View From the Bridge-- no scenery but lots of emotional sizzle

View from the Bridge -# Ivo Van Hove's down sized, sizzling take on #Arthur Miller's kitchen sink drama . . . .

This Of Kiss Me Katerevival worth a trip to DC

Kiss Me Kate - Rarely is a revival as perfect as this one now playing at Washington's Shakespeare Theatre/Harman Center. It has all the elements that keep you smiling for days: . . Read More

A rime traveling romp about the humble Sweatshirt: Important Hats of th Twentieth Centurye

I#nportant Hats of the Twentieth Century - Playwright #Nick Jones combines Sci-Fi and #Fashion in two time zones in #Manhattan Theatre Club's studio space . . .

A beutiful landmark eternally remembered in a small play

The# Eternal Space - a poignant consideration of the old# Pennsylvania  station's legacy and its grandeur . . . Rea

Judy Dench & Kenneth Brannagh triumphantly ;aunch his new company

The Winter's Tale - #Kenneth Branagh opens the theatre season of his company at the Garrick with the brilliant Dame# Judi Dench as Paulina, in a role made for her, the must see theatre event of the decade. . . . Read

2 plays about not so rosy gay marriages

Steve - midlife crises of two having-it-all gay couples . . . Read More

Dada Woof Papa Hot - Another affluent group of Gay Dads stylishly staged at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E Newhouse . . . . Read More

Dada Woof Papa Hot-- silly title for affluent gay dad's play

Dada Woof Papa Hot - Another affluent group of Gay Dads stylishly staged at #Lincoln Center's Mitzi E Newhouse . . . . Read More

An all female Henry IV at St. Ann's in Brooklyn

orld War II drama . . . . Read More

Henry IV - The #Donmar's condensed all-Female production initiate's #St. Ann's new venue

The Second Mrs. Wilson a beautiful slice of history play in New Jersey

The Second Mrs. Wilson - the best play about a President and his First Lady since Sunrise at Campobello . . . . Read More

Incident at Vichy -- a stirring revival of Arthur Miller's WWII play

Incident at Vichy - a stellar production of Arthur Miller's too rarely seen World War II drama . . . . Read More

Misery on Broadway trades ch ills for chuckles

Misery - #Laurie Metcalf and #Bruce Willis are now playing #Stephen King's cat-and-mouse game for more laughts than thrills . . . . Read More

Curtainup feature on Arthur Mille as newsmaker in his centennial year

Arthur Miller Still a Newsmaker In the Centennial Year Of His Birth . . .
with a buzz-y new version of his classic A View From the Bridge and the less familiar Incident at Vichy and a Yiddish Death of a Salesman

Shear Madness--A nation wide hit lands Off-Broadway

Shear Madness - This long running romp is now storming the barricades of Off-Broadway with hurricane velocity.. . . . Read More

Lost Girls-- which Curtainup found a find. . .

Lost Girls - John Pollono explores a blue collar family's pattern of self-entrapment in bad choices.. . . Read

HIR an absurdist look at multiple issues by performance artist Taylor Mac

HIR - Performance artist Taylor Mac's wildly ambitious "straight" play . . . . R

Allegiance a musical about a dark chapter in our history

Kudos to George Takei for inspiring Marc Acito, Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Throne to turn his family's history into a meaningful original musical . . . .

An originally commissioned play by and at NAATCO-- entertaining and provocative

Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery - Lloyd Suh's play commissioned by NAATCO evokes plenty of laughter with its portrayal of ignorance and bigotry but, ultimately, in this mystery, it's the age-old stereotypes that are put to death and given the burial they deserve . . . Read More

On Your feet-- the built in audience makes this jukebox bio-musical critic proof

On Your Feet - A jukebox musical with heart and the funky rhythm of the Estefan sound that's sure to get you on your feet . . . . Read More

Long live this King Charles III-- Mike Bartlett's imaginative Shakespearian tomorrow-history play

King Charles III - Mike Bartlett uses the living, breathing British Royals for his own Shakespearian history drama . . . . Read More