent at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

Paula Vogel's moving, full-scale, sometimes overstuffed, always fascinating new work at Yale Rep .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:45AM
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Review: Backwards In High Heels at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

bush-league knock-off of Gypsy with the mother and her rebellious daughter here Lela Rogers and movie legend Ginge

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:54AM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Review: And a Nightingale Sang at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

C. P. Taylor's World War II story highlighted by fine acting at Westport Country Playhouse

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:14AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Pope! An Epic Musical by David A. Rosenberg

Though it flirts with grown-up irreverence, the lively tuner is a juvenile romp that should appeal to fans of television cartoons.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Lost and Found by David A. Rosenberg

With enough material for a dozen plays, John Pollono's drama is an Italian stew, with moments both touching and volatile.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Cookie by David A. Rosenberg

Though it's a shallow work, a series of short scenes that doesn't get very far and raises more questions than it knows what to do with, writer-director Chad Beckim's play is sweet-natured.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

The Girl in the Park by David A. Rosenberg

As cleverly directed by Jesca Prudencio and acted by a knowing cast, Matt Owen's play has clarity issues but also distinct possibilities.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

The Revival by David A. Rosenberg

This often absorbing yet ultimately unfulfilling drama nevertheless marks Samuel Brett Williams as a playwright on the verge.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller by David A. Rosenberg

Jeff Cohen's adaptation of Christopher Stokes' short story is more a combination of dance and narration than a dramatic work that develops characters.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Fyvush Finkle Live! by David A. Rosenberg

This confused mishmash stars a veteran of Yiddish theater, Broadway, and television, but it feels like amateur night at the local shul.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Banished Children of Eve by David A. Rosenberg

Kelly Younger’s ambitious stage adaptation of Peter Quinn’s sprawling novel about New York City’s Draft Riots during the Civil War misses the mark.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

Rosmersholm by David A. Rosenberg

Acted with passion and commitment, this eloquent production is a rare chance to see one of Ibsen’s least-produced masterworks.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM

The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church by David A. Rosenberg

Daniel Kitson's inventive and winning solo show centers on the massive correspondence of a lonely man contemplating suicide. But the replies postpone his date with the noose.

SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Review: The Second Mrs. Wilson at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Joe DiPietro wraps an explosive, lesser-known bit of history in a conventional framework. It makes for a safe, unchallenging, still entertaining work that resembles a Wikipedia entry

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AM
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Review: Forever at curtainup.com by David A. Rosenberg

Dael Orlandersmith's soul-baring and often lyrical solo arrives at New York Theatre Workshop.

SOURCE: at 09:35AM
Monday, May 4, 2015

Review: Elevada at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

Sheila Callaghan's play, having its world premiere at Yale Rep, is, as of now, a muddle of themes and characterizations in search of a tone.. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:19PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Review: Grounded at curtainup.com/ by David A. Rosenberg

What's unsaid in this all too relevant solo play is as potent as what is.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:41AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Those who've never particularly liked the plays of Bertolt Brecht, nor understood his appeal, will not have their minds changed by director Liz Diamond's Yale Rep production . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:01AM
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Review: War at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

A world premiere by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Yale Rep.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:02AM
Friday, October 24, 2014

Review: Holiday Inn at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Goodspeed's revival is little more than a jukebox musical, using Irving Berlin's catalogue . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Review: Our Town �at �curtainup.com -Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Thornton Wilder's classis is drastically reconceived at Long Wharf

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:00AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Review: Intimate Apparel at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

Lynn Nottage play in fine revival in Westport

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:03AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Review: Things We Do For Love at curtainup.com - Connecticut by David A. Rosenberg

lan Ayckbourn in fine form at Westport

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AM
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

NY Review: 'Prison Dancer' by David A. Rosenberg

"Prison Dancer" is a jovial yet touching new musical at NYMF based on true events about transformation and reform.and featuring Jose Llana in a fine cast.

SOURCE: Backstage at 07:55AM

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