While it may not be the story many want to hear right now, Tootsie is the most fun Curtis Russell has had at the theater in months.
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Articles by Curtis Russell
5 April 2019
Reviews
Review: SKINNAMARINK at Next Door at NYTW
8th - 23rd March 2019
By Curtis Russell
Filled with Buñuelian chutzpah but there’s often there’s too much going on in Little Lord’s latest. Curtis Russell reviews.
28 February 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Merrily We Roll Along at Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Through 7th April 2019
By Curtis Russell
Yet another attempt to fix Merrily when it would have been better served by embracing its weirdness and flaws. Curtis Russell reviews.
11 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ink at Under the Radar Festival
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⋄ January 5-6
By Curtis Russell
Ink builds a link with artisans of the past, via the materiality of art objects. Curtis Russell reviews.
22 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future at Ars Nova
Ars Nova ⋄ 25 September - 3 November
By Curtis Russell
A sci-fi folk concert offers stellar music and genuine insight into our current political climate. Curtis Russell reviews.
12 March 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Platonov at New Ohio Theatre
New Ohio Theater ⋄ 17th February - 11th March 2018
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell reviews Blessed Unrest’s production.
18 January 2018
Features • Essays • NYC • NYC Features • Opinion
Political Zeitgeist: A Reflection on 2017 Stage Politics
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell looks back on the shows that successfully and unsuccessfully wrestled with politics last year.
2 January 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Farinelli and the King at Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ 5th December 2017 - 25th March 2018
By Curtis Russell
Looking at the fraternity of the broken, music succeeds where script does not in Claire van Kampen’s uneven historical play.
10 November 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Beckett Trilogy at The Duke on 42nd Street
The Duke on 42nd St ⋄ 3rd - 5th November 2017
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell reviews Gare St Lazare Ireland’s recent appearance at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival.
19 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 1st October 2017
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell reviews “a rare miss” from Sarah Ruhl: “safe and sane and totally harmless.”