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Monday, March 20, 2017

Review: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

delightfully silly concoction of murder, mystery and mayhem Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:24PM

Review: White Guy on the Bus at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Bruce Graham's intelligent and intense play about the unconscious, sometimes crippling, racism we all apparently harbor..

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:24PM
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Review:Wakey, Wakey at Curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Eno's most easily embraced and most deliberately accessible playR

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13AM
Saturday, February 25, 2017

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This new version by the theatrical group Third Space is notable essentially for its more free-wheeling adaptation/loose translation by David Tushingham

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:59AM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Review: Indian Head at curtainup.com -NJ by Simon Saltzman

New Jersey playwright Salter has filled her play with passionate voices R

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:57AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Review: American Son at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a sensational play that is driven by a long-standing social imperative made more acute by the current political climat

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:44AM
Friday, February 10, 2017

Review: The Object Lesson at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

we are committed by our sheer curiosity about what may come next.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AM
Thursday, February 9, 2017

Review: A Comedy of Tenors at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

a splendid ensemble and just need more time to inhabit rather than invade their roles

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AM

Review: Jonah and Otto at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Snappy writing gives this sentimental story a real lift

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Review: The Jag at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

Tightly structured and intense, the interaction of the three characters is beautifully developed

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Review: Life Is For Living at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

We see Coward's views of a changing world In Simon Green's exemplary performance Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:22PM
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Review: Martin Luther on Trial at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

filled to the brim with witty irreverence and impassioned rhetoric

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:42PM
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Review: The Bodyguard at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

No doubt that fans will swoon and sway hoot and holler to the music Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:24AM
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Review: Out of the City at curtainup.com -NJ by Simon Saltzman

a rather cuddly little domestic comedy in which two couples, friends for thirty years, have been set up to reexamine their marital bonds and re-explore their friendship

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:22AM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Review:Vietgone at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

sometimes funny, occasionally exasperating and totally confounding play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:21PM
Monday, October 24, 2016

Review: Mama’s Boy at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

perhaps the most insightful portrait of manipulative motherhood in recent times

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:40AM
Monday, October 17, 2016

eview: Disgraced at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

an emotions- charged consideration of familial, racial, cultural and political issues

SOURCE: disgracednj16.html at 11:13AM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Review: Single Black Female at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

a brittle discursive rebuttal to the bad images of black women that have prevailed for so long on TV and in the movies

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:09AM
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Review: The Roads To Home at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

This lovely production by Primary Stages now at the Cherry Lane Theater has a sublime cast under the fine direction of Michael Wilson

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:50AM
Monday, September 19, 2016

Review: Bathing in Moonlight at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

a glint of the magical realism and a gift for dramatic lyricism that is at the heart of Cruz's talent

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:48AM
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Review: Red Velvet at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

an accomplished ensemble of actors that is bringing vividness to Chakrabarti's real life characters

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:05AM
Monday, September 12, 2016

Review: The Wolves at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- credibly realized personalities are given keen dramatic shape by playwright Sarah Delappe

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:08AM
Friday, September 9, 2016

Review: Spamilton at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

It was inevitable that Gerard Alessandrini would find the rap rage that has taken over the spotlight on Broadway with the mega hit Hamilton

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:40AM
Monday, September 5, 2016

Review: Las Cruces at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

on the mark with effusive dialogue that often bristle

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:43AM
Friday, September 2, 2016

Review: Iago at curtainup.com -NJ by Simon Saltzman

- the petty feuding and the petulant fussing between a married theatrical couple and a scheming actor

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:23AM
Monday, August 15, 2016

Movie with stage roots review: by Simon Saltzman and Elyse Sommer

Florence Foster Jenkins - Our review and backgrounder of the movie about the tone-deaf Diva starring Meryl Streep

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:29PM
Friday, July 29, 2016

Review: Quietly at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a taut and tension-filled play set in post "troubles Belfast

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:21AM
Monday, July 18, 2016

Review: Water by the Spoonful at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a play to be savored and one certainly not to be missed.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:38AM
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Review: Coriolanus at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

a real treat for those already familiar with it and a special thrill for those who are not, particularly for its timely political relevance.R

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:17AM
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Review: Struck at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

a decent comedy about the reclamation of ancestry around a deplorable ac

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:57PM
Saturday, July 2, 2016

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