1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
Bad Box Office Grosses Sink Paul Gross's Broadway debut in Private Lives Considering that I've seen my share of Noel Coward's idle rich hedonists who can't live peace…
Who better to give Dickens' famous holiday story a Jewish twist than Hoffman, the queen of side-splitting stand-up kvetch? Who indeed! After all, Hoffman's kvetching is a way of saying "Bah!…
New theater reviews at Curtainup/NJ Bakersfield Mist- an out-of-the-ordinary, almost out-of-the-blue ", but more importantly, outstanding" two-hander . . .Charles Dickens' A Christmas …
James X - Gerard Mannix Flynn's James is a natural, amiable Irish story teller, yet much of his humor is distracting. . . Stick Fly " Lydia R. Diamond's country house comedy a…
Lydia R. Diamond's country house comedy a fresh twist by having it play out in the seaside home of a wealthy African-American family
time traveling back to the 1950s proves to be no guantee of either happiness and biting social satire .
With Alan Ayckbourn exploring the less than wonderful aspects of modern suburban life, anyone who buys a ticket to follow Bluebell Hill residents' efforts to contain a crime wave will have a…
the umbrella title for Ethan Coen's latest collection of one-acts is something of an oxymoron. What ties the three plays together is misery
The Classic Stage production has ratcheted up the comedy of Chekhov's last play more than any I've seen; it's also the trimmest
Blood and Gifts- enlightening and worthy as T. J. Rogers' dramatized history lesson is, his efforts to humanize the lesson never quite escapes its textbook roots.…
enlightening and worthy as T. J. Rogers' dramatized history lesson is, his efforts to humanize the lesson never quite escapes its textbook roots.
Nudity and Sex On Stage. . .When is Bare Bones the right costume? How real should sex scenes be? How necessary is all this in your face staging?&nbs…
Lincoln Center's public and visitors space on the Upper West Side, the David Rubenstein Atrium, has a range of , FREE programs this November, December and January -- the …
There's probably a good play in here somewhere. But it's been given a ready for prime time production somewhat prematurely. The producers would have been wise to followthe Boy Scout motto: "…
With copy editing jobs disappearing with other publishing jobs, writers wanting a sharp eye cast on their fledgling literary efforts may well need an expensive private teacher like the one i…
Private Lives " Paul Gross, Kim Cattrai new Elyot is tall, dark and handsome, the sort of debonair leading man born to wear tuxedos and silk dressing gowns and he foxtrots di…
Paul Gross, Kim Cattrai new Elyot is tall, dark and handsome, the sort of debonair leading man born to wear tuxedos and silk dressing gowns and he foxtrots divinely
Unfortunately, the plot, characters and evocative setting of George Orwell's first novel have become muddled and denuded in this page to stage transfer
Thomas Bradshaw's new play overloads the play with two many ideas that don't work and sex scenes that more excessive and boring than titillating
A bunch of A-list authors and actors explore the joys and pitfalls of same sex nuptials
This has been a wonderful few weeks for off-the-beaten track musicals. No million dollar song and dance shows at the top of tourist and …
Venus in Fur - The Classic Stage hit moves to Broadway with the star who was born at CSC aboard and better than ever. . .King Lear- Sam Waterston delivers a foot stamping, bipolar Le…
Sam Waterston delivers a foot stamping, bipolar Lear
The Classic Stage hit moves to Broadway with the star who was born at CSC aboard and better than ever
The Transport Group's smartly staged but overly long production of Michael John LaChiusa's new slice-of-American musical
