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

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Edward Albee's First and still relevant play-- now a fine 2-act play


 Edward Albeeā€™s At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story
Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story - a finely acted and staged version of Mr. Albee's first play that's now a two-act play that takes us to Peter's home before heading to his park bench meet-up with a volatile drifter.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Kings-- our review of an all too real new political play


kings
Kings - Playwright Sarah Burgess takes on the alliances of our legislators and the influence peddling lobbyists and their paid matchmakers. . .

Is God Is-- marks a welcome return home for SoHo Rep


Is God Is
Is God Is - SoHo Rep. moves back into its former home with a clever pulp-inspired revenge fantasia by Aleshea Harris. Read More

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Our review of Flight at the McKittrick


Flight
Flight - A nontraditional theatrical experience at the McKittrick Hotel presents a timely story about two brothers fleeing Afghanistan for England. Read More

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Our Connecticut critic reviews Field Guide


Field Guide
Field Guide - Give Yale credit for world premiering a contemporary work of imagination. Those expecting an insight into The Brothers Karamazov will be unsatisfied. Those who throw caution to the winds will be amused. Possibly most theatergoers will be somewhere in the middle Read More

Monday, February 12, 2018

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

In the Body of the World--Eve Ensler's multi-faceted new solo play


In the Body of the World
In the Body of the World - Director Diane Paulus has helped Eve Ensler turn her cancer memoir into a visually and emotionally powerful solo play Read More

Hangmen--Martin McDonagh returns to the stage with an enjoyable pitch-black thriller


Hangmen
Hangmen - Martin McDonagh's first stage play in ten hears something of a homecoming for McDonagh since it's at the Atlantic Theater where The Beauty Queen of Leenane premiered and built his reputation as a playwright of appallingly entertaining plays Read Mor