Torch Song Opened October 19 2017 by Simon Saltzman

Mercedes Ruehl and Micharel UriePhoto: Joan Marcus Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein is making a sentimental if not quite a sensational  return to its Off-Broadway roots. This time uptown. O…

SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 7:07am on October 20, 2017☆⚑

Review: The Ho neymoonersat curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

Weiner's score is conventionally melodic giving a bright frame for Mill's pleasantly facile and flippant lyrics

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 6:10pm on October 9, 2017☆⚑

Review: Too Heavy for Your Pocket  at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

a thoroughly worthwhile and memorable experience

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:50am on October 6, 2017☆⚑

Review: The Show-Off at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

worthy revival of George Kelly comedy

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:50pm on September 28, 2017☆⚑

Review: Simpatico at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

a tantalizing and entertaining intrusion into the lives of old buddies and former partners with a past as scam artists

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:15pm on September 18, 2017☆⚑

The Shaw Festival 2017 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada by Simon Saltzman

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SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 10:57am on August 29, 2017☆⚑

"Prince of Broadway" at the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by Simon Saltzman

Tony Yazbeck in solo dance segment from "Follies."   In my youth, I recall going with my parents to the Jewish Y in New Jersey to an annual entertainment called "Bits of Hits." A wonderfu…

SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 9:52pm on August 28, 2017☆⚑

Report on 2017 Shaw Festival: at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

  Grab your passport and head for the Shaw Festival's fifty-fifth year in Niagara-on-the-Lake

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:33am on August 14, 2017☆⚑

"Hamlet" (Opened July 13, 2017) at the Public's Anspacher Theater, 420 Lafayette Street by Simon Saltzman

Oscar IsaacPhoto credit: Carol Rosegg Plenty of characters die in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," but plenty of them live long enough to make us laugh at their misfortunes, smile at their m…

SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 9:57am on July 25, 2017☆⚑

Review:Animal at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Claire Lizzimore's play may be providing a heavy dose of the psychotic. But who will complain when its being doled out by the terrific Rebecca Hall.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:48am on June 7, 2017☆⚑

Review: The End of Longing at curtainup.com/ http://www.curtainup.com/endoflonging17.html Matthew Perry's playwriting and stage acting debut at MCC R by Simon Saltzman

Claire Lizzimore's play may be providing a heavy dose of the psychotic. But who will complain when its being doled out by the terrific Rebecca Hall

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:18pm on June 5, 2017☆⚑

Review: Mary Poppins at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

Mary Poppins at the Paper Mill Playhouse

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:22am on June 1, 2017☆⚑

Review: Richard III at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

this killer of a play is with verifiable certainty perversely comical

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 6:13am on May 19, 2017☆⚑

Review: Intimate Apparel at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's beautiful play gets a lovely revival

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:44am on May 16, 2017☆⚑

Review: The Roundabout at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

This little known J.B. Priestly 1932 comedy belongs within the once revered "drawing room" genre wherein trifling but also unsettling issues, both romantic and familial, got their due with l…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:51am on May 1, 2017☆⚑

Review: Charlie and the Chocolate factory at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

The exceptionally talented Christian Borle plays Willie Wonka with exhilarating ferocity. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:42am on April 26, 2017☆⚑

Hello Dollys. . .They Never Say Good-Bye at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

A recollection triggered by the latest Hello, Dolly on Broadwa

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:56am on April 16, 2017☆⚑

Review: at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

entertaining and terrifically cast Paper Mill Playhouse production.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:19am on April 6, 2017☆⚑

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

this British farce glows with antic performances

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:48am on April 3, 2017☆⚑

Review: Latin History For Morons at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

John Leguizamo turns history professor in his latest solo show Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:29am on March 28, 2017☆⚑

Review: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

delightfully silly concoction of murder, mystery and mayhem Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 5:24pm on March 20, 2017☆⚑

Review: White Guy on the Bus at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Bruce Graham's intelligent and intense play about the unconscious, sometimes crippling, racism we all apparently harbor..

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 5:24pm on March 20, 2017☆⚑

Review:Wakey, Wakey at Curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Eno's most easily embraced and most deliberately accessible playR

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:13am on March 2, 2017☆⚑

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This new version by the theatrical group Third Space is notable essentially for its more free-wheeling adaptation/loose translation by David Tushingham

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:59am on February 25, 2017☆⚑

Review: Indian Head at curtainup.com -NJ by Simon Saltzman

New Jersey playwright Salter has filled her play with passionate voices R

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:57am on February 16, 2017☆⚑