1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
A WTF world premiere by Daniel Goldfarb that explores the impulse to achieve immortality, whether through the work we do or parenthood. .
Tanglewood Music Festival's All American Concert with John Douglas Thompson Thrilling Narration for Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait"
Stage and screen writer Sarah Treem's multi-faceted two-hander is buoyed by Tod Randolph's stellar performance .
Melissa Ross adds the Stockton sisters to the popular 3-sisters genre .
oshua Harmon's funny and often moving new play about friendship and love for New York single . .
an intriguing new play by the talented Branden Jacobs-Jenkins . .
Publitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris's sharp but flawed new dark comedy buoyed by a first-class cast .
Rajif Joseph new play is depressingly timely despite its 17th century setting. It also has much in common with his Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo . .
A big bang of a performance by Jim Parsons .
When Mary-Louis Parker plants an impromptu kiss on a stranger's neck, a kiss is indeed becomes more than just a kiss .
esse Eisenberg has once again has written himself a character custom-made for his hyper-active style. Though it's the starring role, it's also his new play's least sympathetic one
his small musical about one of Hollywood's favorite tough guys is big on top-drawer acting, choreography and witty direction.
The nuanced acting and moving dialogue make you overlook that Melissa Ross seems to have set her play in the wrong decade
enjoyable, beautifully illustrated theatrical family history . . .
-If a star ranking system were applied to dysfunctional family dramas, with five for situations extreme to the point of violence, this new play would handily rate 5 stars.
There's a lot going on in Heidi Schreck's play -- perhaps less would have been better
one can't help wondering if Landon Mitchell would be happy with David Auburn's quite drastic changes of his 1906 comedy . . .
The Roundabout has fulfilled its well-earned reputation for attracting top talents by casting the great Cherry Jones as George Bernard Shaw's Rags to entrepreneurial riches Kitty Warren
The Irish Repertory Theatre's adaptation of Peter Quinn's novel about the 1863 Draft Riots should be more gripping than it is.
Kander and Ebb's dark musical dances to Broadway with its jazzy pizazz heightened
could the beleagured musical actually create a new profitable Broadway template?
a pair of playlet given Pinter-perfect interpretions by actors who know how to make those by now well known pauses speak volumes
Director Alex Timbers has assembled a crew of theatrical artisans to re-create the funtastic atmosphere that once made the show such a hit
Film and TV actor David Duchovny makes an auspicious stage debut as one of Neil LaBute's Everymen in need of toning their moral muscles.
If you don't mind a romance that trots out every political difference between the red and blue states, this adds up to a pleasant, if not especially memorable, 2 hours
