1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
all 3 Hallway plays now officially open-- our omnibus review page covers it play-by-play with an all-in-one overview. .
For all the laughs and titillating x-rated stuff, David Bertolino's first play also is the often painful account of how this super money-making porn flick became an inadvertent player in a F…
Finally a new play focusing on Lesbians. . .if only Lisa Kron had made it less polemic and talky . . .
the quality of good acting makes makes Shakespeare's controversial play a Broadway success . . .
An Awards Ceremony Without Tension . . . and That's Actually Fu
No puppet to buoy Robert Askins' new play about another offbeat Christian practice
Neil LaBute in a romantic mood, though still with a twist, at Second Stagee
A.R. Gurney's 1983 semi-autobiographical World War 2 coming of age/family drama is buoyed by Jim Simpson's smart something old/something new direction .
Athol Fugard is one of our most successful contemporary playwrights. Yet he feels a close kinship to outsider artists like the South African rock painter at the center of his new play . .
A Broadway-ish production and an enthusiastic but vocally challenged Zorba
Why We Shouldn't Get Rid of Earworms As Part of the Musical Theater Experience
Opera Diva Reneé Fleming couldn't have wished for a more apt role for her non-operatic stage debut, if only it had been in a more substantial play .
A "living funeral" in the Big Easy, is colorful but insubstantial
This Kander& Ebb musical finally makes it to Broadway. . .and it's a triumphant landing as piloted by John Doyle and starring Chita Rivera and Roger Rees .
Star casting and Dianne Paulus may make this Peter Pan back stage fiction critic proof . .
A musical NOT borrowing from a book or movie, though it does borrow unapologetically from Shakespeare
if you've been waiting for a truly unique new musical, this unique family story is the one you won't want to miss
new book makes this more politically correct but less piquant
shouldabeen funnier and more original . .
The magnificent Gershwin score and fleet footed dancing, who could ask for anything more? . .
David Hare's acclaimed London revival of his 1995 play now on Broadway . . Read More
- Hilary Mantel's best selling history saga becomes this season's "event" with 6 hours of behind-the-throne intrigue
racey Scott Wilson creates an unlikely roommate setup to explore the complexities of gentrification
It's set in a rock club, but you don't have to be a rock fan to relate to Laura Eason's univeral story
It's set in a rock club, but you don't have to be a rock fan to relate to Laura Eason's univeral story .
