1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
My own take on Lisa D'Amour's timely new play Detroit is more a 'B' {www.curtainup.com/detroitny.html) than New York Times critic …
- A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though its too extreme finale short changes the theme of the American Dream in freefall
Detroit - A skilled cast and expert production values make this Pulitzer Prize finalist worth seeing even though it's too extreme finale shortchanges the theme of the Am…
This bouncy tribute to the big band era's famous bandleaders Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey by two 25-year-olds, themselves brothers, is a sure-fire antidote to gloom and doom about the Great Recess…
The venerated South African playwright who used words as his weapon to expose his country's dismal racial policies is now an octogenarian.&nb…
Curtainup's on and off-Broadway listings pages are updated at least twice a week-- shows are annotated with information about casts, creative teams, …
Looking forward to a big Off-Broadway weekend.At Roundabout's Laura Pel Theater There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, at Playwrights Horizon a matinee press p…
Mary Broome - Allan Monkhouse's 1911 comedy at the Mint explores upstairs/downstairs and father/son relationships . . . Read More
With the nitpickers out in full force, this Little Tramp may be shuffling off the Barrymore stage sooner than we think it should. …
Allan Monkhouse's 1911 comedy at the Mint explores upstairs/downstairs and father/son relationships . . . Read More
a smartly staged homage to Charlie Chaplin buoyed by Rob McClure's brilliant star turn . . . Read More
hiladelphia Philadelphia Live Arts Festival + Ph…
Heartless - Sam Shepard may be at the point in life where he's eligible for social security, but don't count on his having settled into easy, entertainment mode. Heartles…
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking - Hurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
Hurrah! Gerald Alessandrini's spoof fest, is back after a 3-year long hiatus . . . Read More
Sam Shepard may be at the point in life where he's eligible for social security, but don't count on his having settled into easy, entertainment mode. Heartless may not be his best play" sure…
Harbor - The times are ripe for a solid comedy or drama about the risks and rewards for gay couples adopting children, but Chad Beguelin's fails the challenge. . . . Read More …
Our annual overview of the busy Berkshire Theater season is posted, as is our final addition to our Fringe Festival coverage. Also…
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2012 New York International Fringe Festival - Curtainup's "fringers" have finished grazing the menu of some 200 shows
My last review for the Berkshire summer 2012 season is of a still in progress productionSatchmo at the Waldorf - Drama critic Ter…
Drama critic Terry Teachout's solo play remains "unfrozen" during its Shakespeare & Co run though John Doughlas Thompas has already found ways to compensate for the absence of other cast mem…
Alfred Molina's Mark Rothko has a well woth seeing new assistnat in Jonathan (Spring Awakening) Groff-- and the play has a lot more room to splash paint on its&…
I can't think of an actress more capable of holding the stage all by herself and bringing fascinating women like Thompson and Wharton to life. She's also proved herself the embodiment of the…
TAhe Inner House - I can't think of an actress more capable of holding the stage all by herself and bringing fascinating women like Thompson and Wharton…
