All stories by Elyse Sommer on BroadwayStars

Friday, January 16, 2015

Review: Honeymoon in Vegas at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

loud, lively, brassy entertainment -- just like Las Vegas

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:31AM
Friday, January 9, 2015

Review:Dying For It at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- a rare chance for New York theater goers to experience this little known satire of the misguided Russian revolution . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:43AM
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Review:Pocatello at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

T. R. Knight's Eddie joins Samuel D. Hunter's gallery of moments at a traumatic moment in their lives.

SOURCE: at 06:59AM
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Review: The Invisible Hand at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- Ayad Ahktar's suspenseful play is depressingly timely .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AM
Monday, December 8, 2014

Review:Elephant Man at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Bradley Cooper makes the much done Pomerance play an event

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AM
Monday, November 24, 2014

Review:A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations) at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Sam Shepard brings the myth of Oedipus into the Mojave Desert in an intriguing if ungainly new play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AM
Friday, November 21, 2014

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

Prospect Company's collegiate musical is not perfect but perfect enough not to miss

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:39PM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Review:Allegro at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Rodger & Hammerstein's only commercial flop gets the John Doyle treatment at Clasic Stage

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:52AM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Review:Tamburlaine, Parts I and II at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

John Douglas Thompson adds another jewel to his crown as Marlowe's bloodthirsty conqueror .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:00PM

Review:By The Water at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Sharyn Rothstein's sets her nod to Arthur Miller's Loman family in Staten Island after Hurricane Sandy .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:05AM
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Review:Side Show at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A smartly rejiggered, beautifully staged and ideally cast musical with a superb cast .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:02AM
Monday, November 17, 2014

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

Hugh Jackman fans have moved Jezz Butterwoth's intimate play into a large Broadway house .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AM

Review:Our Lady of Kibeho at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Katori Hall's play is about a lot more than a young Catholic girl's miraculous vision

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:18AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Review:Lost Lake at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a new 2-hander by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:58AM
Friday, November 7, 2014

Review:The Oldest Boy at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Sarah Ruhl's beautiful new play a triumph for Celia Keenan-Bolger, but could use a little more drama .

SOURCE: at 02:02PM

Review: Sticks and Bones; at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

David Rabe's 43-year-old play gets a splendidly performed and depressingly opportune, blow-to-the-gut revival

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31AM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Review:Lips Together, Teeth Apart at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- Another Terrence McNally oldie given a new production

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:19AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Review:Father Comes Home From The Wars (parts 1, 2 & 3) at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Suzan-Lori Parks' powerful trilogy at the Public Theater . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:31AM
Monday, October 27, 2014

Review: The Last Ship at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Sting sails to Broadway with a musical featuring an original story and score.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:28AM
Friday, October 24, 2014

Review: Disgraced at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prihze play on Broadway with a new foursome around the dinner table..

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:32AM
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Review: The Fortress of Solitude at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Jonathan Lethem's sprawling Brooklyn novel is now a lively, sprawling folk-sical.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:24AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Review: On the Town at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

this old wine in a flavorful new bottle lands successfully in a 4x bigger Broadway theater . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:24PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Review:Billy & Ray at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Mad Men's Pete Campbell plays Billy Wilder opposite Larry Pine's Raymond Chandler in world premiere at the Vineyard .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:13AM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Review:The Belle Of Amherst at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- William Luce's solo play about Emily Dickinson is back in New York with Joley Richardson as the reclusive poet.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:58AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Review:Found at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

discarded ephemera: an unlikely but fun source for a musica

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:34AM
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Review: Jacuzzi at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a Pinteresque mystery at Ars Nova

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:05AM
Monday, October 13, 2014

Review:While I Yet Live at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

It's too bad Billy Porter isn't on stage in his new autobiographical play .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AM
Friday, October 10, 2014

Review:It's Only a Play at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Terence McNally's updated backstage comedy works best when it plays up the farce

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:50AM
Monday, October 6, 2014

Review: The Country House at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Donald Margulies's ode to Chekhov ends up as something of a poor cousin to the work of its honoree .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:57AM

Review:The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a genre-crossing, electrifying stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's best selling novel .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:47AM
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Review:You Can't Take It With You at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

An all-star cast proves that you can still appreciate Kaufman and Hart's wit and humor . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:26PM