3,986 stories from CurtainUp
The most original piece of theater I have seen in quite some time . . .
there are glimmering in F. Murray Abraham's performance that hint that he is striving to find a character who will eventually show the various, sometimes contradictory, sides of Galileo's te…
David Crabb will abduct you into the world of his unusually decadent yet incisive youth and, happily complicit, you'll jump in for the joyride
An octogenarian's romp through his life as Captain Kirk, show horse rider, and more, more, more.
Gabe McKinley's new play is torn right from the 2003 headlines. It's told with great authenticity and style
-close to the best production I've seen ever seen . . .
- I can't think of a rhyming paraphrase of Noel Coward's famous "Don't quibble Sybil." But, I urge any reader on the fence about seeing this show to ignore the quibblers about this show's "u…
A new all-male Romeo and Juliet movie .
This snappy new anti-romantic musical carves a sharp Cupid's arrow aimed at a young modern audience . . .
a respectful adaptation of nine short stories by the Russian master Anton Chekhov, but a bit short on excitement
Although the play is extremely wordy this rarely produced Schnitzler play is not so irrefutably dense with political posturing that we can't appreciate its slyly satirical underpinnings
Director Sam Gold takes a stylized, super downsizing approach to John Osborne's "kitchen sink" realism
As re-envisioned by Sean Graney this heaping serving of Sophocles' dramas makes for a vitally alive experience . . .
The inspiration for Nicholas Wright's new play at the National Theatre is the shtetls of Russia and the many Jewish filmmakers who made Hollywood what it is today.. . .
The Gob Squad returns to the Public for a beyond the Under the Radar Festival run
This British adaptation of Marc Camoletti's 1962 French farce is well served by this production . . .
With excellent production values and acting, even at a somewhat too long 2 1/2 hours, this witty production of minor Shaw play is quite a major pleasure.
At just 85 minutes this 3-hander held my attention, even though neither the script or the actors had me quite buy into the mounting contrivances. . . .
Writer Abi Morgan's play arrives in London as she is riding on the crest of a wave with her screenplay of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's political career and her acclaimed serial last ye…
Whether this multi-media piece is welcomed in the New York with the same enthusiasm that greeted it earlier this year at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe remains to be seen. I certainly fell fo…
This latest play set in China is not without its contrivances and incomplete plot details, but it's a fast-paced, entertaining and thought-provoking look at the whirlpool of cultural adjustm…
In Catherine Treischmann's new play, the red and blue states worlds collide, with interesting results.
a look back and forward
Our stage and screen page review comes down in favor of the Puppet Horses in War Horse, the play
David Hyde Pierce stars as a workaholic book editor and failed father in Molly Smith Metzler new play which unfortunately does not give him a chance to fully exploit his comic talents
