Thursday, October 20, 2011
The bookend pieces are strictly for laughs, the middle piece is as sad as it is funny. Taken together, the three pieces are a bit like having three desserts instead of a really substantial m…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:48PMWednesday, October 19, 2011
Thursday, November 3 at 6:00pm, and Friday, November 4 at 3:00pm and 7:00pm, at The Snapple Centre, 1627 Broadway.Amas Musical Theatre will present <free staged readings of&nb…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:51AMWhen journalist Lawrence Wright took to the stage he began and ended his impassioned monologue, The Human Scale with footage about the young soldier Gilad…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:18AMMonday, October 17, 2011
Mike Daisey takes off his rose-colored glasses to tell his version of the Jobs story
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:47PMThursday, October 13, 2011
Samuel L. Jackson makes an impressive Broadway debut Katori Hall's faction about Martin Luther King's last night on earth.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:40PMYou wouldn't want a monster wife at your bedside, but you won't want to miss Linda Lavin's irresistibly funny and moving portrayal of her .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:29PMActress Zoe Kazan's first major Off-Broadway play is an imperfect pleasure.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:09AMTuesday, October 11, 2011
New York Times critic Christopher Isherwood's Arts Beat blog about his plan to ask his editor to let him off the hook in terms of&…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 04:34PMSunday, October 9, 2011
A timely but flawed Rattigan play, given the grand manner treatment by Frank Langella
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:03PMThursday, October 6, 2011
The Kindle e-reader has finally embraced library lending. But before you find other uses for the money saved purchasing your book…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:44AMWednesday, October 5, 2011
4 actors, and a baker's dozen of playwrights contemplate motherhood in our "brave new world"
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:06AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
What do Kilgore Trout and Playwright Adam Rapp Have in Common?
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:22PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
The Signature Theater which began life in a more than modest downtown space, and has since called the lovely but small theater&nbs…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 04:48PMTuesday, September 27, 2011
The Keen Company revival of Lanford Wilson's early play . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:41PMa young playwrights submission of his play under a more attention getting by-line turns into a case of "oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:39PMWednesday, September 21, 2011
In 1957 African-American playwright Alice Childress's play Trouble in Mind, a was slated for Broadway. But the producers wanted her to make&nb…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:50PMSaturday, September 17, 2011
the actors and the smart script make this behind the financial headlines play fun to watch. And at $18 a ticket, affordable even if your portfolio has taken a beating
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:26PMFriday, September 16, 2011
New York- BroadwayFollies- To paraphrase Samuel Johnson, "When you're tired of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, you're tired of musical theater" . . .New York-Off-BroadwayThe Wood- …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:16PMDan Klores's docu-drama about the late journalist Mike McAlary is too jumpy and maudlin
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:49AMWednesday, September 14, 2011
Pictured above: Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie and Mary Beth Heil as Solange as former showgirls in Follies.What's this picture from the latest production of&…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:18AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
the Apple family has another "real time" get-together -- this time for bruunch and conversation prior to a 9/11 memorial concert and reading
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:10AMMonday, September 12, 2011
To paraphrase Samuel Johnson, "When you're tired of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, you're tired of musical theater"
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:52PMSunday, September 11, 2011
Less time consuming than Elevator Repair Service's Gatz, but still a hefty theatrical meal but its one that's nourishing and enjoyably brings Hemingway's novel to life. . . . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:02PMWednesday, September 7, 2011
Berenstain Bears Live to Present Free Performance on September 25 If there's a youngster in your house, take note of Let's Move in Bear Country, an event …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:04AMtheater buffs will love this terrific and timely comedy of manners that's all about a London bank scandal -- but also a backwater town's dying newspaper and local theater producer and playwr…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:56AMMonday, September 5, 2011
An intriguing idea that doesn't quite work
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:07AMFriday, September 2, 2011
Fans of music, drama and dance don’t always have to head to big cities and see amazing performances. Colleges across the nation put on top-notch professional shows as well as&…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:27AMWednesday, August 31, 2011
Off-Broadway: Temporal Powers - The invaluable Mint Company's 's production of Irish playwrightTeresa Deevy's long ignored play is a sure cure for those in sea…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:18AMMonday, August 22, 2011
You don't have to be Jewish to be caught up in this story of a young man's struggle to grapple with the demands of his religious heritage and the need to fulfill his artistic gift .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:24PMTennessee Williams' one and only comedy gets a sympathetic revival at Berkshire Theater Festiva
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:38PMSunday, August 21, 2011
Edith Wharton's 1910 story set in 1962
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