1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
Some nifty stage craft, well-paced direction and a dedicated cast make for an entertaining enough play, but not as rich as its source,John Grisham's first courtroom drama
The chaos or "chassis" that according to Jack Boyle has the world in a terrible state in Sean O'Casey's 1924 play has all too many more recent counterparts in other countries and families
- Sometimes what works in London for a director, doesn't transfer well to Broadway, especially when that director must now deal with a new cast. But Lindsay Posner has another top drawer cas…
While Donald Margulies ranks high on my list of fine contemporary playwrights, I can't say that his troubled early play has blossomed into a misunderstood and unfairly neglected treasure who…
Long before Madame Arkadina's " oops, I mean Isobel's " sensitive son Constantine improves his pistol marksmanship in time for the play's tragic climax, my inclination to compare Max Staffor…
Jill Eikenberry is billed as this New York premiere's star, Eleanor Handley plays the s main character and delivers a fine performance, while Eikenberry is somewhat miscast . . . Read More
a rumination inspired by the new musical Big Fish
Of Eric Simonson's three sports-themed plays Bronx Bombers, comes closest to being a real play. No books and videos on the same subject to invite negative comparisons and more to work with f…
Woody Allen's Homage to the poet of the Contemporary American theater, Tennessee Williams
You definitely don't have to be Jewish to find plenty to laugh at and " if you're unlucky enough to have a sanctimonious, razor-tongued relative like Daphna Feygenbaum " to identify with. Ev…
The Keen Company's revival of Jon Robin Baitz's rarely produced first full-length play proves that a promising new play can, given the right cast and direction, continue to live up to its pr…
New York theater goers are being bombarded by a veritable blizzard of plays by William Shakespeare this season. But one of the most thrilling revivals is The Glass Menagerie by the contempor…
This forgotten William Inge play is too overstuffed with relationship dysfunctions and plot complications. However, the T.A.C.T. production is so well staged and acted that it is indeed well…
Elevator Repair Service shifts from literature to the law for its unique style of using every word, including the pauses and uhumps, to transform it all into an often hilarious theater work .
Susan L. Schulman's memoir of her life as a press agent
I'm sorry to report that Ethan Coen's first full lenth play is annoyingly misconceived, egregiously contrived, unbelievable and unfunny.
Clever as this travelogue through over 80 years following a horrific apocalypse via the satiric cartoon series, The Simpsons is, it's going to have audiences divided between the extravagantl…
If anyone can make Shaw's early play sparkle, David Staller's the man. And so he has done. This is a colorful production, rich in whimsy and musical movement that has some of the actors danc…
Even if I were free to attend every evening of Mike Daisey's 29 performanced, I doubt I could have brought myself to sign on for more than two at most. As it turns out, much as I admire the …
Horton Foote's many fans are in for quite a surprise. These old friends and their various relatives could easily be mistaken as kin to the greedy unhappy people in Tennessee Williams' Cat on…
Even if I were free to attend every evening of Mike Daisey's 29 performanced, I doubt I could have brought myself to sign on for more than two at most. As it turns out, much as I admire the …
Lee Blessing's fanciful but not very funny exploration of the after life left me with little except another reason to be mad at Bernard Madoff
Regina Taylor's merging of real and surreal is likely to leave you feeling over-assaulted with ideas. On the other hand, this new play may just make you stop and reset your thinking about co…
How could any job make a move to Columbus, Ohio anything but purgatory for anyone who's lived in trendy Park Slope.. .
Lucy Thurber's new play is being launched along with restaged production of four previous dramas under the umbrella title of The Hillside Plays.
