Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-- a " chamber-ama" starring Fobert Fairchild

Frankenstein's monster was  indeed  a  freakish  experiment--  but  his name  should  never have been Freakenstein--  per my headline  in the original post . . .

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Robert Fairchild is the star attraction of the Ensemble for the Romantic Century's unique approach to literature's most famous monster story. Read M

Our London critic reviews Hamilton's triumphant arrival in her city

Hamilton The Hamilton phenomenon takes London by storm . . .

A Place to Call Home-- Australia's homage to the melodramatic genre

Check  our  www.curtainup.com/movitalk.html       to  bing on all  5  seasons. . . .

My review of Farinelli and the King--a thrill for Handel and Rylance fans

Broadway Farinelli and the King - Music director/composer Claire Van Kampen's first play reimagines the unusual story of a deranged 18th century Spanish King and famous opera star and . . . with her husband Mark Rylance to handle the "kinging" . . . Read

Curtainup's review of the latest 12th Night-- a thumbs up

Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Fiasco Theater takes up residence at Classic Stage Company for a simple, satisfying production of one of Shakespeare's best plays. Rea

The Children: an apocalypse and a love triangle rolled into a fascinating but disturbing new play

The Children - this acolyptic story of what could indeed happen more than occasionally, isn't exactly easy to promote as holiday fare. Still, it is indeed to be savored for its fine writing, direction and acting. Read More

too bad about the early closing of M.Butterfly--I found it well worth seeing

M.Butterfly - New earlier closing date: 1/14/18! David Henry Hwang's bizarre East-West socio-political romance, updated and back on Broadway. . . Read More

Meteor Shower-- Amy Schumer and Steve Martin fans are eating it up. . .

Meteor Shower - There are tons of people at the Booth Theater getting a really big bang from the bucks they spent on tickets; their enthusiasm no doubt fueled by their enthusiasms for Amy Shumer's TV stand-up routines and long love affair with Steve Martin's off-kilter humor. . .

Describe the Night: An Epic fact & fiction based history play by Rajiv Joseph

Describe the Night- Rajiv Joseph's epic history play is a thematic take on how a fiction writer's technique of making up stories tends to be used as a weapon to rewrite the truth. . . Read More

Describe the Night--an epic mix of fact and fictgion

Describe the Night- Rajiv Joseph's epic history play is a thematic take on how a fiction writer's technique of making up stories tends to be used as a weapon to rewrite the truth. . . Read More

SpongeBob SquarePants-- the popular cartoon pops into Broadway's Palace Theater

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical - Embodied by a caper-cutting dynamo named Ethan Slater, Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants joins a long list of cartoon characters who have gravitated to the Broadway stage. Read More

Once On This Island-- beautifully revived

Once On This Island - This musical may be small in its scope, but when compared to some, it achieves its own sense of grandness by being both magical and seductive— an unbeatable combination. Read More

The Parisian Woman- strictly a star vehicled for Uma Thurman in

 Uma Tnurman stars  in   Beau {House of Cards} Willimon's    behind-the-tweets  send-up of  the   political and  sexual  peccadillos  of  members and  wannabe power players in the Trump  administration . . .