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Monday, May 5, 2014

Review: Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swingingat curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

more blissfully funny and blisteringly on-target than ever

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:20AM
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Review: Our Town at curtainup.com--NJ by Simon Saltzman

the production now at the George Street Playhouse is high on my list of excellent Our Towns I've seen. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:20AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Review: The Velocity of Autumn at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

he play gives the formidable Parsons ample room to switch emotional gears and sway our affections without missing a beat, even as we can also sense the stirrings of her character's impending…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:28AM
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Review: South Pacific at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- this classic musical has an invigorating freshness and vitality thanks to the enlivening direction by Rob Ruggiero.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:25PM
Friday, March 21, 2014

Review:Aladdin at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Disney Theatrical's bright, lively, tuneful and also very funny stage adaptation of its hugely successful 1992 cartoon film

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:05AM
Monday, March 17, 2014

Review: I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a tasty serving of heart-breaks garnished with humor

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:58AM
Friday, March 14, 2014

Review: Rocky at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- the hugely successful Academy Award-winning 1976 movie hit that spawned five sequels has been marvelously re-conceived as a Broadway musical.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:22AM
Monday, March 10, 2014

Review: Date of a Lifetime at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

breezy ninety-minutes of music and fun

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:43AM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Review: Character Man at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Valentine's Day has come and gone, but it isn't too late to open up your heart to Jim Brochu's warmly commemorative and winningly presented Valentine to some of the theater's most cherished …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:30AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Review: The Other Josh Cohen at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

Much of the charm of this slender but totally satisfying musical stem from the easy rapport established between Rosen and Rossmer

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:53AM
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Review: One of Your Biggest Fans at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

There is talent afoot, at this George Street production

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:44AM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Review: Admit One at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

gives the impression that it might have originally been conceived as a sharply sardonic look at the way college applicants are assessed and considered

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:45AM
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Review:Fences Fences at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

the production now at the McCarter Theatre Center, under the direction of Phylicia Rashad, reaffirms it as one of Wilsons best

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:57PM
Monday, December 23, 2013

Review:Nothing To Hide at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

every minute appeared to be relished by the audience at the performance I attended.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:20PM
Friday, December 13, 2013

Review: Too Much, Too Much, Too Manyat curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Meghan Kennedy's intriguing but often incomprehensible play

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:35PM
Monday, December 9, 2013

Review: Pericles at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a charmingly conceived and cleverly staged version of what is not generally considered to be top drawer Shakespeare

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:15AM
Monday, December 2, 2013

Review: Oliver at curtainup.com/New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

- the purpose of this show is to entertain rather than embrace the social ills existing in 19th century London during Dickens's days

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:38PM
Monday, November 25, 2013

Review: Mary-Kate Olsen Is In Love at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Marlo Thomas holds forth with a disarming charm, artful glibness and with a flair for motor-mouthed repartee speaks well of her as it does for the assertively amusing character she portrays …

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:30AM
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Review:The Preacher And The Shrink at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Merle Good's potentially interesting theme: (as it appears on the program cover) "How far will a father go to save his daughter?" is muddied by plot coincidences and implausible characters

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AM
Monday, November 11, 2013

Review: The Mutilated at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Chivu's ferociously funny and fearlessly embraced production is, for the most part, irresistible and it is certainly a must for those who have maintained a genuine fondness and admiration fo…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:46AM
Monday, November 4, 2013

Review: After Midnight at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This is one show that could go on well after midnight without wearing out its welcome

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:03AM
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Review: Our Town at curtainup.com/New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

- it does spruce up a bit what is generally regarded as the play's famously embraced minimalism.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:52AM
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Review: The White Snake at curtainup.com/New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

-Mary Zimmerman's creation is not only great fun but also a theatrical treasure to be enjoyed by the whole family

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:06AM
Monday, October 14, 2013

Review: Kansas City Swing at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

- swinging bats as well as fists in this entertaining and enlightening trip back to 1947 in Kansas City

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:23AM
Friday, October 11, 2013

Review: A Night with Janis Joplin at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

Mary Bridget Davies perfectly embeds into the songs the impassioned intensity that marked Joplin.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:57AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Review: Honeymoon in Vegas at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

a showcase for Danza, who croons amicably and moves amiably through the action like a re-enfranchised member of the Rat Pack.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:59AM
Monday, October 7, 2013

Review: Getting’ The Band Back Together at curtainup.com-New Jersey by Simon Saltzman

it has no right being as funny and as entertaining as it is.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:56AM

Review: Big Fish at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

wonderfully grounded by the terrific performance of Norbert Leo Butz . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:51AM
Friday, October 4, 2013

Review: Lady Day at curtainup.coml by Simon Saltzman

when we hear Bridgewater stake a personal claim on such Holiday classics like "My Man", we are in true rapport with the legend Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:27AM
Monday, September 30, 2013

Review: A Most Dangerous Woman at curtainup.com l by Simon Saltzman

It was a great to see Aedin Moloney again in a splendid role soon after her terrific performance last season in Airswimming at the Irish Repertory Company.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:03AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Review: Broomstick at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

A crafty one-person play about witchery, revenge and love

SOURCE: www.curtainubp.com at 06:44AM

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