176 stories from Curtainup Blog Annex
Our London critic has also been her usual busy bee self. We'll soon see if she shares our enthusiasm for The Book of M…
Plenty of Broadway and Off-Broadway openings being reviewed by my trusty backups while my fractured ankle continues&nb…
As friends and colleagues know, I misstepped on the subway and the resulting fractured ankle has kept me on the couch instead of on the aisle.…
My trusty colleagues have been doing double duty covering shows I had to cancel after a misstep on the subway put me into a surgical boot to heal a&…
In case Curtainup readers wondered why reviews suddenly are missing any by chief critic-cook-bottle washer Elyse Sommer --s…
The theatrical news in New York has all been off the main stem-- whether a new play by a new much touted playwright or the ever-so…
Bertolt Brecht isn't exactly a household name with New York theater goers these days. Yet two prestigious Off-Broadway companies h…
Fiorello... The Vandal - Actor Hamish L…
The proliferation of old plays made new again by virtue of casting with actors who are box-office magnets …
Holidays, eye surgery , etc.etc.etc. have prevented posting tweet peeks o at Broadway and Off-Broadway shows seen and reviewed. But as t…
One of the more fascinating plays seen during the too often disappointing first half of the 2012-13 theatr season was The Whale, Samuel…
Golden Boy - When it comes to dialogue that snaps, crackles and pops with the rhythms of its characters' lingo, there's no one to beat Clifford Odets. And to see a …
It's a Wonderful LIfe: The 1946 Radio Play- The golden oldie movie is a fun radio play at the Irish Rep . . . . Read More …
Glengarry Glen Ross - It took a bit of crafty star casting to explain bringing back Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winner: Casting Al Pac…
Our non-review - The producers have paroled David Mamet's terrorist (Patti LuPone) and her jailer (Debra Winger) as of Dec. 16th . and I've decided to give myself …
Dead Accounts - Theresa Rebeck's you can/can't go home agan tragi-comedy is likely to make you wish Graeter's would open an ice cream chain in Manhattan. . . . Read Mo…
New York The Piano Lesson&nb…
So far the season has been overstuffed and too often underwhelming. . . to sum up.:Most fun: The Mystery of Edwin DruidMost Memorable Play: Chekhov's first play, Ivan…
The Perfomers - Blessed as this new comedy is with a first-class cast, the insipid story with its desperate to titillate porn film background simply isn't the edgy, …
New York -- some recent reviews of On and Off-Broadway showsComing Up: Ivanov . . Golden Child. . .The Mystery of Edwin Drood . . . Giant. . .The Performers.. . .Scandalous …
The good news is that no one at Curtainup suffered power outages or flooding except Jo nMagaril in Los Angeles. However, getting to the theater is another…
www.curtainup.com/otherjoshcohen.htmlThe Other Josh Cohen at SoHo Playhousewww.curtainup.com/summerday.html Summer Day by Rattlestick at the Cherry Lanewww.curtainup.com/housefors…
Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Amy Morton and Tracy Letts have made this 50-year-old play the freshest new Broadway experience. Even if you're familiar with Ge…
Cyrano de Bergerac - For anyone seeking a respite from daily headlines about people who should be heroes but instead tumble off their pedestals like Humpty Du…
3 days to see a New Musical FREEOctober 10-11-12 The show: FICTION IN PHOTOGRAPHS, The Place: New World Stages34…
