MusicNOW Festival: Memorial Hall in CIncinnati, OH by Sarah Taylor Ellis

MusicNOW Festival: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:54am on April 22, 2013[SHARE]

Then She Fell: Third Rail Projects, Kingsland Ward by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Then She Fell: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:56pm on April 1, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: THEN SHE FELL (Third Rail Projects at St. Johns in Brooklyn) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

GO ASK ALICE “Do you take dictation?” the gentleman asked as he gently closed the door to the study. Seated at an antique rolltop desk, I responded with an eager “Yes,̶…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 1:38pm on March 26, 2013[SHARE]

Breakfast at Tiffany's: Cort Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 1:25pm on March 22, 2013[SHARE]

Hit the Wall: Barrow Street Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Hit the Wall: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 1:17pm on March 22, 2013[SHARE]

Broadway Theater Review: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Cort Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

A BREAKFAST THAT LEAVES YOU HUNGRY FOR MORE Richard Greenberg’s new theatrical adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s owes more of a debt to Truman Capote’s novella than to t…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 4:35pm on March 21, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: HIT THE WALL (Barrow Street Theatre) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

HIT THE WALL When Hit the Wall, Ike Holter’s new play about the 1969 Stonewall Riots, opened at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater's Garage Rep last year, it quickly passed into theat…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 2:07am on March 21, 2013[SHARE]

Neva: The Public Theater by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Neva: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 12:21am on March 14, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: NEVA (Public Theater) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

ACTING ON THE POLITICAL STAGE “Another play about Chekhov?” I thought as I settled into my seat for Neva, written and directed by Guillermo Calderón.  Contemporary theater …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 3:25pm on March 13, 2013[SHARE]

Belleville: New York Theatre Workshop by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Belleville: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:22am on March 11, 2013[SHARE]

Henry IV, Part 1: The Pearl Theatre Company by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Henry IV, Part 1: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 11:43pm on March 7, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: HENRY IV, PART 1 (The Pearl Theatre Company) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

THE PRINCE OF PEARL Through ribald jokes and fiery speeches, spit flies during The Pearl’s solid and satisfying production of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1. The second part in a…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 5:42pm on March 6, 2013[SHARE]

The Wild Bride: Kneehigh Theatre, St. Ann's Warehouse by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Wild Bride: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:34am on March 6, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE WILD BRIDE (St. Ann's Warehouse) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

GO TO THE DEVIL With his lanky limbs draped over a rocking chair, the Devil has an undeniable magnetism. This storyteller exudes a Southern, gentlemanly charm " but dark motives lurk behind …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 1:43am on March 6, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: BELLEVILLE (New York Theatre Workshop) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

CALCULATING, BLUNT, DISTURBING AND INTENSE The name Amy Herzog seems to be on the tip of every theatergoer’s tongue lately. Hot on the heels of The Great God Pan, 4000 Miles and After …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:01am on March 6, 2013[SHARE]

Really Really: MCC, Lucille Lortel Theatre by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Really Really: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 10:16am on February 27, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: REALLY REALLY (Lucille Lortel Theatre; directed by David Cromer) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

THE PARADOX OF A CONTEMPTUOUS PLAY AND ITS AFTEREFFECTS Early in Act II of Paul Downs Colaizzo’s incisive new play Really Really, my theatergoing companion Liz let out an audible sigh …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 6:38pm on February 26, 2013[SHARE]

This Clement World: St. Ann's Warehouse by Sarah Taylor Ellis

This Clement World: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:35am on February 14, 2013[SHARE]

Good Person of Szechwan: The Foundry Theatre at La MaMa by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Good Person of Szechwan: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:32am on February 14, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHUAN (La MaMa) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

THIS IS NOT YOUR TEXTBOOK BRECHT While productions of Brecht’s plays are often weighed down by theatrical theory and didactic political messages, The Foundry Theatre jolts the audience…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 2:16am on February 13, 2013[SHARE]

Off-Broadway Theater Review: THIS CLEMENT WORLD (St. Ann's Warehouse) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

AN ARTISTIC PLEA FOR CHANGE In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the Blizzard Nemo, global climate change is increasingly palpable. As inclement weather infringes on our day-to-day activities,…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 4:54pm on February 12, 2013[SHARE]

Showbiz by Ruby Preston: Dress Circle Publishing by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Showbiz: Book Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 10:40pm on February 4, 2013[SHARE]

Book Review: SHOWBIZ (Dress Circle Publishing) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

MOUNTING OLYMPUS Think of it as Twilight for the theater geek or Smash in literary form. You may love to hate it or hate to love it, but Ruby Preston’s new novel Showbiz is an undeniab…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 9:17am on February 3, 2013[SHARE]

The Concert: The Directory of Contemporary Theatre Writers by Sarah Taylor Ellis

The Concert: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 9:13am on January 24, 2013[SHARE]

Life and Times, Episodes 1-4: Nature Theater of Oklahoma by Sarah Taylor Ellis

Life and Times, Episodes 1 – 4: Review for Stage and Cinema

SOURCE: Compositions on Theater at 8:54am on January 24, 2013[SHARE]