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, January 15, 2022

Elyse's blog: with screening gem and page turners of the week

 Elyse's Blog    My  screening  gem  and  page  turners  of  the  week:   That Day  We  Sang,  and  An  Elderly  Lady  is  Up  to  No  good


January 15, 2022 Update

Friday, January 7, 2022

3 books to binge on: Rachel to the Rescue, The Linoln Highway, Homeland Elegies







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The Humans — Stephen Karam's innovative adaptation of his splendid play .



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— he film of this Broadway mus[cal about the reigning monarch's famous former daughter-in-law comes to Netflix before opening at the Longacre Theatre.

— If Primary Stages weren't still closed, BadAss GalBoss Power Hour (Mandatory Meeting) might have premiered as a live production. . . but for the New Normal Rep the virtual world premiere of F.I. R.E. confirms their commitment to using the pandemic as an opportunity to make plays staged especially for the screen provide satisfying theatrical experiences and reach larger audiences.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie,
— the film adaptation of the British hit musical
Spike Lee's Film of the premiere production of
Pass Over — Antoinette Nwandu's Godot -inspired play in which Vladimir and Estragon morph into Africn-American Moses and Kitch.
The Chair Sandra Oh stars as the first non-white, female head of a fictional university. She and the stellar cast make the too stuffed with subplots Netflix series worth seeing.
George M. Cohan Tonight! An Abridged Performance on Screen
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
In the Heights, the Movie
Oslo, the Movie
To Stream or Not Stream
Twyla Moves
Shtisel Season 3
The Investigation
Borgen
The Dig
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The Queen's Gambit
The Prom
Mank
The Chicago 7
Hamilton, the movie
An Education
The Crown, Season 4
What the Constitution Means to Me
Theater Experiment With a Post Pandemic Fitire
While We're Young
Bringing a Touch of Live Theater to Your Streaming Outings
Gloria: A Life
Defending Jacob and The Morning Show
. Previous Madam Secretary review Now includes Season 6
Becoming
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Howards End
Love Hurts
Unorthodox
The Irishman & Marriage Story
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel & Shtisel
Hillbilly Elegy & Roadkill
Radium Girls & Bad Education|







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