433 stories by "Simon Saltzman"
Sarah Treem's invigorating new two-character play at the McCarter . . .
Stephen Spinella's performance and Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's adaptation at the McCarter Theater prevents this grimly realistic anti-war story from ever being boring. Instead, it bores…
forty-five years have not dimmed the brilliance of the Beatle canon, certainly none of the thirty-one songs performed.
This is Maxwell's show. It is she who completely embodies both the fearless woman who once danced on the wings of planes and the distressed woman who suddenly finds herself lost in the cloud…
Is Broadway ready for a farce in rhyming couplets -- even iwith the brilliant Mark Rylance and a stellar supporting cast?
This can be summed up with a line from the script as a temper tantrum in eighty-two minutes, though on the night of its world premiere it actually ran 105 minutes. So who is telling the …
The sound of the balalaika add to the pleasure of seeing eight early short stories and plays by Anton Chekhov, artfully adapted by Michael Frayn, and delightfully presented by the Pearl T…
This Papermill Playhouse revival lifts us up higher than could any beehive hairdo
We don't often get to enjoy the purity of the a cappella musical, but this is one that winningly asserts itself with its lyrical and harmonic charms
A rather strange but also blissfully brief theatrical encounter that incorporates both traditional circus skills with those more inclined to be loopy now at the McCarter Theater
a rarely produced dramatic trifle by the creator of the famous 101 Dalmations in its New Jersey premiere
A rather strange but also blissfully brief theatrical encounter that incorporates both traditional circus skills with those more inclined to be loopy now at the McCarter Theater
A retrospective of stage sinners inspired as Cherry Jones stars as G.B. Shaw's notorious Madam, Kitty Warren
This latest, but unfortunately poorly-acted and seriously misdirected resurrection of the play manages to make victims of those in the audience as well as those consigned to the stage. . . .
Whether or not there is any good reason to encourage it, this musical adaptation of the popular movie will presumably join the roster of other perennial holiday shows
The popular spelling bee musical buzzes into the Paper Mill Playhouse . . .
two chances to catch an important example of vintage musical political satire. . .
Sibusiso Mamba's world premiere at Crossroads Theatre, despite the inclusion of some highly lyrical prose, is a polemic posturing as a play
This 25th anniversary touring revival proves that it can make the rounds even without a turntable.
Frank Gilroy's Pulitzer Prize Winner still winning at George Street Playhouse . . .
An experience that's like watching a third-rate community theater, only we don't have the pleasure of seeing a relative or neighbor on the stage
Staged simply and effectively by Charlotte Moore and in the grandest/familiar tradition of Irish story-telling, Brian Friel's 3-way monologue hasn't a rigid bone in its body. . . .
Ruminations on film adaptations prompted by soon to officially open Brief Encounter
Quinn's motor-mouthed oral thesis may not always be uproarious, but it is consistently rib-tickling. . .
in David Hay's binge-besotted play the amount of wine that its four character drink appears to be the primary catalyst in determining their future..
