1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
Otho Eskin's cast of already and still to be famous people from the arts, science and politics who interact in a typical Vienna coffee house circa 1910 is indeed fascinating but it makes for…
A site-specific slice of nostalgia and bitterness about immigrants in the mid 20s
Mark St. Germain's latest play about an imagined meeting between two famous men, in this case F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway . .
Shakespeare & company's outstanding revival of Martin McDonagh's first Leenane play, with a stellar cast headed by company founder Tina Packer
Our first Fringe review has been posted-- check back daily for more . .
the Unicorn Theater is transfomed into a creepy mansion by Yale Drama School talent
Olympia Dukakis is at her most compelling in the non-verbal scenes that epitomize the tragedy of a woman whose willingness to profit from war goes counter to her determination to keep her ch…
The first of Annie Baker's Shirley, Vermont plays is being given a lovely production at the Chester Theatre.
Bernard Slade's crowd-pleasing comedy gets its latest revival, starring a real married cou;le .
despite the provocative subject of transgender life, this isn't a show sizzling with sex. Instead the sizzle comes from the tenderness and warmth of the various one on one relationships; als…
Though set in a narrow Brooklyn community between 1944 and 1948, the divide between different beliefs and life styles is more than ever far reaching and pertinent in this stage adaptation of…
if you're a music lover, and especially fond of Tchaikovsky's "Piano Trio in A Minor," rejoice. You're going to hear it all, plus several other of the Maestro's works, performed by live musi…
The exceptionally well cast and staged revival of Shaw's most popular play is closing next week. If you don't want to miss having a genuinely " loverly" time, get thee to the main stage of t…
Thrills and chills and emotional and legal quandaries! Be prepared for plenty of all in this revival of William Mastrosimone's extremely violent and tense 1980 drama about a rape that turns …
A bio-drama that's uniquely site specific in one of the Berkshires' Gilded Age mansions
The sophisticated musicals we've become accustomed to in recent years have made the corn-fed story less worthy of Hammerstein's poetic lyrics and Rodgers' ever easy on the ears melodies. So,…
The response at the opening night performance of James Goldman's 1966 play proves that the appeal of an evening providing a cross between a dramatic history lesson and a Spamalot-like comedy…
t's quite a coup for the theater company that calls the Chester Town Hall home to be presenting the world premiere of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's latest collaboration . But, while the pl…
The monologue which raises the curtain on John Guare's exploration of three Eastern Europeans' immigrant experiences is less a play than an anecdote. Martin Moran is a fine anecdotist. The s…
I've seen my share of Shakespeare plays at the Public Theater. But but never as a rap and hip hop driven musical. This very loose take on Othello now at the Public's Anspacher is a far cry f…
Reviews of all th winners and losers in Curtainup's archives. . . Pippin - The Big Tony Winner, with Best Musical Revival just one of its awards . Kinky Boot…
Reasons to Be Happy - Neil LaBute devotees will find plenty of reasons to be happy that he's re-visiting the messy lives of two working class couples in an anywhere USA suburb. …
J.B. Priestley's play about a British import company's obsolescence in the face of a changing business practices and the Great Depression, is a highlight of this year's Brits Off-Broadway Fe…
Neil LaBute devotees will find plenty of reasons to be happy that he's re-visiting the messy lives of two working class couples in an anywhere USA suburb
We are in proccess of moving our site to a new host -- and are temporarily posting rviewes at th Annex...A CurtainUp London ReviewRutherford and Son…
