All stories by Elyse Sommer on BroadwayStars

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

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:05PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Review: The Threepenny Opera curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Martha Clarke's timely revival of the brilliant Brecht/Weil musical satir

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:03AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 7, 2014

Review: A Raisin in the Sun at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A not to be missed revival of Lorraine Hansberry's ever relevant play .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:41AM[SHARE]
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Review:If/Then at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

It really wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think of the new musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey as a modern fairy tale.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:44PM[SHARE]
Monday, March 31, 2014

Review:&I Remember Mama at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

If you've been following the Transport Group's work, you'll recognize this re-conceptualized revival as yet another example of the company's mission of "visually progressive productions of e…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:58AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Review:Hellman V. McCarthy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Dick Cavett adds to the fun of this new drama about the literary feud that began on his TV talk show.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:49AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Review: Beyond Therapy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The Tony winning cleverness of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has not rubbed off on his once shocking absurdist comedy

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:40AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Review: Mothers and Sons at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Having Tyne Daly on board helps Terrence McNally tackle the effect of AIDS crisis on four generations

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:28AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 24, 2014

Review: Les Miserables at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

A superb cast and fabulous new stage concept give this mega musical an exciting new life . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:36AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Review: Tales From Red Vienna at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

An old-fashioned costume drama, complete with two intermissions

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:03AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 17, 2014

Review: Appropriate at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

-an original and funny yet serious take on the much done dysfunctional family genre. . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:59AM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Review: All the Way  at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

In a season dominated by that most successful borrower from history, William Shakespeare, it's a real treat to have a freshly minted, full-bodied history play on Broadway.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:23PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Review:  The Architecture Of Becoming at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

If the advance publicity about this multi-authored production have theater goers expecting to see an entertaining history of City Center, they're in for a surprise. Unfortunately, a disappoi…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:29PM[SHARE]

Review:Hand to God at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Robert Askins'quirky religion flavored comedy is reborn at MCC's West Village home

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AM[SHARE]
Friday, March 7, 2014

Review:The Happiest Song Plays Last at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

An imperfect but impressively staged and acted conclusion to Quiara Alegra Hudes's trilogy.

SOURCE: at 06:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Review: Antony & Cleopatra at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

This visually stunning production with its Afro-Caribbean beat feature just nine actors, most of whom adeptly take on multiple roles. . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:32AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Review: The Open House at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Will Eno's funny-sad play about how families get to be as odd and dysfunctional as they often are .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:02AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 3, 2014

Review:  Stage Kiss at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Sarah Ruhl's breezy and smartly satiric dialogue and a stellar cast save this backstage romantic comedy from being just another addition to a genre done often enough to risk being a cliche

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:09AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 28, 2014

Review: Middle Of The Night at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Paddy Chaefsky's May-December love story is dated " but delightfully so

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AM[SHARE]

Review:; Ode to Joy at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Craig Lucas's new play is named for the choral movement of Beethoven's beloved Ninth Symphony. But unlike this beloved symphony, this is hard to love play even though Kathryn Erbe is superb …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:32AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Review: London at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The Mint revival of John Van Druten's office comedy is an entertaining an picture of a by-gone era; and it has its parallels in today's world . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AM[SHARE]

Review Kung Fu at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

David Henry Hwang's latest exploration of the Asian-American experience is a visually stunning Dance-Play about martial arts legend Bruce Lee .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:48AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 21, 2014

Review:Bridges of Madison County at curtainup.com by Elyse Sommer

The love story that moved from page to screen. . . and now, with a lovely score by Jason Robert Brown, to the stage

SOURCE: at 07:12AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Review:Love and Information at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Caryl Churchill's play about the effect of information overload, could use a bit less information to be loved without reservations

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:47AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 17, 2014

Review:Transport at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

A slice of history plucked from Thomas Keneally's family tree staged as a chamber musical at that invaluable source of all things Irish, the Irish Rep in Chelsea

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:56AM[SHARE]
Friday, February 14, 2014

Review:Dinner With Friends  at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The Roundabout revisits Donald Margulies' 2000 Pulitzer Prize winning play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:40AM[SHARE]
Monday, February 10, 2014

Review: The Tribute Artist at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

- Playwright/performer Charles Busch is back in wig and stiletto heels in an intermittently funny show but one which does have something to say about the current economic climate

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:08AM[SHARE]
Sunday, February 9, 2014

Review: Little Me -Encores! at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Nothing little about the talent in this all too brief Encores! production . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:28AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 31, 2014

Review:  A Man's a Man at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Though not flawless, this rarely done Brecht farce is a chance to see future characters in embryo as well as the first example of his much explored theme of man's changeability.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:43AM[SHARE]

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