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

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Lucy Kirkwood's The Children impressed our London critic




The Children
The Children - Lucy Kirkwood's new play looks at the world after a nuclear power station disaster and the scientists who people it.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal review



The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal
The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal - Laoisa Sexton's play is an inventively staged, well-acted comic romp underpinned by a serious theme . . . Read More

The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal--a comic romp , but with something to say




The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal
The Pigeon in the Taj Mahal - Laoisa Sexton's play is an inventively staged, well-acted comic romp underpinned by a serious theme . . .

Sunday, November 20, 2016

London rocks to School of Rock



School of Rock
School of Rock School of Rock comes to London with its talented teams of children playing their own instruments in this feel good family musical. . . . Read More -

Goldoni's farce at TNFA will be heaven for some, torture for others

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The Servant of Two Masters
The Servant of Two Masters - TNFA's production of Carlo Goldoni's farce will be heaven for spectators swept up in

Sweet Charity --This small producton, offers big pleasures



Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity smartly streamlined - Sutton Foster is a delightful Charity Hope Valentine in this smartly streamlined revival. . . Rea

Friday, November 18, 2016

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Sunday, November 6, 2016

Fiinian's Rainbow delightfully revived at the renovated Irish Rep



 Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow - the Irish Rep celebrates its renovated home's completion with this hit-after-hit musical from another era

My review of Sweat, Lynn Nottage's workplace drama



Sweat
Sweat - Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage takes theater goers into the world of blue collar Americans faced with downsized and disappearing manufacturing jobs

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Kings of War--just 4 performances to see Ivo vanHove's marathon at BAM



kings of war
Kings of War - Except for the Dutch dialogue (and those supertitles), director Ivo van Hove's evening with these kings is like a binge-session of House of Cards. .

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The Collector-a less than ideal adaptation of John Fowles' novel



The Collector
The Collector - the two actors in this stage adaptation of John Fowles's novel do their best to provide the much needed tension and pace