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

Monday, September 28, 2015

Friday, September 25, 2015

Re-imagining a 1930 sex operation: Sommerfugl at 4th St.Theater


Sommerfugl
Sommerfugl - American culture may have reached its transgender moment but, at the 4th Street Theater it's evident that some New Yorkers (ordinarily a blasé lot) are squeamish about the science of sex reassignment. Read More

Monday, September 21, 2015

Friday, September 18, 2015

Monday, September 14, 2015

Another chance to see Richard Maxwell's Isolde

Isolde Isolde - Richard Maxwell's play revisited at Theatre for a New Audience's Polonsky Shakespeare Center .

Friday, September 11, 2015

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Monday, September 7, 2015

People, Places and things--a potent look at addiction



 People, Places and Things
People, Places and Things Duncan Macmillan's involving play about addiction and rehab has a brilliant performance from Denise Gough . . . . Read More

Whorl Inside a Loop-- yet another drama to take us inside the prison world



 Whorl Inside a Loop
Whorl Inside a Loop - covers immense territory; but neither the script or the production penetrates the sparkling surface that the authors and directors have contrived. . . . Rea

Thursday, September 3, 2015