Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Whether you've seen it before or not, Golden Child at the Signature is a golden opportunity to catch two hours of solid, entertaining theater. . . .
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Though even the cleverest and most Chekhov savvy director can't transform Ivanov from being a duckling among Chekhov's swans, Classic Stage has given its production the swan treatment. . . .…
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New York -- some recent reviews of On and Off-Broadway showsComing Up: Ivanov . . Golden Child. . .The Mystery of Edwin Drood . . . Giant. . .The Performers.. . .Scandalous …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:33AMFriday, November 9, 2012
this new play by filmmaker Douglas McGrath at the Vineyard Theatre, takes an intriguing approach to the events leading up to and following Richard Nixon's gig as Vice-President ,. The cast, …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:01AMNo little orphan girl could wish for a more wonderful Daddy than Anthony Warlow . . . Read More
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Samuel D. Hunter's touching yet repellent, sad but also funny new play, with a riveting performance by Shuler Hensley
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:53AMFriday, November 2, 2012
while we've had a plethora of revivals, this one makes a strong case for not relegating the well-made genre — at least not the one with solid literary roots — to the theatrical dustbin. …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:47AMWednesday, October 31, 2012
The good news is that no one at Curtainup suffered power outages or flooding except Jo nMagaril in Los Angeles. However, getting to the theater is another…
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www.curtainup.com/otherjoshcohen.htmlThe Other Josh Cohen at SoHo Playhousewww.curtainup.com/summerday.html Summer Day by Rattlestick at the Cherry Lanewww.curtainup.com/housefors…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:39PMWhen baseball manager Leo Durocher coined his famous "nice guys finish last" back in 1938 he wasn't thinking of nice nebbishes like Josh Cohen for whom Valentine's Day is the unhappiest day …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:31PMThursday, October 25, 2012
The Transport group mission to explore the work of major American writers has produced a variety of hits. While this stage adaptation of Jontthan Franzen's essay is more miss than hit, it do…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:24AMFriday, October 19, 2012
he plot of Jon Ken's play is as awkwardly convoluted as its unwieldy title.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:39PMMonday, October 15, 2012
Edward Albee's Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Amy Morton and Tracy Letts have made this 50-year-old play the freshest new Broadway experience. Even if you're familiar with …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 06:19PMAmy Morton and Tracy Letts have made this 50-year-old play the freshest new Broadway experience. Even if you're familiar with George and Martha's devastatingly funny yet awful alliterative g…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:57PMIn Stephen Belber's new play the father faced with what Dylan Thomas so beautifully described as the not so gentle descent into the good night, is a 72-year-old retired Buffalo Judge coming …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:57AMFriday, October 12, 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac - For anyone seeking a respite from daily headlines about people who should be heroes but instead tumble off their pedestals like Humpty Du…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:00PM- Much as I'd like to say that this is prime Gurney, I'm afraid that the opposite is true. . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:08AMFor anyone seeking a respite from daily headlines about people who should be heroes but instead tumble off their pedestals like Humpty Dumpty, spending a few hours with a true-blue hero may …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:55AMThursday, October 11, 2012
In Simon Stephen's play, the title character's "disappearance" takes the audience on a journey with a woman whose normal behavior mechanism cracks .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:40AMWednesday, October 10, 2012
Daisy Foote's character in her sister's dark family drama brings to mind the famous "I'm mourning for my life" comment of Chekhov's Masha
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:25AMFriday, October 5, 2012
We should thank Mad Men for giving Julie Kramer and Amy Wilson's stage adaptation a nifty promotional tie in to the popular series. . .
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Grace - You never know what to expect from Craig Wright. In Grace he uses the familiarity with absolute evangelical theory gained while earning Masters of Divinity degreeto explore …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:44AMThursday, October 4, 2012
You can visit Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Luntr landmarked summer retreat right here in Manhattan with a ticket to Jeffrey Hatcher's backstage look at the legendary actors' lives . . . Read More
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3 days to see a New Musical FREEOctober 10-11-12 The show: FICTION IN PHOTOGRAPHS, The Place: New World Stages34…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 02:35PMStephen Sondheim aficionados will accept the limitations of this patchwork style mini musical. Sondheim Newbies would be better off with some cast recordings of his big hits. . . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:41AMFriday, September 28, 2012
New on Broadway-- a timely old play-- and off-broadway, provocoteur Adam Rapp's latest dystopian saga and a rarely seen Bria…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:49AMFor the many fans of Brian Friel, the playwright often referred to as Ireland's Chekhov, seeing this rarely produced work in the format true to Friel's intention is a not to be missed opport…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:03AMthis production has successfully brought Ibsen's 1882 muckraking drama into the 21st Century. . . . Read More
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It's hard to imagine this history based drama without Kathleen Chalfant to charm you with her spot-on accent, and wry humor and ultimately bring tears to your eyes with her unimaginably horr…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AMFriday, September 21, 2012
There's certainly no shortage of dysfunctional family dramas. But a play with probably one of …
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 08:59AMIf the question this title asks is how to improve the way we live, Nick Payn's answer seems to be that it may just be best to start looking at problems right in your own home
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