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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review:Eclipsed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Danai Gurira's moving history-based play gets a superb cast at the Public Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:45AM

lReview:The Gin Game at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones bring D.L. Coburn's back to its original Broadway home.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AM
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Review: Fool for Love at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Its rhythmic quality gives Sam Sheperd's 1983 play the feeling of a musicalized fight drama. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:08AM
Friday, October 9, 2015

Review: Barbecue at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Robert O'Hara's uproarious satire is sure to be another hit for the hit-making Public Theater.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10AM
Monday, October 5, 2015

Review: Cloud Nine at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Caryl Churchill's early play still worth watching, though the reconfigured Atlantic Theater is likely to put you into a cloud nine comfort zone

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:58PM
Monday, September 28, 2015

. Review: Spring Awakening at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a unique new take of a musical already acclaimed for its uniqueness. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:14PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Review: The New Morality at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

This Edwardian domestic comedy has a Shavian flavor, that Harold Chapin would surely have developed more had he lived long enough .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:33AM
Friday, September 18, 2015

Review: The Christians at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Lucas Hnath's intriguing play about the divisiveness of different visions for being true to one's faith

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AM
Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Legend of Georgia McBride at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a hilariously entertaining tribute to the art of drag performance -- and it has something to say as well

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AM
Friday, September 4, 2015

Review: A Delicate Ship at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Anna Ziegler's intriguing play about an ill-fated love triangle

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:05PM
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Review: Love & Money at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A. R. Gurney's new play is a case of little new and quite a bit that's borrowed .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:30PM
Monday, August 31, 2015

New Annie Baker Backgrounder, plus update of John review with at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Update on Annie Baker's play at the Signature in its final week --with link to new our new Baker's backgrounder added to Curtainup's Playwrights Album

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:26AM
Monday, August 17, 2015

Review: Red Velvet at curtainup.com-Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

he first American production of this bio-drama adds another jewel in John Douglas Thompson's crown . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:46PM
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Review:His Girl Friday at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Thanks to a splendid cast and vivid staging, John Guare's problematically re-conceived mashup of Front Page and its screwball romantic movie follow-up is lots of fun .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:01PM
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Review:A Moon for the Misbegotten at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The happily married Audra McDonald and Will Swenson bring new life to Eugene O'Neill's misbegotten lovers .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:06AM
Sunday, August 9, 2015

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

Jane Anderson's re-imagined version of the much dramatized Maid of Orleans story with Tina Packer her usual winning self as the Maid's mum

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:41AM
Friday, August 7, 2015

Hamilton: The Something New and Exciting Broadway's Been Waiting For by Elyse Sommer

A hit downtown is an even bigger hit uptown . . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:42PM
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Review:Unknown Soldier at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

This 90-minute musical epic is a genuine WOW! . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:41AM
Monday, July 27, 2015

Review:Paradise Blue at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

World premiere of part 2 of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit cycle at Williamstown

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:16PM

Review:The Unexpected Man at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

- Yasmina Reza puts a famous author and a devoted reader into the same train compartment for some unexpected results. But don't expect it to be quite the crowd pleaser her big hit Art has be…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AM
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

http://www.curtainup.com/lostinyonkersberk15.html by Elyse Sommer

Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winner, winningly staged in Pittsfield., MASS

SOURCE: at 10:44AM
Monday, July 20, 2015

Review: Kinship at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Carey Perlow's contemporary take on Racine's play buoyed by Cynthia Nixon in the leading role . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:51PM

Review: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The Berkshire Theatre Group teams up with young New Neighborhood group for a new and well worth seeing dysfunctional family drama .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:29AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Review:Bells Are Ringing at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

the bells ringing aren't from cell phones in this classical musical comedy revival at the beautiful Colonial Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:58AM
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Review:Deathtrap at curtainup.com/Berkshiresl by Elyse Sommer

Ira Levin's twisty thriller revived in Stockbridge . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:20PM
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Review:Legacy at curtainup.com/Berkshire by Elyse Sommer

A WTF world premiere by Daniel Goldfarb that explores the impulse to achieve immortality, whether through the work we do or parenthood. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:34PM
Monday, July 6, 2015

Tanglewood 4th of July concert -- curtainup- Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Tanglewood Music Festival's All American Concert with John Douglas Thompson Thrilling Narration for Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait"

SOURCE: www.curtainup. com at 10:19AM
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Review:The How and the Why at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Stage and screen writer Sarah Treem's multi-faceted two-hander is buoyed by Tod Randolph's stellar performance .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44AM
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Review:Of Good Stock at curtainup.com/ h by Elyse Sommer

Melissa Ross adds the Stockton sisters to the popular 3-sisters genre .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:29AM
Friday, June 19, 2015

Review:Significant Other Significant Ot at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

oshua Harmon's funny and often moving new play about friendship and love for New York single . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:48AM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Review: Gloria at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

an intriguing new play by the talented Branden Jacobs-Jenkins . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:11AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes 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