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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

John Mulaney and Simon Rich, Former ‘S.N.L.’ Writers, Are ‘All In’ on Broadway by Alexis Soloski

The former “S.N.L.” writing partners have reunited for Rich’s “superficially wacky” Broadway show, “All In: Comedy About Love.”

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Saturday, December 7, 2024

‘Wicked’ Alumnae Class Notes: What They Learned at Shiz University by Michael Paulson and Alexis Soloski

Only the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

In ‘Yuletide Factory,’ Cirque Mechanics Manufactures a Family Holiday Show by Alexis Soloski

It’s Christmas at the sweatshop, but the mood fluctuates between ho ho ho and ho hum.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Big Apple Circus Review: A City Tour, Pizza Rats Included by Alexis Soloski

This year’s show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it’s still a joy to be under the big top with acts like the Wheel of Destiny.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

‘The Wind and the Rain’ Review: How Sunny’s Bar Weathered the Storm by Alexis Soloski

On a barge in Brooklyn, the story of a beloved watering hole and a neighborhood’s recovery after Hurricane Sandy.

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Are Star Crossed in Central Park by Alexis Soloski

As the stars of the “Romeo + Juliet” that opens on Broadway, they will die for love. And to make that convincing, they need to become friends first.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

In ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ Michael Cyril Creighton Is Above Suspicion by Alexis Soloski

For years, Michael Cyril Creighton hoped one of his small TV parts would evolve into something more. With “Only Murders,” it finally happened.

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Monday, July 15, 2024

In ‘Life and Trust,’ the Details Are in the Devil by Alexis Soloski and Hiroko Masuike

A new immersive piece of theater from the producers of “Sleep No More” transports visitors to the Gilded Age through a retrofitted skyscraper in Manhattan.

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

‘Stereophonic’ Wins the Tony Award for Best New Play by Alexis Soloski

It was the fifth award of the night for the production, a meditation on the joy and torture of creative collaboration.

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

Ariana DeBose, Tonys Host, Just Might Be the Busiest Woman on Broadway by Alexis Soloski

Back in New York City after filming a movie, the actress has been racing to shows while also rehearsing for Sunday night’s ceremony.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Public Theater Takes Shakespeare in the Park Out on the Town by Alexis Soloski

The Delacorte Theater is being renovated, so a musical version of “The Comedy of Errors” is touring some of the city’s outdoor spaces.

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Kelli O’Hara’s Ties to Opera, From ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Met Stage by Alexis Soloski

O’Hara is an unusual kind of triple threat: a star of Broadway and television who is appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in a revival of “The Hours.”

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Tony Nominations 2024: Biggest Snubs and Surprises by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Scott Heller

It was a strong year for female directors, a play featuring music and American productions.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Review: Jessica Lange Stars in Paula Vogel’s ‘Mother Play’ by Alexis Soloski

Jessica Lange stars as a ferocious matriarch alongside Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jim Parsons in Vogel’s latest family drama.

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Monday, April 22, 2024

How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors by Alexis Soloski

The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited training (one never held a bass) became rock stars.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Christopher Durang, Playwright Who Mixed High Art and Low Humor, Dies at 75 by Alexis Soloski

In a career spanning more than 40 years, he established himself as a hyperliterate jester and an anarchic clown.

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Madonna and Barbra Are Fans. Broadway, Meet Lempicka. by Alexis Soloski

A new musical aims to restore the reputation, in life and art, of the ambitious yet undervalued painter Tamara de Lempicka.

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Jacqueline Woodson’s ‘The Other Side and ‘Show Way’ Go to BAM by Alexis Soloski

A dance performance of “The Other Side” and a musical adaptation of “Show Way” head to the Brooklyn stage for young audiences.

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Review: Fiasco Theater’s ‘Pericles,’ the Cruise of a Lifetime by Alexis Soloski

If Fiasco Theater has mixed results in its production of this Shakespearean tragicomedy, it celebrates actors supporting and delighting in one another’s work.

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

‘Water for Elephants’ Brings the Circus to Broadway by Alexis Soloski and Peter Fisher

Based on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, the musical follows a young man who hops a train and falls in with a ragtag, traveling group of entertainers.

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Friday, February 16, 2024

Tobias Menzies on ‘The Crown’ and His Role in ‘The Hunt’ by Alexis Soloski

The British actor excels at playing reserve, and what roils beneath, on “The Crown.” And now he brings that stoicism to “The Hunt,” onstage in Brooklyn.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

The Vocal Coach Who Keeps Broadway (and Patti LuPone) in Tune by Alexis Soloski

“She saved my career,” Patti LuPone said of this indispensable vocal therapist and coach whose clients include Madonna and Billy Porter.

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

With ‘Mean Girls,’ When Trailers Hit Mute on the Musical by Alexis Soloski

With “Mean Girls,” “Wonka” and “The Color Purple,” why have studios spent much of their marketing budget downplaying and disguising their movie musicals?

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Edge of the aisle seat: the case of the theatre critic who becomes a sleuth by Alexis Soloski

Countless nights spent reviewing plays informed Here in the Dark, a novel of psychological suspense in which critical faculties are essential to solving a real-life drama My first profession…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

At a Revamped Under the Radar, New York Greets a ‘Global Downtown’ by Alexis Soloski

No longer at the Public, the annual celebration of experimental theater disperses 17 productions across the city. About half are international works that are getting harder to import.

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Friday, December 8, 2023

Mentalist Mayhem in ‘Mind Mangler’ and Other New Magic Shows by Alexis Soloski

There is something for everyone, even the kids, in “Mind Mangler,” “The Magician” and “Mario the Maker Magician.”

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Roll by Alexis Soloski

At 21, he already has two Broadway leads under his belt. On Thursdays, he sheds Marty McFly’s signature vest for a bowling shirt.

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Friday, November 24, 2023

‘Manahatta,’ Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Play About the Lenape, Comes Home by Alexis Soloski

The show, which toggles between the 17th century and the early 21st, arrives on the island on which it is largely set.

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Big Apple Circus Review: A Show That Bends Over Backward for You by Alexis Soloski

The extraordinary within the everyday: A holiday season rite returns with aerialists, trapeze acts, funny clowns (really!) and cotton candy too.

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Curtains Down, Bottoms Up: When the Show Ends, the Night’s Just Getting Started by Alexis Soloski

“Dead Letter No. 9,” “Cocktail Magique” and “Hypnotique” are offering theatergoers a taste of nightlife.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime