Sunday, June 24, 2012
The title of Mark Roberts' tragi-comedy now in its East Coast premiere at Shakespeare & Co's second stage symbolizes the traumas that have haunted two brothers and their sister. Roberts, has…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The Signature Theatre Center will be a film buffs' home. called Signature Cinema. The idea is to showcase films written by playwrights and films tha…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:56PM[SHARE]Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles were both serious, highly respected and prolific journalists, but their fledgling (and only) play was intended as a light-hearted romantic spoof . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:59AM[SHARE]Monday, June 18, 2012
According to the preface to Annie Baker's version of Chekhov's Vanya, whether it's a translation or adaptation depends on how the viewer defines the terms adaptation and translation. Actuall…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:33AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 16, 2012
You might want to vcheck out one of 3 FREE performances of a Noel Coward revue by musical theater …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:17PM[SHARE]Friday, June 15, 2012
The Most Happy Fella - DiCapo Opera's four-week run of Frank Loesser's classic musical is a rare chance to hear it sung unplugged . . . Read More
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:36PM[SHARE]Harvey - It's great to see Jim Parsons bringing more young people to the theater. If smart casting like this can help to make all Roundabout shows and not just …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 03:23PM[SHARE]DiCapo Opera's four-week run of Frank Loesser's classic musical is a rare chance to hear it sung unplugged
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:14PM[SHARE]- It's great to see Jim Parsons bringing more young people to the theater. If smart casting like this can help to make all Roundabout shows and not just their worthy $20 black box production…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 13, 2012
As a genre, this takes a page from George Bernard Shaw's discussion plays. Yes, that means lots of talk. But it's good talk and, never tediously talky since Gina Gionfriddo has an impressive…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Atlantic Theater's long time home in a former church has just undergone an $8.3 million renovation. I can't think of a more apt play to initiate its main stage ithan John Patrick Shan…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:12AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
Big Tony Winners (L-R): A scene from Best Play Clybourne Park. . .Nina Arianda Best Performance in Venus in Fur. . .Steve Kazee Best Performance with also nominated co-star Cri…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:17AM[SHARE]Friday, June 8, 2012
Food and Fadwa - . . . The volatile West Bank setting with its check points, curfews and long history of hostilities adds a strong and geographically specific politi…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 07:24AM[SHARE]After two and a half hours of watching Sir Ralph, a sword wielding killer knight with a conscience, pursue his quest for his better self the best way to sum this up is to paraphrase Ralp…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:11AM[SHARE]The volatile West Bank setting with its check points, curfews and long history of hostilities adds a strong and geographically specific political flavor to this collaboration with Noor Theat…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:05AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2012
Pictured above scenes from recently reviewed. . . My Children! My Africa!- The preachy speeches and too leisurely pace notwithstanding, Ruben Santiago-Hu…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:11AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 26, 2012
The preachy speeches and too leisurely pace notwithstanding, Ruben Santiago-Hudson beautiful, subtly directed production and the impassioned performances manage to make this a moving look ba…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:31AM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2012
A smartly directed and terrifically performed revival of Simon Gray's homage to high-toned literary publications and to the bristling academic oeuvre behind it
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012Latest Reviews & Features February House This musical sketchbook of Brooklyn's ar…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:41AM[SHARE]This musical sketchbook of Brooklyn's artistic history isn't for those whose definition of musical theater heaven is a book offering up a clearly defined plot and toe-tapping, hummable tunes…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 22, 2012
It's been an especially busy week for Curtainup's London critics.. .The Hairy Ape- The first major London revival ofEugene O'Neill's 1922 impressionistic play and study of aliena…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:56AM[SHARE]Monday, May 21, 2012
though you don't have to be old or Jewish to "get" what's funny, the chief and most responsive ticket buyers for this internet website spawned jokefest will be at least old enough for AARP m…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2012
The Playbill cover features an image to illustrate one definition for the possibly titillating or off-putting title. However, Mike Bartlett's play touches on every one of the dictionary defi…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 13, 2012
Whether Megan Hilty's Ivy gets to play Marilyn in Smash or not-- she's smashing in the Encores! revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes-- In that …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:20AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 12, 2012
A charming, high-stepping musical cream puff "A Tingle" and 'A Glow" with talent. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Director/filmmaker Paul Weitz's fourth play, the third at Second Stage.. It has its funny moments but incisive and memorable, it's not
SOURCE: www.curtainup.comlonelyimnot at 06:29AM[SHARE]Monday, May 7, 2012
Monday, May 07, 2012Awards News: Lucille Lortell Awards nominees & winners . . .Tony Awards nominees. . . Drama Desk Awards nominees. . . List of Outer Critics Circle nominees. . . A…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:09AM[SHARE]David Steller and the Irish Rep deserve our thanks for giving us a chance to see Shaw's comedy as intended, with the Don Juan in Hell dream included.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 1, 2012
David Rabe's nostalgic play is well-acted, especially by the main character, but doesn't really catch fire
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AM[SHARE]Monday, April 30, 2012
At Classic Stage it's a more fun focus for A Midsummer Night's Dream- In case you forgot, Shakespeare's natural bent was comedy. Classic Stage' s Dream proves i…
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