Sharr White's play gets a fine new production

The Other Place- Sharr White's play gets a new life at Barrington Stage . . Read More

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  Our first Berkshire review of the  season-- see link below for what's to come. . .


News of Berkshire Summer Productions

My review of# HBO's The Normal Heart

HBO's The Normal Heart 

Joe Mantello and Jim Parsons

There was no Curtainup for me to write about the the shock I experienced when I entered the Public Theater in 1985 to see Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. But I don't need to have anything I would have written to recall the punch-to-the-gut feeling that intensified as I watched this all too real and ongoing horror story unfold. But I've seen it twice since--  and now comes the film,  adapted by the author and  director Ryan Murphy for  HBO

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Hilary Mantel's best sellers now on Stage

Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies - These two plays are a tremendous achievement to bring to the stage Hilary Mantel's "imaginings (her words) the human behind the history of Thomas Cromwell" . . Read More

Linda Lavin makes Too Much Fun too good to miss

Too Much Sun - Nicky Silver has created another monstrous but moving woman of a certain age role for Linda Lavin. And her fans won't be disappointed. . . Read More

Drunk on the Bard-- literally so!

Drunk Shakespeare - this is a mug-in-hand fit for theatergoers who savor watching a Shakespeare play while drinking a draft or two. . . Read More

A flop is still a flop--for Inge devotees only

A Loss Of Roses - William Inge oldie with a strong whiff of Tennessee Williams . . Read More

3 new postings from our London critic

Donkey Heart - Moses Raine has written this remarkable new play about people living in Moscow today. . . Read More

Grounded - Lucy Ellinson gives a remarkable performance as someone caught in the grip of war and makes this 65 minutes of drama thrilling and traumatic. . . Read More

Ace of Clubs - an enjoyable evening by Noel Coward with some impressive talent . . Read More

Another Lear-- but this one with just Lear and the fool

Lear's Fool - Another Lear-- this one with just the Fool and the foolish king . . Read More

Plays with working environments

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The White Collar Work Place On Stage
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Plays with white collar work environments

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The White Collar Work Place On Stage

Playwrights' favorite  work environment is show biz-- but more mundane work places  do show up,   even though less frequently
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Off-Broadway Review links now on our front page

Encores! Irma La Douce - The songs are still charming but the plot is too dated . . Read More The Few - There's a lot of interesting drama in Samuel D. Hunter's play and the production is well done. . . Read More The City of Conversation - a splendid cast and production values keep us engaged in this political drawing room drama despite unanswered questions and too manufactured plot developments. . . Read More Here Lies Love - It's back, better than ever and for an open run . . Read More The Lovesong Of Alfred J Hitchcock - A highly stylized take on the famous master of suspense . . Read More Sea Marks - One can almost smell the salt of the sea in Gardner McKay's poignant love story about a long-distance relationship between two middle-aged people . . Read More Playing With Grown Ups - Hannah Patterson packs a lot of unresolved problems into just ninety minutes — too many to do justice to any of them. . . Read More

Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging - more blissfully funny and blisteringly on-target than ever . . . Read More

The Rivals - Since Sheridan's play gives Mrs. Malaprop most of the good dialogue Everyone else can't help but be upstaged by Carol Schultz who plays her here . . . Read More

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17 Orchard Point - With her numerous Broadway credits including a Tony Award, Michelle Pawk will likely look back on this minor career move as a diverting digression. Read More

King John - Frog and Peach presents one of shakespeare's rarely produced history plays . . Read More

Red-Eye to Havre de Grace - A highly stylized musical meditation on Edgar Allen Poe's troubled last days . . Read More

The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O'Neill, Volume 2 - Director Christopher Loar once again separates O'Neill's very complete directions from the dialogue . . . Read More

The Substance of Fire - Jon Robin Baitz's 2nd play revived at Second Stage . . Read More

The Mysteries - An enjoyable way to brush up on your bible stories at the Flea . . Read More

Heathers: The Musical - the concept of teen angst and peer bullying is sadly not dated and is, perhaps, worse today. . . Read More

Satchmo at the Waldorf - Solo bio play about Louis Armstrong. John Douglas Thompsan impresses even though he doesn't play the trumpet . . Read More

Links to reviews of all currently running shows

London

Ooh la la! If only the plot weren't so silly

Encores! Irma La Douce - The songs are still charming but the plot is too dated .

A 2nd Visit to Here Lies Love

Here Lies Love - It's back, better than ever and for an open run . . Read More

Interesting new play at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

The Few - There's a lot of interesting drama in Samuel D. Hunter's play and the production is well done. . . Read Mor

Lots of $ spent on this old-fashioned drama

The City of Conversation - a splendid cast and production values keep us engaged in this political drawing room drama despite unanswered questions and too manufactured plot developments. . . Read M

British play about Hitchcock misfires

The Lovesong Of Alfred J Hitchcock - A highly stylized take on the famous master of suspense . . Read M

Small show openings that get lost in pre-Tony buzz

Sea Marks - One can almost smell the salt of the sea in Gardner McKay's poignant love story about a long-distance relationship between two middle-aged people . . Read More

Playing With Grown Ups - Hannah Patterson packs a lot of unresolved problems into just ninety minutes — too many to do justice to any of them. . . Read More

Brush up on your malapropisms at the Pearl

on-target than ever . . . Read More
The Rivals - Since Sheridan's play gives Mrs. Malaprop most of the good dialogue Everyone else can't help but be upstaged by Carol Schultz who plays her here . . .

Broadway gets its annual lampooning-- what fun!

Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging - more blissfully funny and blisteringly on-target than ever . . . Read More

A cutting edgedowntown musical

Red-Eye to Havre de Grace - A highly stylized musical meditation on Edgar Allen Poe's troubled last days . . Read More