Review:Eclipsed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Danai Gurira's moving history-based play gets a superb cast at the Public Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:45am on October 15, 2015[SHARE]

lReview:The Gin Game at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones bring D.L. Coburn's back to its original Broadway home.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:42am on October 15, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Fool for Love at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Its rhythmic quality gives Sam Sheperd's 1983 play the feeling of a musicalized fight drama. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:08am on October 11, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Barbecue at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Robert O'Hara's uproarious satire is sure to be another hit for the hit-making Public Theater.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:10am on October 9, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Cloud Nine at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Caryl Churchill's early play still worth watching, though the reconfigured Atlantic Theater is likely to put you into a cloud nine comfort zone

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:58pm on October 5, 2015[SHARE]

. Review: Spring Awakening at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a unique new take of a musical already acclaimed for its uniqueness. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 3:14pm on September 28, 2015[SHARE]

Review: The New Morality at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

This Edwardian domestic comedy has a Shavian flavor, that Harold Chapin would surely have developed more had he lived long enough .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 6:33am on September 22, 2015[SHARE]

Review: The Christians at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Lucas Hnath's intriguing play about the divisiveness of different visions for being true to one's faith

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:37am on September 18, 2015[SHARE]

The Legend of Georgia McBride at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a hilariously entertaining tribute to the art of drag performance -- and it has something to say as well

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:33am on September 10, 2015[SHARE]

Review: A Delicate Ship at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Anna Ziegler's intriguing play about an ill-fated love triangle

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:05pm on September 4, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Love & Money at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A. R. Gurney's new play is a case of little new and quite a bit that's borrowed .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:30pm on September 3, 2015[SHARE]

New Annie Baker Backgrounder, plus update of John review with at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Update on Annie Baker's play at the Signature in its final week --with link to new our new Baker's backgrounder added to Curtainup's Playwrights Album

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:26am on August 31, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Red Velvet at curtainup.com-Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

he first American production of this bio-drama adds another jewel in John Douglas Thompson's crown . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 3:46pm on August 17, 2015[SHARE]

Review:His Girl Friday at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Thanks to a splendid cast and vivid staging, John Guare's problematically re-conceived mashup of Front Page and its screwball romantic movie follow-up is lots of fun .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:01pm on August 16, 2015[SHARE]

Review:A Moon for the Misbegotten at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The happily married Audra McDonald and Will Swenson bring new life to Eugene O'Neill's misbegotten lovers .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:06am on August 15, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Mother of the Maid at curtainup.com/Berkshireshtml by Elyse Sommer

Jane Anderson's re-imagined version of the much dramatized Maid of Orleans story with Tina Packer her usual winning self as the Maid's mum

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:41am on August 9, 2015[SHARE]

Hamilton: The Something New and Exciting Broadway's Been Waiting For by Elyse Sommer

A hit downtown is an even bigger hit uptown . . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:42pm on August 7, 2015[SHARE]

Review:Unknown Soldier at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

This 90-minute musical epic is a genuine WOW! . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:41am on August 4, 2015[SHARE]

Review:Paradise Blue at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

World premiere of part 2 of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit cycle at Williamstown

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 3:16pm on July 27, 2015[SHARE]

Review:The Unexpected Man at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

- Yasmina Reza puts a famous author and a devoted reader into the same train compartment for some unexpected results. But don't expect it to be quite the crowd pleaser her big hit Art has be…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:16am on July 27, 2015[SHARE]

http://www.curtainup.com/lostinyonkersberk15.html by Elyse Sommer

Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winner, winningly staged in Pittsfield., MASS

SOURCE: Reveiw: Lost in Yonkers at Curtainup- Berkshires at 10:44am on July 22, 2015[SHARE]

Review: Kinship at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Carey Perlow's contemporary take on Racine's play buoyed by Cynthia Nixon in the leading role . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:51pm on July 20, 2015[SHARE]

Review: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The Berkshire Theatre Group teams up with young New Neighborhood group for a new and well worth seeing dysfunctional family drama .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:29am on July 20, 2015[SHARE]

Review:Bells Are Ringing at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

the bells ringing aren't from cell phones in this classical musical comedy revival at the beautiful Colonial Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 8:58am on July 15, 2015[SHARE]

Review:Deathtrap at curtainup.com/Berkshiresl by Elyse Sommer

Ira Levin's twisty thriller revived in Stockbridge . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 5:20pm on July 8, 2015[SHARE]