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Monday, December 4, 2017

Review: Downtown Race Riot at curtainup.com/ by Les Gutman

Terrific performances but though playwright Seth Zvi Rosenfeld toys with a good many subjects, he never grapples with any of the stereotypes in an insightful way

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:46AM
Monday, October 23, 2017

Review:Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train at curtainup.com/ by Les Gutman

The play still warrants all of the praise heaped on the original production. It stands tall next to all of Stephen Adly Guirgis's work that has followed

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13PM
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Review: The Judas Kiss at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

This is not a great play, not even one of David Hare's best. But with this production it it can now be considered a very good play, and one well worth seeing.

SOURCE: at 10:44PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Review: Gatz at Curtainup by Les Gutman

There are any number of levels on which one can appreciate this undertaking by Elevator Repair Service. Among them, the sheer ballsiness of asking its its audience to sit for six hours and f…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58PM
Monday, April 13, 2015

Review: Ghosts at curtainup.com/ by Les Gutman

If you miss this production, you may wait a long while to see anything nearly as good

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:03AM
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Review:Much Ado About Nothing at curtainup.com/ by Les Gutman

This is the fifteenth CurtainUp review of Much Ado. That astonishing number is obviously a testament to the play's popularity. This production does nothing to change that

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:19AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Review:Grasses of a Thousand Colors at curtainup.com/ by Les Gutman

From this stew that Wallace Shawn spent well over three hours stirring there arose an unmistakable (if discomfiting) flavor that hits far too close to our gut. No wonder, then, that Shawn sp…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:38AM
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Review: Love's Labour's Lost at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

This production is hugely entertaining, sometimes impossibly funny and with only a few bumps along the way that keep it from being endlessly engaging. It's a fun night in the park, a very fu…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:30AM
Monday, July 22, 2013

Review: The Designated Mourner at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

this is a show about the imponderables, and yet we leave it with much — some would say too much — to ponder.. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:32AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Review: The Comedy of Errors at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

Daniel Sullivan and his collaborators, both on stage and off, have committed no errors in this fine rendition of The Comedy of Errors.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AM
Friday, August 19, 2011

Reviews: Fringe Festival at Curtainup.com by Les Gutman and others

Curtainup's omnibus page of daily updated Fringe reviews daily .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:19PM
Friday, July 1, 2011

Review: Measure for Measure at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

There will be those who will quarrel with this production and some of the jolts it provides, but I think most will find it a very interesting as well as enjoyable night out.. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:53AM
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Review: All's Well That Ends Well at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

Even a less than perfect Shakespeare play leaves us to decide if it is sufficiently entertaining to justify spending a lovely evening in the park. The answer to that question is inevitably "…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:13AM
Monday, May 23, 2011

Review: EST 2011 Marathon of One-Act Plays, Series A at curtainup.com by Les Gutman

a worthy series but in wrong order and overly long Review: EST 2011 Marathon of One-Act Plays, Series A at curtainup.com http://www.curtainup.com/marathon2011a.html

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:19PM

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