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

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Pygmalion- makes its own music in Bedlam's new revival



Pybmalian
Pygmalion - Bedlam's take on George Bernard Shaw's makeover of all makeover stories sings even as a straight play, true to the musicality of a well-made play with sparkling dialogue and multi-faceted characters sing, without songs Read More

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Our review of Paapa Essiedu's fine Hamlet in London



Hamlet
Hamlet- The Royal Shakespeare Company has found a new star in Paapa Essiedu's Prince of Denmark . . .

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Amy and the Orphans-- a poignant new tragicomedy


Amy and the Orphans
Amy and the Orphans - Lindsey Ferrentino has written an extraordinary play about an ordinary American family. It packs all the elements of a Greek tragedy into just ninety minutes. . .

An Ordinary Muslim --a timely new drama


An Ordinary Muslim
An Ordinary Muslim - Hammaad Chaudry's timely family drama at New York Theatre Workshop Read More