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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Review: Ripcord at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

David Lindsay-Abaire's touching and delightfully wacky vist to a senior residence .

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Review:Rothschild & Sons at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A new, more intimate look at the 1970 musical.

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Review: Perfect Arrangement at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

- Topher Payne takes a look at life for gay government employees in the 1950s .

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review:Eclipsed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Danai Gurira's moving history-based play gets a superb cast at the Public Theater

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lReview:The Gin Game at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones bring D.L. Coburn's back to its original Broadway home.

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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Review: Fool for Love at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Its rhythmic quality gives Sam Sheperd's 1983 play the feeling of a musicalized fight drama. .

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Friday, October 9, 2015

Review: Barbecue at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Robert O'Hara's uproarious satire is sure to be another hit for the hit-making Public Theater.

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Monday, October 5, 2015

Review: Cloud Nine at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Caryl Churchill's early play still worth watching, though the reconfigured Atlantic Theater is likely to put you into a cloud nine comfort zone

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Monday, September 28, 2015

. Review: Spring Awakening at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a unique new take of a musical already acclaimed for its uniqueness. . .

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Review: The New Morality at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

This Edwardian domestic comedy has a Shavian flavor, that Harold Chapin would surely have developed more had he lived long enough .

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Friday, September 18, 2015

Review: The Christians at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Lucas Hnath's intriguing play about the divisiveness of different visions for being true to one's faith

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Legend of Georgia McBride at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

a hilariously entertaining tribute to the art of drag performance -- and it has something to say as well

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Review: A Delicate Ship at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Anna Ziegler's intriguing play about an ill-fated love triangle

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Review: Love & Money at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A. R. Gurney's new play is a case of little new and quite a bit that's borrowed .

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Monday, August 31, 2015

New Annie Baker Backgrounder, plus update of John review with at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Update on Annie Baker's play at the Signature in its final week --with link to new our new Baker's backgrounder added to Curtainup's Playwrights Album

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Review: Red Velvet at curtainup.com-Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

he first American production of this bio-drama adds another jewel in John Douglas Thompson's crown . .

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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Review:His Girl Friday at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Thanks to a splendid cast and vivid staging, John Guare's problematically re-conceived mashup of Front Page and its screwball romantic movie follow-up is lots of fun .

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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Review:A Moon for the Misbegotten at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The happily married Audra McDonald and Will Swenson bring new life to Eugene O'Neill's misbegotten lovers .

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Sunday, August 9, 2015

Review: Mother of the Maid at curtainup.com/Berkshireshtml by Elyse Sommer

Jane Anderson's re-imagined version of the much dramatized Maid of Orleans story with Tina Packer her usual winning self as the Maid's mum

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Hamilton: The Something New and Exciting Broadway's Been Waiting For by Elyse Sommer

A hit downtown is an even bigger hit uptown . . . .

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Review:Unknown Soldier at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

This 90-minute musical epic is a genuine WOW! . . Read More

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Monday, July 27, 2015

Review:Paradise Blue at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

World premiere of part 2 of Dominique Morisseau's Detroit cycle at Williamstown

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Review:The Unexpected Man at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

- Yasmina Reza puts a famous author and a devoted reader into the same train compartment for some unexpected results. But don't expect it to be quite the crowd pleaser her big hit Art has be…

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

http://www.curtainup.com/lostinyonkersberk15.html by Elyse Sommer

Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winner, winningly staged in Pittsfield., MASS

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Monday, July 20, 2015

Review: Kinship at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Carey Perlow's contemporary take on Racine's play buoyed by Cynthia Nixon in the leading role . .

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Review: I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn't Even Smile at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

The Berkshire Theatre Group teams up with young New Neighborhood group for a new and well worth seeing dysfunctional family drama .

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Review:Bells Are Ringing at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

the bells ringing aren't from cell phones in this classical musical comedy revival at the beautiful Colonial Theater

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Review:Deathtrap at curtainup.com/Berkshiresl by Elyse Sommer

Ira Levin's twisty thriller revived in Stockbridge . . Read More

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Review:Legacy at curtainup.com/Berkshire by Elyse Sommer

A WTF world premiere by Daniel Goldfarb that explores the impulse to achieve immortality, whether through the work we do or parenthood. .

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Monday, July 6, 2015

Tanglewood 4th of July concert -- curtainup- Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Tanglewood Music Festival's All American Concert with John Douglas Thompson Thrilling Narration for Copeland's "Lincoln Portrait"

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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Review:The How and the Why at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Stage and screen writer Sarah Treem's multi-faceted two-hander is buoyed by Tod Randolph's stellar performance .

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off