1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
Simon Callow in Being Shakespeare Being Shakespeare- Simon Callow cogently explores what Shakespeare achieved andexperienced in his lifetime. .…
Mary Beth Peil and Michael Laurence use all their considerable acting skills to imbue Willy Holtzman's fact based odd couple bonding drama with dramatic fireworks
Peter Qulter's bioplay with music is an acting tour-de-force but don't expect the Judy everybody adores .
The book is forever so-so, but as Encored at City Center, the show's musical strength and fun elements are maximized, and the weaknesses of the book are minimized
Those four can-do, now 40-year-old kids " Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff " are at it again.
The "middle aged kindergarten" in a low-cost, low on amenities version of the upscale Reno, Nevada divorce ranches of the 1950s is an odd setup for British playwright Matt Charman's New York…
Amas Musical Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 25th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues. on Thursday, April 26st at 4:00pm, Friday, April 27th at 3:00pm and 7:30pm, and Satur…
Watching this Will Loman's "way out in the blue ride on a smile and a shoeshine" turn into "an earthquake" is as enduringly shattering as any Greek tragedy.
You could do a lot worse than seeing TACT's revival of Neil Simon's 27th play at the company's intimate home on Theater Row.
New YorkNo Place to Go- The financial crisis blues has arrived at Joe's Pub with Ethan Lipton's funny personal ode to the unemployed. . . .The Big Meal- Though Thornton Wilder is very muc…
Though Thornton Wilder is very much an unseen ghost hovering over Dan LeFRanc's play, it's not a copy-cat Our Town but the Real Deal: An innovative, intelligent, entertaining play.
Once - This small musical has transferred with its charm and big heart very much intact . . .Once was of the best screen ti stage…
This small musical has transferred with its charm and big heart very much intact
New York theater goers can currently see two plays permeated with steamy sado-masochistic games. One made new again by its star an…
Jesse Berger's immersive staging does nothing to enhance or deepen Genet's sly game-playing 3-hander
Here's the lineup for the York Theatre Company's FREE Developmental Reading Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret. All wi…
Here's the lineup for the York Theatre Company's FREE Developmental Reading Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret. All&nb…
New York Slings & Arrows- view 1st episode freeADVERTISING AT CURTAINUP Painting Churches- The Keen Company's revival of …
The Keen Company's revival of Tina Howe's 1983 play is certainly blessed to have Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham as its aging Boston Brahmins. Too bad the production has them overdo th…
What's a flop-around? According to the dictionary, there's no such word. Still, it's a term that deserves a plac…
Edward Albee's uncompromising take on the stages of death and enigmatic reflection on identity has been given a stunning looking and superbly performed revival though its feet remain planted…
A terrific, sad yet often funny play by a young playwright who has something to say " actually quite a few things " and knows how to enliven her story and her characters with pungent dialogue
Leslye Headland has saved the funniest and most entertaining scene of Assistance for end. Actually, that surreal finale is less a triumph for the playwright than for set designer David Korin…
This week's Off-Broadway Tweet links. . . Robert Hogan as Rutherford …
Katori Hall's play is disturbing, painful to watch and, If you're squeamish about vulgarity and cussin', be aware that thee " N" word pops up in just about every other sentence . .
