A drive-in Hamlet-- and it's FREE by Elyse Sommer

If  you need confirmation about the  popularity  of Shakespeare's Hamlet,  just check out Curtainup's Shakespeare page  (www.curtainup.com/shakes.html)  or …

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:26pm on August 3, 2011☆⚑

Visual Mischief that's worse than Titular Mischief by Elyse Sommer

The  latest  entry  in  critic John Simon's  Blog  (John Simon Uncensored)   talks about what he calls  "Titular Mischief" --  the practice&…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 9:18am on July 29, 2011☆⚑

A new play with "legs" to carry it to a theater near you... by Elyse Sommer

The Best of Enemies adds a  slam-bang,  surprise to  conclude  a  slam-bang  new play:   A  scrim  reveals  a Choir featuring  mem…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 7:59pm on July 28, 2011☆⚑

Review: Curtainup/Berkshire by Elyse Sommer

a moving new drama by Mark St. Germain another winner for Barrington Stage Company

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:04pm on July 28, 2011☆⚑

Review: Dutch Masters at curtainup/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

world premiere at Berkshire Theater Group's Unicorn Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 3:47pm on July 25, 2011☆⚑

A new FREE Shakespeare in Brooklyn Heights by Elyse Sommer

Summer and Shakespeare  go together like  crackers and cheese,  meat and potatoes.  For New Yorkers,  the Bard  has  been  in full  force  w…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 9:35am on July 25, 2011☆⚑

Review: A Doll's House at curtainup/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Lily Rabe makes Sam Gold's production at Willimastown's Nikos Stageworth seeing even without a slam-bang ending

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 1:54pm on July 24, 2011☆⚑

Free musical for Kids: The Yellow Brick Road by Elyse Sommer

Theatreworks USA ( is presenting  a world premiere of the new Latin-themed children's musical THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD  at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St.…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:36am on July 21, 2011☆⚑

Cole Porter enriches Gurney's Sylvia & Tanglewood Pops concert. by Elyse Sommer

Cole Porter 2  days running-- Who could ask for anything more? This past Saturday went to the opening  of  A.R. Gurney's  ever popular doggie romance,  Sylvia at&nbs…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 9:18am on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Review: Sylvia at curtainup/ Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

A.R. Gurney's popular doggie romance at Berkshire Theatre Festival.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:24am on July 18, 2011☆⚑

Review: Tommy at Curtainup/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

this revival of The Who's rock opera deserves a longer run

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 9:46pm on July 14, 2011☆⚑

Review: The Hollow Crown at Curtainup/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Shakespeare & Company's elegant version of John Barton's piece . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:59pm on July 13, 2011☆⚑

Review: Three Hoels at Curtainup/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

on Robin Baitz's 1993 two-hander at Williamstown

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 1:33pm on July 8, 2011☆⚑

Bored with the Bard -- or smitten as ever? by Elyse Sommer

Are we bored with the Bard?   This is the query  posed by  John Moore, theater critic of the Denver Post.   Moore   backs up  his belief that, at…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:38am on July 6, 2011☆⚑

Review: Guys and Dolls at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

John Rando directs this iconic musical with style and a great cast.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:50pm on June 29, 2011☆⚑

Review: Zarkana at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Cirque du Soleil's biggest show yet is imperfect but who cares, if it means a visit to Radio City Music Hall .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:47pm on June 29, 2011☆⚑

Another college scandal evoked by the Secret Court expose. . . by Elyse Sommer

Unnatural Acts (www.curtainup.com/unnaturalacts.html),   the  dramatic expose  of   Harvard's  shameful  Secret Court 1920  prompted by a homosex…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 9:06am on June 24, 2011☆⚑

Review: Unnatural Acts at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a cautionary Never Again tale that's also a strikingly staged, entertaining theatrical experience. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:12pm on June 23, 2011☆⚑

Count on Spider-Man Spoofs to Keep Coming. . . by Elyse Sommer

Not tired of the  gennius Tiger Woman who kept Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark in previews for  seven months?  Missed Law & Order's  killer   take-off&nbs…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:38pm on June 22, 2011☆⚑

Review: Side Effects at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Can this marriag be saved? And can Weller's play about it be saved from being a poor cousin to his Fifty Words?.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:51pm on June 19, 2011☆⚑

Spiderman 2.0's villainous Arachne now fairy godmother by Elyse Sommer

in T.V. Carpio as the now downsized Arachne and ensemble members in "Behold and Wonder." The  mythical Arachne  may have been downsized and homogenized into a   go…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 9:51am on June 15, 2011☆⚑

Review: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

The long extended mega-million musical is officially out of rehab & our review of th 2.0 version includes a backgrounder on Spdey's Marvel Comic Book

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:38pm on June 14, 2011☆⚑

The only surprise at the Tonys was that there rwere no surprises by Elyse Sommer

tain The Big Tony Winners Top L-r: Leading performers Frances McDormand (Good People), Mark Rylance (Jersulaem), Norbert Leo Butz (Catch Me In You Can). . . Scene from Best pla…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 7:51pm on June 13, 2011☆⚑

The unhappy family play is alive and well-- courtesy of a famous first sentence. . . by Elyse Sommer

In  a season rich  with  straight plays,   the  problem    family  play once again  laid claim to being a genre in its own right--  Off…

SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:51am on June 10, 2011☆⚑

Review: The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

probably the most offbeat musical currently on any New York Stage . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 4:58pm on June 8, 2011☆⚑