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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Review:In the Body of the World at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Director Diane Paulus has helped Eve Ensler's turn her cancer memoir into a visually and emotionally powerful solo play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:09PM

Review: Hangmen at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Martin McDonald's first stage play in ten hears something of a homecoming for McDonagh since it's at the Atlantic Theater where The Beauty Queen of Leenane premiered and built his reputation…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:19AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Review:Cardinal at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

at the end of its fast-paced and provocative 90 minutes, Greg Pierce's new play is a mixed bag— one of those frustrating plays that coulda-shoulda-been-better.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:43PM
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Review:The Homecoming Queen at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Ngozi Anyanwu's play is a familiar yet unique story about one woman's return to the home she both loves and hates..

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:05AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Review:Balls at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

he famous Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs "Battle of the Sexes" match serves as a lively framework for fifty years of social history

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10PM
Friday, January 19, 2018

Review:Hindle Wakes at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

The Mint does it again with its latest re-discovery: a 100-year-old play about a once shocking illicit weekend

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:23AM
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Review:John Lithgow: Stories By Heart at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Oodles of charm and talent. . .but best for fans of audio books and solo plays

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:39PM
Monday, January 8, 2018

Review: Mankind at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Robert O'Hara's interesting but overstuffed cautionary tale about a world without women. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22PM
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Review: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Robert Fairchild is the star attraction of the Ensemble for the Romantic Century's unique approach to literature's most famous monster story.

SOURCE: w ww.curtainup.com at 08:12PM
Friday, December 22, 2017

Review of A Place Called Home by Elyse Sommerl

A retrospective on 5 seasons of Australia's own Downton Abbey

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20PM

Review Austratian's Downton Abbey: A Place to Call Home by Elyse Sommerl

The final--and fifth season-- of Bevan Lee's homage to the melodrama genre

SOURCE: at 10:33AM
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Review: Farinelli And The King at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Music director/composer Claire Van Kampen's first play reimagines the unusual story of a deranged 18th century Spanish King and famous opera star and . . . with her husband Mark R…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:19PM
Friday, December 15, 2017

Review:The Children at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommerl

this acolyptic story of what could indeed happen more than occasionally, isn't exactly easy to promote as holiday fare. Still, it is indeed to be savored for its fin…

SOURCE: at 11:56AM
Friday, December 8, 2017

Review:Meteor Shower at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommerl

There are tons of people at the Booth Theater getting a really big bang from the bucks spent on tickets; their enthusiasm no doubt fueled by their enthusiasms for Amy Shume…

SOURCE: at 07:13PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Review: Describe the Night at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

ajiv Joseph's epic history paly is a thematic take on how a fiction writer's technique of making up stories tends to be used as a weapon to rewrite the truth. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AM
Friday, December 1, 2017

Review:Parisian Woman at curtainup.com/ http://www.curtainup.com/parisianwoman17.html by Elyse Sommerl

Uma Tnurman stars in Beau {House of Cards} Willimon's behind-the-tweets send-up of the political and sexual peccadillos of members and wannabe power players in the Trump admi…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:12AM
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Review:20th Century Blues at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Susan Miller's engaging play gives four women over age 60 a chance to display their considerable talents

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:12PM
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Review:Harry Clarke at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommerl

Though I generally prefer plays calling for more than one actor on stage, I'm always ready to be smitten. All it takes is a really unique concept and a superb soloist— c…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:26AM
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Review: Stupid Kid at curtainup.com/Los Angeles by Elyse Sommerl

The Road Theatre has nabbed the world premiere of Sharr White's scabrous family drama

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:12PM

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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
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