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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:33AM
Monday, May 16, 2016

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

a commendable attempt to balance fluff with substance

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:56AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:09AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:45PM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:20AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:39AM
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Review: Disaster! at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- a feverishly daffy musical parody of the disaster movie genre

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:15AM
Friday, February 26, 2016

Review: Hughie at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Lauded film star Forest Whitaker is making his Broadway debut

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:29AM
Monday, February 22, 2016

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

essential and unforgettably haunting fragments

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:17AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:29AM
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

SOURCE: snowwhite16.html at 03:11PM
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.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:54PM

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

the unfussy but meticulously nuanced direction brings a rewarding credibility

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:35PM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:48AM
Friday, December 11, 2015

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

a rewarding show thanks to some powerful performances .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:19AM
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 …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:05PM
Friday, December 4, 2015

Review: Rose at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Rose is channeled though the terrific Kathleen Chalfant

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:42AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:07AM
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 .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:46AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:19AM
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.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:41AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Review: Sylvia at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a delightfully inane/canine-comedy

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:42AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20AM
Friday, October 23, 2015

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

- worthy of a twenty-one gun salute R

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:36AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:38PM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:17AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:20PM
Friday, September 18, 2015

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

a curious and also cagey show-piece

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AM
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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:14AM
Friday, August 28, 2015

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

veers from melodramatic excess into the blackest comedy

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:02AM

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre