Thornton Wilder's Our Town Gives Ann Patchett's Tom Lake a Wonderful Theater-centric Flavor by Elyse Sommer Outstanding new cultural offerings tend to be outnumbered by those that are h…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:08PMIs the Theater Back to its Pre-pandemic Pleasures? By Elyse Sommer There are indeed signals for optimism that the worst of the pandemic is over, at least in the theater. Long shuttere…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:29PMJudy Blume's Ever-Expanding Audience & Relevanceby Elyse SommerI'm too old to have been part of author Judy Blume's ever-expanding fan base of girls from early grades to high school. Con…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:20AMTypes of Shows That Keep Theater Alive -- By Elyse Sommer Putting on a play or musical on Broadway, as well as elsewhere, has always been a high-risk cultural enterprise. And ye…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:55AMPBS Makes Reboot of TV Golden Oldie, All Creatures Great And Small, into a Feel-Good Screening Hit with Characters You Like and Admire -- By Elyse Sommer We continue to be barraged by …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:00PMMy Favorite Recent Quote Comes From Author of Leopoldstadt"In a scene that takes place in 1955, the young Englishman says to the Jewish man, 'It can’t happen again.’ When the play was b…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:41PMOur lives will never again replicate the less chaotic Pre-COVID era. This New Normal will encompass many shifts in our recreational as well as work lives. For writers and actors, the sto…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:35AMWhile theaters have reopened, the news on that front has been more about once considered here-to-stay shows closing. That even includes Phantom of the Opera, which in the course of a rem…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:12AMIt's a Wonderful Life sure beats the drum loudly for kindness and doing the right thing. In fact, in these stressful times we may not want to wait until Christmas to bask in Director F…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:42PMShakespeare Gets The Last Word In King Charles' Farewell To His Mama, The QueenIn his first speech as Queen Elizabeth II's successor, her son gave Shakespeare the final words for his mothe…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:42PMBy Elyse Sommer Since I saw and reviewed Tessa Thompson in Rebecca Wilson's terrific film adaptation of Nella Larson's 1939 novel Passing (http://www.curtainup.com/pas…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:36PMMy Favorite Quote Reaching my own personal centennial is cause for a bit of reflection on my first century — and on what the next century will bring for the people and cou…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:39AMScreened Entertainment About Famous People Is Having Its Bigger-Than-Ever Moments . . . Now Often Available To Watch In Several Formats & At Various Outlets Simultaneously Traditio…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:55PMwww.curtainup.com Curtainup Founder & Editor Elyse Sommer's Epilogue -- I've passed the torch for reviewing and editing new theat…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:37AMOnscreen and Live Entertainment at http://www.curtainup.com June 9, 20022 . Borgen — rebooted as Borgen-Power and Glory
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:39AMElyse's Blog Updated April 27, 2022 . April 27th Blog Update— How I Learned to Drive and Take Me Out prove their durability in new Broadway production, American Buffalo less so . . . wit…
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:06PMLatest Features About Onscreen and Live Entertainment NEW April 13, 2022- To Stage or Screen a Story By Elyse Sommer
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:38AMTo Stage or Screen a Story discusses 'Mass" which began as a play and is now a film at Hulu and the film and stage version of the Alan Turing story
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:23AMThe Oscars Nod to New Acceptance of Screening Platforms and Greater Casting and Storytelling Diversity
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:31AM-Our Post Pandemic Life Must Embrace All the Ways We Experience Culture--covers The Music Man, Spielberg's West Side Story, Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend series
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20AMThat Day We Sang is my screen gem of the week, t The Plot and An Elder Laldy is up to no Good my escapist page turners
SOURCE: curtainup.com at 12:34PMElyse's Blog My screening gem and page turners of the week: That Day We Sang, and An Elderly Lady is Up to No good January 15, 2022 Up…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:33PMrecommended book bings: Rachel to the Resce. . .The Lincoln Highway. . .Homeland Elegies
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:17PMBooks To Help Us Forget Pandemic Worries— Rachel to the Rescue, The Lincoln Highway and Homeland Elegies By Elyse Sommer . …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:17PM. Elyse's Blog \December 23rd update-- about Kimberly Akimbo, Mrs. Doubtfire, Flying over Sunset, Only Murders in this Building. . . Newest: December 23, 2021
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