Curtainup Founder & Editor Elyse Sommer's Epilogue -- I've passed the torch for reviewing and editing new theater productions on and off-Broadway and elsewhere. However, I'll continue to sound off here with my take on Live and Onscreen Entertainment. As for Curtainup's extensive content since 1996-- it's all sill available at www.curtainup.com

Thursday, July 28, 2011

A terrific world premiere in the Berkshires.


Aisha Hinds and John Bedford Lloyd
The Best of Enemies - a moving new drama by Mark St. Germain another winner for Barrington Stage Company

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

recently reviewed off-Broadway shows


All New People- Put four people with major issues in a room and see what happens when they are fueled by alcohol, an assortment of drugs including cocaine and a script that is neither credible nor makes much sense. . . .

Romeo and Juliet- Theater 2020 bring Shakespeare's young lovers to Brooklyn. And for FREE! . .

The Patsy- An old play and a new monologue have been created as performance pieces, each allowing the wonderfully talented Greenspan to be ingratiating and impressive in different ways. . . .

TheShoemaker - this three-character play features a sequence of metaphors and symbols that too often get in the way of the inherent dramatic opportunities. . .

No Child-Nilaja Sun's acclaimed solo piece back briefly at its first hom . . .

If you're visiting the Berkshires. . .


The Hound of the Baskervilles- A superbly executed spoof of Sherlock Holmes' novella. . .

Dutch Masters world premiere at Berkshire Theater Group's Unicorn Theater

Doll's House
Lily Rabe with Zinab Jab in a scene from A Doll's House
A Doll's House- Lily Rabe makes Sam Gold's production at Willimastown's Nikos Stageworth seeing even without a slam-bang ending

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

A. R. Gurney's doggie romance still gets laughs. . .

Sylvia
David Adkins and Rachel Bay Jones
Sylvia- A.R. Gurney's popular doggie romance at Berkshire Theatre Festival. . .

Monday, July 11, 2011

Kevin Spacey is a not-to-be-missed Richad III

Richard III
Kevin Spacey as King Richard III

Richard III- It is a role made for Kevin Spacey who surely would surely have been made a knight of the theatre if foreign nationals were eligible for the award of the royal "sword on shoulder" honour. . .