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Thursday, May 14, 2020

Review: Becoming at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

superstar Michelle Obama quickly makes it to Netflix's hit list.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:32PM
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Harold and Lillian Review at Curtainup by Elyse Sommer

Escerpt: Perfect on screen diversion -- and role model for production methods for future plays and films. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:33PM
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Review: Howads End mini series at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Escerpt: Playwright Kennerth Lonergan's adaptaion is true to Forster's text, and yet a fresh and original streaming experience

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:25AM
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Love Hurts at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A 1990s series that still works as a Pandemic diversion

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Rview of Unorthodox at CurtainUpcom by Elyse Sommer

A new 4 part series with all the pluses of streaming as well as magic of live theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:13AM
Friday, April 3, 2020

Curtaiup Streaming Features by Elyse Sommer

The top of our main page now features virus-relted updates and streaming features

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

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

If Richsrd Grenberg intended this as a refreshing new take on the once popular drawing room comedies, especially those with the action revolving around …

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Monday, January 20, 2020

Review: My Name Is Lucy Bartonat curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Excerpt: Olive Strout's melancholy memoir adapted as a solo play with Laura Linney deftly narrating in the voice of both the mother and daughter whose brief reunion…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:54AM
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Review: Judgment Day at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Descriptive Excerpt: A 1937 play that feels very much of the moment is given an operatic staging at the Park Avenue Armory

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Review:Seared at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

: Theresa Rebeck's literslly tasty comic take on art versus commerce is having its New York premiere at the beutiful new MCC Thesters's intimate Susan & Ronald Frankel Th…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:09AM
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Review: Bella Bella at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Harvey Fierstone's biographical solo play is filled to the brim with Bella Abzug's trenchant wit and wisdom. For older theater goers, it's a trip down memory lane…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:02AM
Thursday, October 17, 2019

Review: Linda Vista at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

: If the title were not already taken by a much produced French classic, Tracy Letts might well have called his play about a middle-aged guy who hates everything and…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:31PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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

With the help of Hamilton.>'s director Thomas Kail and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire, Ross Golan's almost two dozen story telling songs became the musical, The Wrong Man, now …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:18PM
Thursday, October 3, 2019

The New Englanders: at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

lThe changes in the typical American family (if ever there really was one outside of Rockwell's famous idyllc canvases and 1940s movies) are indeed welcome.…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:14AM
Friday, September 27, 2019

Review: The Height of the Storm at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce manage to turn Florian Zeller's overly clever script into a truly unmissable point counterpoint duet.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22PM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Review: Sunday at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Expectations for any play written by Jack Thorne. . .but the magic of Harry Potter is missing from his take on a book group that brings together a group of 20-something …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:07PM
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Review: Fern Hill at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Michael Tucker's dramedy adds up to a pleasant two hours, thanks to excellent actors

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Feature at curtainup.com/ BInge Streaming Part 2: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & Shitsel by Elyse Sommer

Watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was a lot like going to see a hot ticket show on Broadway, while Shitselwas more like seeing something new and more low key Off-Broad…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:53AM
Thursday, August 29, 2019

Feature:How "Streaming" Eased the Summer of My Discontent at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Overview of blockbuster streamers Madam Secretary and The Cro

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Curtainup Feature: How "Streaming" Eased the Summer of My Discontent by Elyse Sommer

My summer 2019 streaming of two blockbuster multi-episode productions like Madam Secretary and The Crown confirmed the synergy between on screen and stage enterta…

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Review:Tootsie at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

To paraphrase Al Jolson's famous song, Toot, toot,Tootsie, hello!

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Review: Hadestown atcurtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

the most original new musical on Broadway takes us to hell and back to a soaring musical score. . .

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Monday, April 22, 2019

Review:Hillary and Clinton at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

> ryclinton19.html">Hillary and Clinton - Laurie Metcalf is the chief reason to see Lucas Hath's imagined fly-on-the-wall peek at three scenes from a complicated marriage made e…

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Review: Socrates at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Justice,friendship, virtue,poetry,theater, death, democracy! Tim Blake Nelson takes us through a Socrates' wide ranging philosophical ponderings about the meaning of life within…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:07AM
Friday, April 12, 2019

Review: Oklahoma! at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Daniel Fish's new look at the musical that launched the golden age of musicals. . .the ear hugging tunes are still there, but with a far less sunny interpretation. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:36AM
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Review:Mrs. Murray's Menagerie at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Ars Nova launches its moves to a new home with a new play devised by The Mad Ones

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Monday, April 8, 2019

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

this is indeed a not to be missed star turn by Jackson, with enough positive assets to overcome the directorial missteps.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Review:The Cradle Will Rock at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Marc Blitzstein's allegorical play with music revived by John Doyle at Classic Stage

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:47PM
Monday, April 1, 2019

Review: The Lehman Trilogy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Three superb actors lead us through the journey of three immigrant brothers' from Bavaria to America, from store keepers to bankers, from "too big to fail" to failure

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:01AM
Monday, March 25, 2019

Review: White Noise at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Suzan-Lori Parks inventive new play, beautifully staged and performed at the Public Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:57PM
Friday, March 22, 2019

http://www.curtainup.com/kissmekatebway19.html by Elyse Sommer

A golden oldie musical with a great cast, stunning choreography, and just enough tweaking to be in tune with our MeToo zeitgeist

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards