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

Friday, July 26, 2019

Little Gem-- our critic found it true to its title



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Little Gem- Elaine Murphy guides her fictional characters through the play with a prescribed sentimentality but it rings true to life in a very engaging way. The progression of time for them is charged by their irrepressible honesty and through unapologetically personal feelings, many of which are consigned to overlap the needs and longing of the other. Read More

Moulin Rouge-a jukebox musical extravaganza for the Trump Era



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Moulin Rouge! The Musical - a brightly wrapped, intricately decorated package with little inside. It's racy, sometimes vulgar, and always indifferent to historical context and narrative logic. This makes it just the right stuff for the Trump era 
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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Two's a Crowd-- Rita Rudner in her all too familiar mode in off-Broaway play

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Two's A Crowd -with astute veteran comedian Rita Rudner as writer and co-star, you get a laugh-filled couple of hours but a predictable rollout of familiar one-liners and a sit-com plot. . Read More

Broadway Bounty Hunter-- another musical from Joe Iconis



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Broadway Bounty Hunter - The chance to see Annie Golden in her fiercely ridiculous (or ridiculously fierce) pursuit of justice is a bounty worth hunting all by itself. Read More

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Musical version of Studs Turkels Working well done in th Brkshires



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Working: A Musical - This terrific production of the musical based on Studs' Turkel's book , is filled with insights into our country's labor force who are the ones who drive its engine. Without them, what would we do? Read More

Sunday, July 21, 2019

tHE rOLLING sTONE -- a world premiere at Lincoln Center



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The Rolling Stone - Chris Urch's powerful play derives much of this powers from the excellent performances of the actors, especially Blankson-Wood, Edwards and James Udom Read More

Saturday, July 20, 2019

I Spy a Spy-- a musical about immigration that's actually charming and fun



I Spy a Spy - At a time when there's such turmoil at out borders and disagreement within, it takes a good deal of courage to pen a musical that takes a lighthearted look at immigrations. But Jamie Jackson and So Hee Youn's musical somehow does that with charm and humor. Read More

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Mojada-- a warmly vital gift at the Public Theater



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Mojada -All of Luis Alfaro's characters are Latinx, and he offers deep contrasts between the ways that different newcomers, even within the same family, make sense of their new home and their suddenly shared identities. . . a warmly vital gift from the beginning. Read M

Thursday, July 11, 2019

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Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story rocks in the Berkshires

rockandroll Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story a - Long live Rock and Roll! That heart-beating, throbbing, rhythm which sent mainstream contemporary music into a tailspin in mid-1950's America. Berkshire Theatre Group has brought this era back to life Read More

Reborning -Zayd Dohrn's 3 character play

Reborning Reborning - Zayd Dohrn's three-person play is a family affair. Director Lori Triolo, who also acts has brought her mom and dad along for the ride: Joe-Marie Triolo's the art director and Peter Triolo designed the meticulously detailed set. . Read More

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Ready Steady Yeti Go-- in LA-- don't miss it



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Ready Steady Yeti Go - Perpetually daring Rogue Machine Theatre Company's production at the Electric Lodge is not to be missed. . . Read More

A lively 12th Night at Shakespeare & Company

Twelfth Night Twelfth Night - The prolific master came to be known as The Bard of Avon. If the theater company that bears his name keeps up the pace, of its opening production, one day we might call him The The Netflix of Lenox.Read More