1,209 stories by "Elyse Sommer"
Chinglish- David Korins' gliding and swiveling sets that include a hotel lobby with elevator and revolving door come close to stealing this comedy about mis-communication …
David Korins' gliding and swiveling sets that include a hotel lobby with elevator and revolving door come close to stealing this comedy about mis-communication in global relationships
While sending up Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill's navel gazing dramturgy does showcase David Bar Katz's comic gifts and ability to juggle a genre spanning plot, the result is too much…
I can't think of a better place to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Brian Friel's 1991 Tony award winning play than The Irish Rep Theater, especially given their lovely production
this revival of A. R. Gurney's first play shows an impressive from the get-go display of theatrical savvy
The chance for Jesse Eisenberg groupies to see him up close and personal in his first playwriting effort is likely to flll every seat at the Cherry Lane Theater
Sons of the Prophet- This comedy about grief and pain will l indeed have you laughing often but it's also deeply touching and filled to the brim with serious issue…
This comedy about grief and pain will l indeed have you laughing often but it's also deeply touching and filled to the brim with serious issues..
The bookend pieces are strictly for laughs, the middle piece is as sad as it is funny. Taken together, the three pieces are a bit like having three desserts instead of a really substantial m…
Thursday, November 3 at 6:00pm, and Friday, November 4 at 3:00pm and 7:00pm, at The Snapple Centre, 1627 Broadway.Amas Musical Theatre will present <free staged readings of&nb…
When journalist Lawrence Wright took to the stage he began and ended his impassioned monologue, The Human Scale with footage about the young soldier Gilad…
Mike Daisey takes off his rose-colored glasses to tell his version of the Jobs story
Samuel L. Jackson makes an impressive Broadway debut Katori Hall's faction about Martin Luther King's last night on earth.
You wouldn't want a monster wife at your bedside, but you won't want to miss Linda Lavin's irresistibly funny and moving portrayal of her .
Actress Zoe Kazan's first major Off-Broadway play is an imperfect pleasure.
New York Times critic Christopher Isherwood's Arts Beat blog about his plan to ask his editor to let him off the hook in terms of&…
A timely but flawed Rattigan play, given the grand manner treatment by Frank Langella
The Kindle e-reader has finally embraced library lending. But before you find other uses for the money saved purchasing your book…
4 actors, and a baker's dozen of playwrights contemplate motherhood in our "brave new world"
What do Kilgore Trout and Playwright Adam Rapp Have in Common?
The Signature Theater which began life in a more than modest downtown space, and has since called the lovely but small theater&nbs…
The Keen Company revival of Lanford Wilson's early play . . .
a young playwrights submission of his play under a more attention getting by-line turns into a case of "oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"
In 1957 African-American playwright Alice Childress's play Trouble in Mind, a was slated for Broadway. But the producers wanted her to make&nb…
the actors and the smart script make this behind the financial headlines play fun to watch. And at $18 a ticket, affordable even if your portfolio has taken a beating
