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, October 31, 2016

Coriolanus --timely as usual at presidential election time election time



Coriolanus
Coriolanus - a new production by the Red Bull Theatre Company just as New York voters are poised to vote for their next president.Read More

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Two Class Acts--by A.R. Gurney at the Flea



 Two Class Acts: Ajax and Squash
Two Class Acts: Ajax and Squash - A double bill by A. R. Gurney ends the Flea Theater's residence on White Street, before moving to a larger space

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Freaky Friday, the musical-- big time fun in DC


Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday - A fun musical based on Mary Rodgers' novel with a top drawer creative team and performer. . .

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Love, Love, Love successfully crosses the pond



 Love, Love, Love
Love, Love, Love - Brtish playwright Mike Bartlett's latest play gets a well cast, smoothly directed American production Read More

Sell| Buy|Date, Sarah Jones's new multi-character solo



Sell/Buy/Date
Sell/Buy/Date - Sarah Jones is back on stage with her usual array of characters, this time reflecting on the sex industry

Monday, October 17, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016

The Maids newly adapted at Intar



The Maids
The Maids - The experimental and the traditional collide in José Rivera's adaptation of Jean Genet's play at INTAR.  Read More

Heisenberg--a quirky charmer now on Broadway



Heisenberg
Heisenberg - No uncertainty Simon Stephen's quirky romance being a charmer, especially since it stars Mary Louise Parker Read More

Monday, October 3, 2016

Aaron Posner's much produced play at his home base


Stupid Bird
Stupid F**ingBird - Aaron Posner's much produced take on Chekhov at the theater he co-founded

It's been a week for the dissolute in London. . .Don Giovanni & The Libertine



Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni Legendary director Richard Jones brings his interpretation to a new production of Don Giovanni for the English National Opera at the Coliseum . . . Read More -
The Libertine
The Libertine The revival of Stephen Jeffreys' 1994 play about the notorious seventeenth century rake John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester is full of lusty images and dissolute morals . . . . . Read More -