Review: Onassis at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loveridge

Stage adaptation of book about the famous shipping magnate's patriarchal world

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Review: The Train Driver at curtainup/Los Angeles by Laura Hitchcock

Another searing picture of South Africa today by Athol Fugard

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Review: The Country Girl at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loveridge

Clifford Odets' 1950 play just doesn't row my boat in this production

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Review: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake by Elyse Sommer

The pantalooned male swans are back for another not to be missed evening of enthralling choreographed story telling

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Review: The Language Archive at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Julia Cho isn't a playwright who repeats herself. Even when imperfect, her plays tackle new themes, characters and styles. Her exploration of the language of love is no exception

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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson re-reviewed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

the move to Broadway hasn't spoiled its offering a bloody good time

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Review: A Life in the Theatre at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Mamet's 1977 backstage drama remains a great gift to two actors--currently Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight

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Review: Microcrisis by Amanda Cooper

Some fictional financial mayhemloosely based around the same concepts that caused our latest recession and housing bubble

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Review: The Deep Throat Sex Scandal by Elyse Sommer

For all the laughs and titillating x-rated stuff, David Bertolino's first play also is the often painful account of how this super money-making porn flick became an inadvertent player in a F…

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Review: Circle Mirror Transformation at Curtainup/New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

Annie Baker's Off-Broadway hit opens the George Street Theater season

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Review: Erik Jackson's Carrie at curtainup.com/Philadelphia by Kathryn Osenlund

urprise! Not scary or gory or a musical but an elongated comedy sketch, well-directed by Michael Alltop at Philadelphia's Underground Arts

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Curtainup's New York Musical Theatre Festival Review Sampler by Julia Furay

NYMF Shows Reviewed: My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding | Things As They Are |Bloodties | Without You

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Review: Time Stands Still re-reviewed at Curtainup by Elyse Sommer

Donald Margulies' play still resonates and Christina Ricci is a dandy Mandy

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Review: Gatz at Curtainup by Les Gutman

There are any number of levels on which one can appreciate this undertaking by Elevator Repair Service. Among them, the sheer ballsiness of asking its its audience to sit for six hours and f…

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Review: In Transit at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

We don't often get to enjoy the purity of the a cappella musical, but this is one that winningly asserts itself with its lyrical and harmonic charms

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Review: Hotel Savoy at curtainup.com by Elizabeth Ahlfors

a truly personalized and certainly unique hour-long experience

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Review: Mrs. Warren's Profession at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

The Roundabout has fulfilled its well-earned reputation for attracting top talents by casting the great Cherry Jones as George Bernard Shaw's Rags to entrepreneurial riches Kitty Warren

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Review: Office Hours by Elyse Sommer

Written especially for the Flea's resident actors, the play has the usual A. R. Gurney blend of humor and serious concerns-- in this case the dumbing down of the educational system that gain…

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Review: Reprise Company's They're Playing Our Song by Evan Henerson

Visuals, ear candy songs, and the dual star wattage of Jason Alexander and Stephanie J. Block. All in all, this Reprise production is a song with a pretty sweet sound

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Review: The Pitmen Painters by Elyse Sommer

Lee Hall has written what, even this early in the season, has all the earmarks of being the best new play of the Broadway season

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Review: We Have Always Lived in the Castle at Curtainup/ Connecticut by Lauren Yarger

The musical adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel combines riveting performances with a haunting score and lyrics to create a creepy and sad atmosphere that draws us in and repels us at the …

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Review: Ghost-Writer at Curtainup/Philadelphia by Kathryn Osenlund

The seventh world premiere of a Michael Hollinger play at the Arden introduces a vintage world to their Arcadia stage

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Review: Brief Encounter at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

By using the sophisticated stagecraft available to contemporary directors, Emma Rice has created a hybrid of live drama with black and white filmic details and music that takes us into the i…

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Review: Harspray at Curtainup/ New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

This Papermill Playhouse revival lifts us up higher than could any beehive hairdo

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Review: The Sneeze at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

The sound of the balalaika add to the pleasure of seeing eight early short stories and plays by Anton Chekhov, artfully adapted by Michael Frayn, and delightfully presented by the Pearl T…

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