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Friday, June 27, 2014

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

This musical memoir by Singer/songwriter Benjamin Scheuer has appeal for the young and young at heart

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Elaine Stritch documentary by Elyse Sommer

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me - On DVD and for Ipad/Netflix Streaming

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Review:Donogoo at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Modern technology gives exciting new life to Jules Romains' once popular business spoof at the Mint

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Review:Holler If You Hear Me at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Hip-Hop Icon Tupac Shakur's legend theatricalized at legendary Palace Theatre .

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Review: When We Were Young and Unafraid at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Cherry Jones heads a splendid cast in Sarah Treem's new play at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage One.

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Review: The Time of My Life at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The prolific Alan Ayckbourn's Time of My Life rounds out our Brits Off-Broadway Festival . . coverage

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Review:  Our New Girl at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

fresh writing freshens up dysfunctional family drama .

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Review:The Village Bike at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The title is just one of many innuendos in this British sex comedy by Penelope Skinner

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Re-review: The Phantom of the Opera at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Norm Lewis brings a golden baritone to the role usually sung by a tenor

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

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

An Ionesco rarity that's worth a trip to Brooklyn even though too long

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Review:The Ayckbourn Ensemble's Arrival and Departures by Elyse Sommer

The prolific Alan Ayckbourn's 77th play worth seeing even though it's not his best

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Review:Just Jim Dale at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- a staged memoir buoyed by a generous dose of song, dance and charm

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Review:Too Much Sun at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Nicky Silver has created another monstrous but moving woman of a certain age role for Linda Lavin. And her fans won't be disappointed.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Review: A Loss Of Roses at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

William Inge oldie with a strong whiff of Tennessee Williams

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Review:Encores! Irma La Douce at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The songs are still charming but the plot is too dated

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Review:The City of Conversation at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a splendid cast and production values keep us engaged in this political drawing room drama despite unanswered questions and too manufactured plot developments.

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Review: The Lovesong Of Alfred J Hitchcock at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A highly stylized take on the famous master of suspense

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Review: Red-Eye to Havre de Graceat curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A highly stylized musical meditation on Edgar Allen Poe's troubled last days

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Review:The Substance of Fire at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

on Robin Baitz's 2nd play revived at Second Stage

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Review:Casa Valentina at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Harvey Fierstein's latest play has an all-star cast of men in dress-up mode

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Review: The Great Immensity at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

he Civilians' admirable but failed effort to take on climate change as an entertainment

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Cabaret- Prequel at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Life's just a cabaret again at Studio 54.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Review:Hedwig and the Angry Inch at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Neil Patrick Harris brings Broadway pizazz to downtown rock musical

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Review: Violet at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- this musical's long journey from page to screen, to off-Broadway, and finally, to Broadway . .

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Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan,a Prequel at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Why a 3rd New York production of Martin McDonagh's play? Answer: Daniel Radcliffe . .

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Review:Of Mice and Men at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

You know the end, but getting there is still absorbing

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Review:Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

Audra McDonald's amazing ode to jazz legend Billie Holiday

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Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Charles Ludlum's quick-change 2-hander still a hoot 30 years later .

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

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

Screen writerScott Z. Burns makes his stage debut with a behind the headlines drama .

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Review: Bullets Over Broadway at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Woddy Allen's satiric movie becomes a crowd pleasing musical

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Review:The Realistic Joneses at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

An A-1 cast and director enhance Will Eno's Broadway debut, but its sum is less than its parts

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Apr 19, 2026: Fallen Angels - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 22, 2026: Beaches A New Musical - Majestic Theatre
Apr 23, 2026: The Rocky Horror Show - Studio 54
Apr 25, 2026: Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
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