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Friday, April 8, 2011

Review: Anything Goes at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

This revival of Cole Porter's tuneful, danceable show is not just "so easy to love" but impossible not to love. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:15AM
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Review: Benefactors at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Michael Frayn's elegantly structured 4-character 1984 play is still relevant . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:38AM
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Review: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Original and bubbling with ideas as this play is, and even with a ticket selling name like Robin Williams above the title, this is a risky Broadway venture.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:33PM
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Review of The Other Place at Curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

If the name Sharr White doesn't ring a bell, don't let that keep you from buying a ticket to see his first New York world premiere,

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:15PM

The Spoiler issue for reviewers at Curtainup's blog annex by Elyse Sommer

Telling readers what a show is about without robbing them of a chance to experience revelations gradually

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:24PM

Review: La Cage Aux Folle's Second Cast at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Havey Fierstein is a lovable Albin and Christopher Sieber a perfect Georges

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:47AM
Monday, March 21, 2011

Review: Kin at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Bathsheba Doran touching and often funny new play is beautifully acted and staged. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:53PM
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Review: Hello Again at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Composer-lyricist-librettist Michael John LaChiusa's sexual roundelay performed in a downtown loft is certainly a different from more conventional theatrical story telling. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:53PM

Review: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

the pink bus has landed on Broadway

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:46PM
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Review: Encores!-- Where's Charley? at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

it's a treat to hear not just the hits but the less familiar songs from Frank Loesser's first full length musical score. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:35PM
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Review: Arcadia at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

You might call this a Pinata Play — Tom Stoppard's theatrical version of the Mexican candy and toy filled papier-mâché pot, with the Stoppardian pinata is filled with ideas to be tossed …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:25PM

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