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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Review:The Other Josh Cohen at curtainup.com/l by Elyse Sommer

this award winning, amusing little musical in a new production at the Westside Theater. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20PM

Review: TResistible Rise of Arturo Ui at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Raul Esparza stars as the enamored with fame gangster in Bertold Brecht's allegory

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:17PM
Monday, November 12, 2018

Curtainup Feature Me#/Firs in the Berkshires - by Elyse Sommer

Curtainup Feature Me#/Firs in the Berkshires - all about an area where Able and Ambitious Female Theater Makers Have Thrived Long Before the Me#Too Movement and the Wave of Women R…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:02PM
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Review: American Son at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a dramatic look at race in America

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:48AM
Friday, November 9, 2018

Review: King Kong at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The iconic four-footed super hero is musicalized, and the beast once again upstages the beauty

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:30AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Review:The Thanksgiving Play at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Larissa FastHorse sets the record straight about the long perpetrated myths about that beloved holiday, and manages to do so hilariously.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AM
Sunday, November 4, 2018

Review: Days of Rage at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Steven Levenson goes back to the Vietnam protest days for his new play's world premiere at 2nd Stage

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:11AM
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Review: Good Grief at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

New York premiere of an Nigerian-American girl's coming of age in Bucks Count, Pennsylvania

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:40AM
Monday, October 29, 2018

Review:The Waverly Gallery at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Another Kenneth Lonergan play that's aged well enough for a wonderful reprise on Broadway

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:50PM
Sunday, October 28, 2018

Review:The Niceties at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a pas-de-deuux in Academia that turns into a mutually destructive political shouting match

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:25PM
Friday, October 26, 2018

Review:The Ferrymam at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Jez Butterworth's multi-generational family and political drama has so many assets that it's eminently watchable throught more than three hours

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:58AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Review:India Pale Ale at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

http://www.curtainup.com/indiapale18.html Jaclyn Backhau;s s vibrant new play about an American Punjabi family

SOURCE: at 08:54AM
Friday, October 19, 2018

Review:Gloria: A Life at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A dynamically staged look at America's best known feminist's life

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13AM
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Review: Mother of the Maid at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Glenn Close stars as the legendary Saint's Mother

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:10PM
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Review:Apologia at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Stockard Channing stars in this revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's dinner party from hell play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:02PM
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Review: My Parsifal Conductor,A Wagnerian Comedy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

/ This fact based play's subtitle is a misnomer.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:03AM
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Review:The Winning Side at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

the Epic Theatre Ensemble's thought provoking, high tech production in its world premiere at the Acorn on Theatre Row

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:11AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Review: Bernhardt/Hamlet at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Theresa Rebeck's "faction" brings Janet McTeer back to Broadway as the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:01PM
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Review: Girl from the North Country at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

while efforts to make a Bob Dylan musical have failed, Conor McPherson's version is a Bingo!.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:23AM
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Review:The Nap at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

British playwright Richard Bean has developed a story about the world of professional snooker into a darkly comic crime caper

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:56PM
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Review:I Was Most Alive with You at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Craig Lucas tackles a new format and multiple other issues in modern day Book of Job drama

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:59PM
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Review: The True at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Edie Falco returns to the stage in Sharr White's new play about a real life behind-the-scenes political mover and shaker

SOURCE: at 09:05PM
Monday, September 17, 2018

Review:Collective Rage at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Jen Silverman's quintet of unhappy gender bashing Betty Boops doesn't always achieve its satiric aim

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:05AM

Review: Uncle Vanya at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Richard Nelson has Chekhov's unhappy Russians air their unhappiness and grievances around a kitchen table

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:05AM
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Review: Days to Come at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The Mint takes a new look at Lillian Hellman failed play.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55PM
Friday, August 24, 2018

Review:Pretty Woman at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

another movie hit sings and dances to Broadway, this one with an essentially sleazy pair turned into fairy tale romantic lovers. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:27AM
Friday, August 17, 2018

Review:Gettin' the Band Back Together at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

this newly devised musical leans mighty . heavily on better shows based on similar scenario

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:15PM
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Review:straight White Men at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

It would be nice to see this first Broadway production by an Asian-American woman as a sign that America will soon be a more welcoming place for people of all backgrounds, color…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:24PM
Friday, July 27, 2018

Review: Head Over Heels at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Jukebox musicals come simple and glitzy-- like this elaborately staged mashup of a 16th Century romance and the Go-Go songbook. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:37AM
Monday, July 23, 2018

Review: Smokey Joe's Cafe; at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

l Joshua Bergasse's dynamic choreography and direction make this revival just the respits we all need from what nature and the White House has been sending our way

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:44AM
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Review:Fire In Dreamland at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Rebecca Naomi Jones delivers dauntingly long monologues with plenty of fire and verve though Rinne Groff's play fails to fully live up to its potential Elyse Sommer

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre