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, December 17, 2018

The Slave Play-- an exiciting debut

Slave Play Slave Play - Emerging playwright Jeremy O. Harris marks his New York debut with a bold look at the legacy of racism and its relationship with sexuality. Read More

Sunday, December 16, 2018

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Friday, December 14, 2018

Nassim-- -- a different actor tells his story each night

Nassim Nassim - The current Barrow Street Theatrical production arrived in New York just in time for the holidays. But its message about the power of language to connect people in unsettled times will mean something long after the holidays are gone. Read More

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Bryan Cranston is entertainngly mad as hell in Network, the play



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Network - a high tech production of Paddy Chayevsky's movie with Bryan Cranston now telling us to be mad as hell. . . Read More

Heathe Raffo's Iraqi-American family drama



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Noura - The American dysfunctional family drama gets quite a workout in Heather Raffo's new play. It even includes a riff on Ibsen's A Doll's House Read More

Monday, December 3, 2018

The Cher Show-- Las Vegas on Broadway



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The Cher Show - The Neil Simon Theater feels like Caesar's Palace but it does have 3 dazzlingly dressed Chers . . .Read More

The Cher Show-- Las Vegas on Broadway-- with not 1 but 3 chers



The Cher Show
The Cher Show - The Neil Simon Theater feels like Caesar's Palace but it does have 3 dazzlingly dressed Chers . . .Read More

The Irish Rep presents two well worth seeing one-acters by Brian Friel

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Two by Friel - Theatergoers have a fresh opportunity to enjoy Brian Friel's brilliant talent in a double-bill. at the Irish Repertory Theatr Read More

The Hello Girl -- a highly recommended big little musical



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The Hello Girls - An ensemble of actor-musicians to tell the story of America's first women soldiers in a lovely new musical by Prospect Theater Company Read M