All stories by Simon Saltzman on BroadwayStars

Saturday, July 2, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016

Review: West Side Story at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

in synch with the heartbeat of the original

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Monday, May 16, 2016

Review: A Song at Twilight at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a commendable attempt to balance fluff with substance

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Review: Pump Boys and Dinettes at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

amiable mix of country-styled music and home-grown corn

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Friday, April 8, 2016

Review: Vincent at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a nicely projected overview of van Gogh's lesser as well as well-known paintings

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Review: Ironbound at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Martyna Majok's flair for finding humor in the hubris of her characters

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Review: For Worse at curtainup.com - NJ by Simon Saltzman

Deborah Rennard is bringing a sharply funny tone and a bittersweet edge to her marriage-gone-awry comedy

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Review: Disaster! at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- a feverishly daffy musical parody of the disaster movie genre

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Review: Hughie at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Lauded film star Forest Whitaker is making his Broadway debut

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Review: Tennesse Williams 1984 at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

essential and unforgettably haunting fragments

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Review: A Bronx Tale The Musical at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This song-filled, exuberantly acted and smartly staged trip down one man's unapologetically sentimentalized memory lane has the makings of a hit

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Snnow White at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Your own taste for titillation will help determine whether you find this kind of entertainment seductive or stultifying

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Sunday, January 17, 2016

Review: The Substance of Bliss at curtainup.com-nj by Simon Saltzman

a modicum of substance for those also willing to accept its underlying layer of subterfuge.

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Review: The Piano Lesson at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

the unfussy but meticulously nuanced direction brings a rewarding credibility

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Review: Once Upon a Mattress at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

For good wholesome family fun, you can't top Once Upon a Mattress

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Review:The Color Purple at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a rewarding show thanks to some powerful performances .

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Review: Lazarus at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This collaboration of the famous and formidable Rock composer David Bowie, playwright Enda Walsh and avant-garde director Ivo van Hove has extended and expanded upon the vision of the novel …

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Review: Rose at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Rose is channeled though the terrific Kathleen Chalfant

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Review: A Christmas Story, the Musical at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

the Papermill production has at its main reward fourteen extraordinarily talented child performers

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Review: The Eternal Space at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a poignant consideration of the station's legacy and its grandeur .

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Review:The Second Mrs. Wilson at curtainup.com-NJ by Simon Saltzman

the best play about a President and his First Lady since Sunrise at Campobello

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Review: Lost Girls at curtainup.com http://www.curtainup.com/lostgirls15.html by Simon Saltzman

John Pollono explores a blue collar family's pattern of self-entrapment in bad choices.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Review: Sylvia at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a delightfully inane/canine-comedy

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Review: Before Your Very Eyes at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a sublime reflection of our lives as seen through the eyes and the perceptions of the young

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Review: Dames at Sea at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- worthy of a twenty-one gun salute R

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Review: A Comedy of Tenors at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Ludwig's gleeful almost giddy text that will keep you laughing, sometimes even hoping for a breather

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Review: Old Times at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a play that has intrigued audiences since it first opened on Broadway in 1971

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Review: Baby Doll at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Sex and satire are blended tenuously in this new adaptation of a controversial Tennessee William's film

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Review: Hamlet in Bed at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a curious and also cagey show-piece

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Review: at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- Inevitably there are sweet reflections of and references to some future Williams plays and the characters who inhabit them

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Review: Nobody's Girl at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

veers from melodramatic excess into the blackest comedy

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Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off