Friday, September 28, 2012
this production has successfully brought Ibsen's 1882 muckraking drama into the 21st Century. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 25, 2012
It's hard to imagine this history based drama without Kathleen Chalfant to charm you with her spot-on accent, and wry humor and ultimately bring tears to your eyes with her unimaginably horr…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AM[SHARE]Friday, September 21, 2012
There's certainly no shortage of dysfunctional family dramas. But a play with probably one of …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:59AM[SHARE]If the question this title asks is how to improve the way we live, Nick Payn's answer seems to be that it may just be best to start looking at problems right in your own home
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:41AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 19, 2012
My own take on Lisa D'Amour's timely new play Detroit is more a 'B' {www.curtainup.com/detroitny.html) than New York Times critic …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:56AM[SHARE]- A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though its too extreme finale short changes the theme of the American Dream in freefall
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:37AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Detroit - A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though it's too extreme finale shortchanges the theme of the Am…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:49PM[SHARE]Monday, September 17, 2012
This bouncy tribute to the big band era's famous bandleaders Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey by two 25-year-olds, themselves brothers, is a sure-fire antidote to gloom and doom about the Great Recess…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:23AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 13, 2012
The venerated South African playwright who used words as his weapon to expose his country's dismal racial policies is now an octogenarian.&nb…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Curtainup's on and off-Broadway listings pages are updated at least twice a week-- shows are annotated with information about casts, creative teams, …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:15PM[SHARE]Looking forward to a big Off-Broadway weekend.At Roundabout's Laura Pel Theater There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, at Playwrights Horizon a matinee press p…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Mary Broome - Allan Monkhouse's 1911 comedy at the Mint explores upstairs/downstairs and father/son relationships . . . Read More
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:10AM[SHARE]With the nitpickers out in full force, this Little Tramp may be shuffling off the Barrymore stage sooner than we think it should. …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:03AM[SHARE]Allan Monkhouse's 1911 comedy at the Mint explores upstairs/downstairs and father/son relationships . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:21AM[SHARE]a smartly staged homage to Charlie Chaplin buoyed by Rob McClure's brilliant star turn . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Heartless - Sam Shepard may be at the point in life where he's eligible for social security, but don't count on his having settled into easy, entertainment mode. Heartles…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:34AM[SHARE]Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking - Hurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:30AM[SHARE]Hurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 6, 2012
Sam Shepard may be at the point in life where he's eligible for social security, but don't count on his having settled into easy, entertainment mode. Heartless may not be his best play" sure…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Harbor - The times are ripe for a solid comedy or drama about the risks and rewards for gay couples adopting children, but Chad Beguelin's fails the challenge. . . . Read More …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:06AM[SHARE]Monday, August 27, 2012
Our annual overview of the busy Berkshire Theater season is posted, as is our final addition to our Fringe Festival coverage. Also…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:41PM[SHARE]2012 New York International Fringe Festival - Curtainup's "fringers" have finished grazing the menu of some 200 shows
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:43AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 26, 2012
My last review for the Berkshire summer 2012 season is of a still in progress productionSatchmo at the Waldorf - Drama critic Ter…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:05PM[SHARE]Drama critic Terry Teachout's solo play remains "unfrozen" during its Shakespeare & Co run though John Doughlas Thompas has already found ways to compensate for the absence of other cast mem…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:59AM[SHARE]Friday, August 24, 2012
Alfred Molina's Mark Rothko has a well woth seeing new assistnat in Jonathan (Spring Awakening) Groff-- and the play has a lot more room to splash paint on its&…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 23, 2012
I can't think of an actress more capable of holding the stage all by herself and bringing fascinating women like Thompson and Wharton to life. She's also proved herself the embodiment of the…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:52AM[SHARE]TAhe Inner House - I can't think of an actress more capable of holding the stage all by herself and bringing fascinating women like Thompson and Wharton…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 20, 2012
2 Berkshire Theaters conclude their seasons with leave-them-laughing shows, one a world premiere, the other a classic old&nb…
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