Friday, June 14, 2019
Gorgeous production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Friday, May 31, 2019
This new Broadway revival has two
extraordinary actors simply having a good time romp
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:27AM[SHARE]Friday, May 24, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
York Theatre Company revival of "Enter Laughing."
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:35PM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2019
Donnell E. Smith as Bowzie.
Although I previously saw this award-winning (2017 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award) play a year ago in New York, it made a lasting impression on me, one that ma…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 01:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 5, 2019
Maryann Plunkett, Sarah Street and Ed Malone  Photo credit: Carol RoseggIt would be very easy to be under the delusion that I was not, in fact, at the Irish Repertory Theater in NYC but …
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 08:19AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 27, 2019
A review of musical stage version of 1993 film
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Tracy Letts and Annette Bening  (photo credit: Joan Marcus)
What irony there is having productions of Arthur Miller's excellent emotions-extracting drama "All My Sons" emerge with app…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 07:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Review of Lanford Wilson's "Burn This" on Broadway
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2019
Ruth Wilson and Glenda Jackson (photo credit: Brigitte Lacombe)
It is to be expected that a seasoned critic would have seen William Shakespeare's "King Lear" more than once, perhaps in …
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 09:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
hilarious/often chilling play that moves gainfully from silly to serious to surreal
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Maryann Plunkett and Ciaran O'Reilly (photo credit: Carol Rosegg) What Sean O'Casey's political tragicomedy "Juno and the Paycock" lacks in plot, it makes up for in characterization. Und…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 10:59PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 14, 2019
         Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase (photo credit: Joan Marcus)Another opening, another revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" or perhaps re- titled "Kick Me, Kate," as …
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 10:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Overall, this musical has quite a few nice moments but they are just not quite super enough to insure its success.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 5, 2019
A powerfully directed and performed new production of Athol Fugard's play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Courtesy of Joan Marcus
From left: Manu Narayan, Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld in 'Merrily We Roll Along'
Theat
It has become a pleasure for me to look forward to performances by The Fi…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 08:50AM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2019
excellent text, eminently reflective of its characters
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 7, 2019
Christina Gorman has picked a thorny, topical and timely subject on which to build a dramatic story American soul.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:44PM[SHARE]Friday, January 25, 2019
Ethan Hawke and Paul DanoPhoto credit: Joan Marcus What is it about Sam Shepard's "True West" that packs a wallop each and every time I see it -- and that is four times if memory serves? Tha…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 06:39AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Colin Quinn's observations on the chaotic state of our Union
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:56AM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2019
all three plays are calculated to sting, surprise and stir up the kind of feelings you might otherwise not care to acknowledge.
SOURCE: at 12:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 13, 2019
a short play buoyed by riveting performances
On Blueberry Hill
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Jeremy Pope and members of the cast Photo credit: Matthew MurphyTarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy" premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II in 2013. It is now in revival with exte…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 09:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Members of the supporting castphoto credit: Caitlin McNaneyOkay, so you missed this terrific show during its brief Off-Broadway run in 2012 and then perhaps missed it again when it showed up…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 10:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe (photo: Julieta Cervantes)The good news is that Jeff Daniels is a terrific Atticus Finch -- without diminishing the memory of the sterling Academy Award-win…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 02:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Jon Barker and Erin Partin (photo: Jerry Dalia)You can really feel the chill of winter in the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of Shakespeare partly morose, partly magical "A W…
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