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, April 30, 2018

Friday, April 27, 2018

My review of the Donna Summer musical


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Summer - the latest "jukesical" to hit Broadway, this one with 3 Donna Summers

Denzel Washington as O'Neill's Iceeman who "Cometh"



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The Iceman Cometh - With Denzel Washington at its center, this production qualifies as a star revival. But the star is supported by 18 unusually able actorsRead More

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Shaw's St. Joan gets a fine new production



Saint Joan
Saint Joan - This is a work filled with complex, difficult characters, a challenge from which Sullivan, Rashad, and the rest of the cast do not shy away. . . . Read More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Monday, April 23, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Our review of The Seafarer with Matthew Broderick



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The Seafarer - Matthew Broderick plays an understated devil in the Irish Rep's new production of Conor McPherson's Christmas play. Read More

Monday, April 16, 2018

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Children of a Lesser God-- our review of Mark Medoff's 1980 play



Children of a Lesser God
Children of a Lesser God - There is plenty that is commendable and rewarding about this first Broadway revival of Mark Medoff’s 1980 Tony Award-winning play Read More

My review of the timely new musical Miss You Like Hell



Miss You Like Hell
Miss You Like Hell - The merger of reflections about how misunderstandings can create walls that can destroy a family just like the physical walls built by insensitive politicians, may be a bit too obvious and hokey. But there's enough that's genuinely moving to make this new musical a moving and worth seeing theatrical outing.. . . Read More

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Yerma--a stunning modern take on Lorca's classic fertility tale



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Yerma - An intriguing "reinvention" of Lorca's classic Andalusian fertility tale, and a smashing New York debut for Billie Piper. . . Read More

Monday, April 2, 2018