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Perplexed - If Richard Greenberg intended this as a refreshing new take on the once popular drawing room comedies, especially those with the action revolving around a wedding, Perplexed is more likely to put the nail in this genre's coffin than resurrect it. . .ReadMore Jagged Little Pill The latest Broadway jukebox looks great, sounds great, but rings hollow. ReadMore The Inheritance, Part One & Part Two -Closing 3/15/19This award-winning production of a new American play arrives from London ’s West End with a top-notch cast, almost seven hours of engrossing dialogue, and an array of challenging themes. ReadMore With the arrival of Tina on Broadway the jukebox genre takes on a feminist sound and a modern social conscience. Indeed, it may well be the first me-too musical of the millennial.ReadMore Moulin Rouge! The Musical - a brightly wrapped, intricately decorated package with little inside. It's racy, sometimes vulgar, and always indifferent to historical context and narrative logic. This makes it just the right stuff for the Trump eraReadMore Beetlejuice - Like the movie, the musical has been cast with artists who are first-rate clowns. . . . ReadMore Hadestown - the most original new musical on Broadway takes us to hell and back to a soaring musical score. ReadMore ain't too proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations - No less than thirty-one Motown songs are performed with a slick and polished vigor in Broadway's newest jukebox musical. . . ReadMore To Kill A Mockingbird - A beautifully acted and staged new and more relevant production of Harper Lee's iconic novel ReadMore Mean Girls - Another teen audience targeted movie now sing and dances on Broadway ReadMore Frozen - A visually rich production that keeps us wide-eyed and on tenterhooks for more than two hours, even when we know how things are going to end. . . ReadMore Come From Away - Its uplift message has helped this fact-based musical fly from Canada to Broadway. . . ReadMore Dear Evan Hansen - A small musical's big heart and big on talent cast is now a welcome addition to the Broadway musical scene. . . ReadMore Coal Country - Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen's documentary drama about the Upper Big Branch mine explosion in West Virginia presents a series of searing first-person accounts of the disaster, as told by the survivors and family members of the victims.ReadMore Mr. Toole - The life story of writer John Kennedy Toole is the classic tragedy of an artistic genius ReadMore Blues for an Alabama Sky - LA Williams, and the cast, still deserve much credit for reviving this gem that creates a rich portrait of faith, vision, and hope. ReadMore All the Natalie Portmans - C. A. Johnson might not be a name yet in the New York theater world. But her new play should be applauded for its originality ReadMore Anatomy of a Suicide - Alice Birch brings a unique take to the intergenerational story, depicting three women simultaneously and exploring how they are connected by shared trauma that is passed down over time.ReadMoreLady G: Plays and Whisperings of Lady Gregory - A fascinating study of the unforgettable Lady Gregory. Too bad the grande dame isn't alive to see it for herself.ReadMore Medea - . Nearly 2500 years ago, Medea came in last, along with Euripides' other contributions, at the City Dionysia playwrights competition. She's gotten her revenge. For at least a century, the scorned wife has been all the rage. She ties Hamlet for ubiquitous Broadway revivals, appearing each decade from the 1970s to the aughts. And no role has earned its actor as many Tony Awards or inspired more contemporary adaptations. ReadMore Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice - Paul Mazursky understood that many spouses had a blindspot about marriage in the mid-twentieth century. And he managed, to help us laugh it right out into the open. While the New Group has built a reputation for smart work, their musicalized version is disappointingly lackluster. Read More Timon of Athens - Instead of revealing the fun in Timon of Athens , Godwin more frequently reinforces the sense that this is a work resistant not only to playfulness but probably to performance. ReadMore The Confession of Lily Dare - a stunning production, under the beautifully finessed direction of Carl AndressReadMore Romeo and Bernadette - A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn -Say waht you will about this Bard inspired musical farce with its trigger-happy cast, it's a lot of fun packed into 90 minutes ReadMore Sing Street - The show will transfer to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre beginning 3/26/20. based on John Carney's 2016 feature film of the same name Sing Street teams up many of the creatives from Once which was also launched at New York Theatre Workshop ReadMore Harry Towsend's Last Stand- Nothing in Eastman's play, directed by Karen Carpenter, comes close to the meticulousness of the stage itself. ReadMore one in two - this compelling three-actor play by Donja R. Love is receiving a superb world-premiere production under the sure-handed direction of Stevie Walker-Webb. ReadMore The Thin Place extended to 1/26/20-Lucas Hnath's new play is so willowy, so wafting, and, ultimately, so wishy-washy that the play seems to float away even as you're watching it. ReadMore Judgment Day - A 1937 play that feels very much of the moment is given an operatic staging at the Park Avenue Armory ReadMore London Assurance- a wonderful showcase for grand affectations and the presumptive attitudes. These unapologetically sustain it from beginning to end. ReadMore Little Shop of Horrors - Mayer convincingly sells Little Shop of Horrors as a near-perfect piece of musical theater writing. ReadMore Shakespeare, played maturely with a mix of grim optimism and snarky despair by Aran Murphy in his professional debut, has been stuck at eleven for a long, long time. ReadMore Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation - How did we survive this long interval without Alessandrini's insightful satirizing and inspired spoofing of Broadway shows both current and on occasion recent past? This corner welcomes it back as it again demonstrates that it has what it takes to mock the mediocre even as it also joyously celebrates the parodic life upon the wicked stage ReadMore Love, Love, Love Mike Bartlett's play about inter-generational conflict gets a welcome revival . . . . Read More Shoe Lady Katherine Parkinson in a play about a woman losing control of her life . . . . Read More Relatively Speaking In the prettiest dining theatre setting, Ayckbourn's classic farce is played with panache . . . . Read More Pretty Woman Julia Roberts and Richard Gere's film from1990gets the musical treatment with dream British casting . . . . . More A Number Caryl Churchill's play about cloning is revived at Nicholas Hytner's Bridge Theatre . . . . Read More Far Away Caryl Churchill's play about genocide and a child's view is revived at the Donmar Warehouse . . . . Read More Prince of Egypt -The Prince of Egypt The Dreamworks cartoon movie comes back as a full musical with Schwartz Senior writing and Schwartz Junior directing . . . . ReadMore .Be More Chill This fun and quirky musical about teenage angst looks set for a committed and appreciative audience . . . . Read More Leopoldstadt Tom Stoppard's latest play blends Austrian history with what happened to a middle class Jewish family in this seminal work . . . Read More The Haystack Roxana Silbert's brilliant opener for Hampstead is a thrilling drama about spying, counter terrorism and obsession . . . . ReadMore Endgame and Rough for Theatre II A Beckettian double bill to see Alan Cumming and Daniel Radcliffe . . . . Read More The Gift a wonderful piece of writing, acting and directing with a really remarkable historical figure as a starting poin. . . . Read More Scenes with girls The Royal Court gets to grips with sexuality and feminism in Mirian Battye's new play. . . . Read More The Sunset Limited The Boulevard stages its firstplaywith great performances from Jasper Britton and Gary Beadle. . . . Read More Les Miserables London's ground-breaking musical re-launches at the newly named and refurbished Sondheim on Shaftesbury Avenue. . . Read More Candida Bernard Shaw's play about his two passions in two characters illuminates the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond . . . . Read More Dear Evan Hansen The musical about an isolated teenager comes to London after storming success in New York . . . . Read More The Man in the White Suit Stephen Mangan steals the show in Sean Foley's delightful rewrite of the 1951 film and play . . . Read More Noises Off Michael Frayn's brilliant farce of farces goes behind the scenes of repertory theatre . . . Read More Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - David Catlin has written as well as directed a stunning dramatic narrative that combines a period in the life of the novelist herself, and the circumstances that served to ignite her imagination for her novel. ReadMore The Amen Corner it is a great pleasure to witness a remarkable play written by one of America's most gifted and important 20th-century writers, James Baldwin ReadMore Guns & Powder - Signature, as always, is to be commended for putting considerable resources into what and probably will be, once cuts and changes are made, a very fine musical. ReadMore A Thousand Splendid Suns - this adaptaton o Khahim Hosseini's ) novel is an austere and physically beautiful place . . . ReadMore Peter Pan and Wendy - a very pleasant overhaul of a tried-and-true but somewhat tired classic. ReadMore Amadeus - Every now and then the stars align with a perfect play, superb direction,set and costumes, inspired lighting and a performance by the lead that is brilliant. Such is the case with Amadeus at the Folger Theatre, with IanMerrill Peakes as Salieri. ReadMore White Pearl - Anchuli Felicia King hass juxtaposed race, ethnicity and the responsibilities of the cosmetic business, which after all is engaged in the practice of illusion. Plenty of conflict to work with. A Chorus Line - Signature Theatre has a reputation that goes far beyond its Arlington, Virginia home for taking "classic" or "forgotten" musicals and making them new again. That's certainly true of their current show ReadMore Moulin Rouge If this musical has long life, Marl a Maples, President Trump's showgirl second wife, and Stormy Daniels, his short-term whatever, would be ideal as Santine and Nini in the bus-and-truck tour. Charles Wright, summing up his review for Curtainup. You gotta crawl around in another man's skin 'fore you can really know him Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mckingbird Information from this site may not be reproduced in print or online without specific permission from esommer@curtainup.com

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