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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Review: 'Tis Pity She's A Whore at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Red Bull's production of Ford's juicy drama hits the bull's eye . .

SOURCE: at 09:42AM
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Review: Hamlet at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Director Austin Pendleton has plucked out the spirit of Old Hamlet from the dramatis personae and Peter Sarsgaard plays his son as a regular Joe.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:29AM
Monday, April 6, 2015

Review: at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Shakespeare's classic re-conceived and performed by Amanda Boekelheide and Sarah Eismann . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:44PM
Monday, March 30, 2015

Review:Twelfth Night (or What You Will). . . What You Will (or Twelfth Night) at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Bedlam Theater's Shakespearean switcheroo takes the double title and morphs each into a full production that runs in entertaining repertory with itself

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:12AM
Thursday, February 26, 2015

CHURCHILL by Deirdre Donovan

CHURCHILL is a heart-warming interpretation of one of history's true originals.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:54PM
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Review: at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

an interesting but flawed production .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:17AM
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Review: Winners at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Maggie Bofill's domestic comedy at the Ensemble Studio Theate

SOURCE: at 09:45AM
Saturday, January 17, 2015

Review: Villainous Company at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Victor L. Cahn's fine cat-and-mouse caper with a twist of villainy .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Review:Shakespeare Mobile Unit's Pericles at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

The Shakespeare Mobile Unit in a brief sit-down run at the Public Theater . .

SOURCE: at 07:06AM
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Review:The Tempest at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

As part of the company's La MaMa Earth program, this Tempestweighs in with a social conscience and a nod to the world ecology. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review: Macbeeth at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Atmosphere galore, and Kenneth Branagh as a memorable killer king

SOURCE: at 07:00AM
Friday, May 30, 2014

Review: The Merchant Of Venice at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

This production won't make you forget other New York stagings but it does deliver all the comedy's essentials and a convincing Shylock.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:39AM
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Review:Drunk Shakespeare at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

this is a mug-in-hand fit for theatergoers who savor watching a Shakespeare play while drinking a draft or two.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:26AM
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Review: Lear's Fool at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Another Lear-- this one with just the Fool and the foolish king

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:00AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Review: Sea Marks at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

One can almost smell the salt of the sea in Gardner McKay's poignant love story about a long-distance relationship between two middle-aged people

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:46AM
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014

Review: King Lear at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Review: King Lear at curtainup.com/ http://www.curtainup.com/kingleartna14.html

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:36PM
Monday, February 24, 2014

Review: 1984 at curtainup.com-London by Deirdre Donovan

While this Workshop rendering is less ambitious than some productions I've seen, this one captures its life-enhancing message of rebirth and redemption

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AM
Sunday, February 9, 2014

Review: Pig Iron's Twelfth Night at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Pig Iron's sassy version of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, first staged at Philadelphia's Fringe Festival in 2011, is a bouillabaisse of Balkan and American music. . . . Read More

SOURCE: at 02:42PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Review: Almost Maineat curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

The Tranport Group brings John Cariani's wintry romance back to New York . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44AM
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Review: King Lear at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Frank Langella makes yet another mad monarch worth seeing. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:54AM
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Review: Under the Radar Festival- at curtainup.com/Big Mouth by Deirdre Donovan

-Big Mouth rounds up our Under the Radar Festival coverage

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:07AM
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Review: Macbeth at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Perhaps the best way to sum up this production is to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare himself: "mingled yarn, good and ill together".

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:11AM
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Julie Taymor's production provides a spectacular launch for TNA's new home in Brooklyn .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:54AM
Monday, October 21, 2013

Review: Hamlet Hallucinations at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Dario D'Ambrosi's surreal journey through the protagonist's psyche is told from the Gravedigger's point of view . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:28AM
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Review:Romeo & Juliet at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

No balcony for Classic Stage's star-crossed teenagers

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:41AM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Review: All Female Julius Caesar at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Shakespeare's most manly of plays with an all female cast

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:25AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Review: Shakespeare's Sister at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

This mash-up of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and Marguerite Duras' La Vie Materielle is a dream of a dinner party where five women unpack their minds and hearts as they prepare a com…

SOURCE: at 07:13AM
Monday, September 9, 2013

Review: The Public Theater Lab's Musical Adaptation of The Tempest at curtainup.com by Deirdre Donovan

Todd Almond's new musical adaptation of The Tempest at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park kicked off the Public Theater's exciting new community-based initiative Public Works program. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:45PM
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Review:Blue Stockings at curtainup.com-Lon by Deirdre Donovan

Director John Dove does his best with Jessica Swale's wordy but historically engaging play.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:39AM
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Review: Same Time, Next Year at curtainup.com/Berkshires http://www.curtainup.com/sametimenextyearberk.html Review: Murder for Two at curtainup. by Deirdre Donovan

Get out your sweat rags, murder mystery buffs! This musical whodunit musical, is 80 minutes of non-stop wackiness and killer suspense

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:40AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards