1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
This musical sketchbook of Brooklyn's artistic history isn't for those whose definition of musical theater heaven is a book offering up a clearly defined plot and toe-tapping, hummable tunes…
It's been an especially busy week for Curtainup's London critics.. .The Hairy Ape- The first major London revival ofEugene O'Neill's 1922 impressionistic play and study of aliena…
though you don't have to be old or Jewish to "get" what's funny, the chief and most responsive ticket buyers for this internet website spawned jokefest will be at least old enough for AARP m…
The Playbill cover features an image to illustrate one definition for the possibly titillating or off-putting title. However, Mike Bartlett's play touches on every one of the dictionary defi…
Whether Megan Hilty's Ivy gets to play Marilyn in Smash or not-- she's smashing in the Encores! revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes-- In that …
A charming, high-stepping musical cream puff "A Tingle" and 'A Glow" with talent. . .
Director/filmmaker Paul Weitz's fourth play, the third at Second Stage.. It has its funny moments but incisive and memorable, it's not
Monday, May 07, 2012Awards News: Lucille Lortell Awards nominees & winners . . .Tony Awards nominees. . . Drama Desk Awards nominees. . . List of Outer Critics Circle nominees. . . A…
David Steller and the Irish Rep deserve our thanks for giving us a chance to see Shaw's comedy as intended, with the Don Juan in Hell dream included.
David Rabe's nostalgic play is well-acted, especially by the main character, but doesn't really catch fire
At Classic Stage it's a more fun focus for A Midsummer Night's Dream- In case you forgot, Shakespeare's natural bent was comedy. Classic Stage' s Dream proves i…
Click title for more.. .Don't Dress for Dinner- a well-performed sequel but not equal to Marc Camoletti's Boeing, Boeing . . .Leap of Faith- Even with the magnetic Raul E…
The pre-Tony Awards crush of plays opening on Broadway brought two plays with hysterically funny dinner party scenes and a third that aimed for laughs from what happ…
Even with the magnetic Raul Esparza on board, singing and dancing up a storm, it will take a heap of ticket buying enthusiasts to make this Revival Meeting leap anywhere near the top of the …
a well-performed sequel but not equal to Marc Camoletti's Boeing, Boeing . . .
As Joseph Alsop's stepdaughter asks "Who's Wendell Wilkie?" so theatergoers under sixty might well ask "Who's Joseph Alsop?" At least until they see Pulitzer-winning David Auburn new play ab…
A shout out for everyone involved with this full of fizzle and fun new-old musical. It's best summed up by Ira Gershwin: " 's Wonderful!"
Linda Lavin's monstrous matron 's deathbed vigil is as funny and sad on Broadway. as off . .
The multi-culturally cast production Tennessee Williams is said to have always wanted but didn't live to see is respectfully but not flawlessly staged by Emily Mann
The best play seen on Broadway this week. . .Clybourne Park- if you havent seen Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize winning play, don't miss its Broadway production. If you saw it at Playwri…
silence may be golden but in Bret C. Leonard's play it's overdone . . .
American audiences get an A-class taste of British humor via Richard Bean's coup-de-farce .
The Risks and Rewards of Moving a Show from Off Broadway to Broadway There isn't a show that opens at a &nbs…
This bio-play's main reason for being, the aura of big league basketball in a Broadway theater, is established even as you take your seat . . .
Andrew LLoyd Webber and Tim Rice's wonderful soapoperatic bio-musical gets a wonderful new cast and staging. Paffi and Mandy fans should leave their urge to compareat home and head for the M…
