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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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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Review:Of Good Stock at curtainup.com/ h by Elyse Sommer

Melissa Ross adds the Stockton sisters to the popular 3-sisters genre .

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Review:Significant Other Significant Ot at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

oshua Harmon's funny and often moving new play about friendship and love for New York single . .

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Review: Gloria at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

an intriguing new play by the talented Branden Jacobs-Jenkins . .

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Review: The Qualms at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Publitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris's sharp but flawed new dark comedy buoyed by a first-class cast .

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Review: Guards at the Taj at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Rajif Joseph new play is depressingly timely despite its 17th century setting. It also has much in common with his Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo . .

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Review: An Act of God at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A big bang of a performance by Jim Parsons .

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Review: Heisenberg at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

When Mary-Louis Parker plants an impromptu kiss on a stranger's neck, a kiss is indeed becomes more than just a kiss .

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Review: The Spoils at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

esse Eisenberg has once again has written himself a character custom-made for his hyper-active style. Though it's the starring role, it's also his new play's least sympathetic one

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Review:Cagney at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

his small musical about one of Hollywood's favorite tough guys is big on top-drawer acting, choreography and witty direction.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Review: Nice Girl at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The nuanced acting and moving dialogue make you overlook that Melissa Ross seems to have set her play in the wrong decade

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Berkshire Summer '10 Retrospective by Elyse Sommer

some things old made new again; some things new with promising futures

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underneathmybed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A splendidly staged surreal yet real new family drama that suffers from the novice playwright's tendency to try to do too much

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Me, Myself & I by Elyse Sommer

Albee at 82 retains his sense of humor-- and, in fact, aims mostly for laughs

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Bottom of the World by Elyse Sommer

Given the issues explored Lucy Thurber's new play is not light, escape fare. But it's about life and life is complicated.

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Review: The Little Foxes at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Whether you're energized or enraged by Ivo Van Hove's stylized production, you won't be bored

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Review: The Divine Sister at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Charles Busch'ssendup of Hollywood's Nun flicks has more hilariouszingers than a rosary has beads

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Review: Orlando at Curtainup by Elyse Sommer

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what's the most beautiful production currently in town? The season is young, but Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 1928 century spanning …

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Review: Brief Encounter at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

By using the sophisticated stagecraft available to contemporary directors, Emma Rice has created a hybrid of live drama with black and white filmic details and music that takes us into the i…

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Review: The Pitmen Painters by Elyse Sommer

Lee Hall has written what, even this early in the season, has all the earmarks of being the best new play of the Broadway season

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Review: Office Hours by Elyse Sommer

Written especially for the Flea's resident actors, the play has the usual A. R. Gurney blend of humor and serious concerns-- in this case the dumbing down of the educational system that gain…

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Review: Mrs. Warren's Profession at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

The Roundabout has fulfilled its well-earned reputation for attracting top talents by casting the great Cherry Jones as George Bernard Shaw's Rags to entrepreneurial riches Kitty Warren

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Review: Time Stands Still re-reviewed at Curtainup by Elyse Sommer

Donald Margulies' play still resonates and Christina Ricci is a dandy Mandy

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Review: The Deep Throat Sex Scandal by Elyse Sommer

For all the laughs and titillating x-rated stuff, David Bertolino's first play also is the often painful account of how this super money-making porn flick became an inadvertent player in a F…

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Review: A Life in the Theatre at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Mamet's 1977 backstage drama remains a great gift to two actors--currently Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight

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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson re-reviewed at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

the move to Broadway hasn't spoiled its offering a bloody good time

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Review: The Language Archive at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Julia Cho isn't a playwright who repeats herself. Even when imperfect, her plays tackle new themes, characters and styles. Her exploration of the language of love is no exception

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Review: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake by Elyse Sommer

The pantalooned male swans are back for another not to be missed evening of enthralling choreographed story telling

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Feature: The Mad Men Addiction by Elyse Sommer

Though not quite the spot-the-stage actor bonanza as The Good Wife, it does have the adorable Elizabeth Moss and has spun off a whole bunch of addictive discussion blogs

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Review: Driving Miss Daisy at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Can a cast with box office pizazz help to make the gradual friendship that evolves from Miss Daisy's resistance and her chauffeur Hoke's persistence still work?

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Review: Banished Children of Eve at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

The Irish Repertory Theatre's adaptation of Peter Quinn's novel about the 1863 Draft Riots should be more gripping than it is.

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