how Feb. 8th made theatrical history as a theater critics' Tea Party
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMenjoyable, beautifully illustrated theatrical family history . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMNew LABrynth Theater Company playwright Melissa. Ross unites a family of half-siblings for their father's final hours
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMRine Groff uses marionettes to revisit a long-ago battle over the rights to dramatize Anne Frank's diary . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMIf you don't mind a romance that trots out every political difference between the red and blue states, this adds up to a pleasant, if not especially memorable, 2 hours
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMThe first play, Rose, gets Adam Rapp's triptych of one-acts off to a fine start. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMAdam Rapp's triptych moves forward 50 years with its second one-act, but loses ground with its self-indulgent vulgarity and less intriguing characters . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMall 3 Hallway plays now officially open-- our omnibus review page covers it play-by-play with an all-in-one overview. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMThe concluding "Hallway" play doesn't make for an all's well that ends well trilogy
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMDavid Linday-Abaire and the superb Frances McDormand lighten his picture of a segment of our society that is struggling to keep from sinking from low-income to no-income . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMWhat's a good way to kick off Women's History Month? The theater seems to be doing it with all male casts
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 05:58PMa stellar cast buoys this play relying on a favorite plot device: a one night party that climaxes with a top-it-all shocking revelation
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMa prequel to Peter Pan, big on imagination though occasionally too precociously clever
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMhe problem with once very funny hit is that the audience is no longer laughing.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PMAn Awards Ceremony Without Tension . . . and That's Actually Fu
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:51AMNo puppet to buoy Robert Askins' new play about another offbeat Christian practice
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:14PMNeil LaBute in a romantic mood, though still with a twist, at Second Stagee
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10AMA.R. Gurney's 1983 semi-autobiographical World War 2 coming of age/family drama is buoyed by Jim Simpson's smart something old/something new direction .
SOURCE: at 07:34AMAthol Fugard is one of our most successful contemporary playwrights. Yet he feels a close kinship to outsider artists like the South African rock painter at the center of his new play . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:22PMA Broadway-ish production and an enthusiastic but vocally challenged Zorba
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:25AMWhy We Shouldn't Get Rid of Earworms As Part of the Musical Theater Experience
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:47PMOpera Diva Reneé Fleming couldn't have wished for a more apt role for her non-operatic stage debut, if only it had been in a more substantial play .
SOURCE: at 08:28AMA "living funeral" in the Big Easy, is colorful but insubstantial
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:47PMThis Kander& Ebb musical finally makes it to Broadway. . .and it's a triumphant landing as piloted by John Doyle and starring Chita Rivera and Roger Rees .
SOURCE: at 10:09PMStar casting and Dianne Paulus may make this Peter Pan back stage fiction critic proof . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:42PMA musical NOT borrowing from a book or movie, though it does borrow unapologetically from Shakespeare
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:16PMif you've been waiting for a truly unique new musical, this unique family story is the one you won't want to miss
SOURCE: at 06:53AMnew book makes this more politically correct but less piquant
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:49PMshouldabeen funnier and more original . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AMThe magnificent Gershwin score and fleet footed dancing, who could ask for anything more? . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:02AMDavid Hare's acclaimed London revival of his 1995 play now on Broadway . . Read More
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