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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
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Review: Indian Ink at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The most beautiful production currently on any stage: Tom Stoppard's time and continent traveling play .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:55AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Review:The Money Shot at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Neil LaBute's Hollywood send-up

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:31PM

Review: Scenes From a Marriage at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Ingmar Bergman's classic problem marriage film appropriated by Ivo Van Hove and presented as a roundelay

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:35AM
Friday, September 19, 2014

Review:Almost Home at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Home is yet another battleground for this home from the wars Marine

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:44AM

Review: Love Letters at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy launch the Broadway production of A. R. Gurney's 35-year-old epistolary 2-hander

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:43AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Review: The Fatal Weakness at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

he Mint Theater revisits George Kelly's last play .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:52AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

Feature Article: Solo Play Part 2: by Elyse Sommer

Theater Pros (actors, playwrights, directors and critics) Talk About the Solo play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20AM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Review:Bootycandy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Robert O'Hara's assemblage of designed to shock sketches of growing up black and gay in America .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:27AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Feature: Part 1 of 2-part Solo Play Featureat curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The Solo Play Has Given New Meaning to Greta Garbo's "I Want to Be Alone!" September Cabaret Nights

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:12PM

Review: Bauer at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Lauren Gunderson's look at a once famous artist who chose to put down his brushe

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:17AM
Friday, September 5, 2014

Review:Red Eye of Love at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Arnold Weistein's 1961 absurdist play gets a new composer on the last lap of its transformation into a musical, but it could also use a trim of its "meaty" humor .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22AM

Review:The Wayside Motor Inn at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A. R. Gurney a la Alan Ayckbourn-

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:20AM
Monday, August 18, 2014

Review: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Christopher Durang's comic ode to Chekhov has brought his "kvetchy" siblings not to Moscow, but to Lenox

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:03AM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Review:Dancing Lessons at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

An unlikely romance you're likely to remember for a long time for its poignancy, humor, and terrific staging and acting . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:58PM
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

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

Lear in the Park

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:02AM
Monday, August 4, 2014

Review: The Visit at curtainup.com/Berkshiresl by Elyse Sommer

Williamstown welcomes Chita Rivera and Roger Rees for a welcome visit to its Main Stage for the show that's had more downs than ups over the years . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:15PM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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

A new solo play that benefits from a charismatic performance by James Naughton

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:56PM
Monday, July 28, 2014

Overview feature about :Fool For Love at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Menu pages menupages For Where to Eat Before or After the Theater An overview of the Williamstown Theatre Festival's likely to be Broadway bound revival of Sam Shepard's dark …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:30PM
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Review:The Golem of Havana at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

A challenging new musical from Barrington Stage's Musical Theater Lab benefits from a tuneful score but it needs more work

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:59PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Review: Breaking the Code at curtainup.com/Berkshires http://www.curtainup.com/breakingthecodeberk14.html by Elyse Sommer

If the author and original actor could come to Pittsfield during this all too limited run, they'd be right up there giving Mark H. Dold the standing ovation he deserves. And they'd stay on t…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:19PM
Monday, July 21, 2014

Feature: Living On Love at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

An overview of Di Pietro's rewrite of Garson Kanin's play starring a real life diva

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:46PM
Saturday, July 19, 2014

Review: Shakespeare's Will at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

a solo play about Shakespeare's wife, beautifully acted but without enough of a raison dêtre for being.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:52AM
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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

Michael Frayn's 1984 gets a fine revival with a cast featuring two real life couples

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:55PM
Monday, July 14, 2014

Review:A Great Wildernessat curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Samuel D. Hunter is still exploring his Evangelical Idaho boyhood .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:42PM
Friday, July 11, 2014

Review:A Little Night Music at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

A fine cast makes Stephen Sondheim's waltz-tempo musical a not to be missed summer treat .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:54PM
Monday, July 7, 2014

Review:Julius Caesar at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

A bare bones production with just 7 actors directed by Shakespeare & Co founder Tina Packer

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:05AM
Friday, June 27, 2014

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

This musical memoir by Singer/songwriter Benjamin Scheuer has appeal for the young and young at heart

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:01AM
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Elaine Stritch documentary by Elyse Sommer

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me - On DVD and for Ipad/Netflix Streaming

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20AM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Review:Donogoo at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Modern technology gives exciting new life to Jules Romains' once popular business spoof at the Mint

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:00AM
Friday, June 20, 2014

Review:Holler If You Hear Me at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Hip-Hop Icon Tupac Shakur's legend theatricalized at legendary Palace Theatre .

SOURCE: at 07:42AM