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Friday, April 3, 2015

Skylight review – Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan have a melancholy pull by Alexis Soloski

Golden Theatre, New YorkDavid Hare’s play is about the state of the nation and matters of the heart, as two former lovers with differing political views are reunited 20 years after their a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AM

Skylight review – Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan have a melancholy pull by Alexis Soloski

Golden Theatre, New YorkDavid Hare’s play is about the state of the nation and matters of the heart, as two former lovers with differing political views are reunited years after their affa…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:23AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Peter Sarsgaard: 'Jay Z would slaughter Hamlet' by Alexis Soloski

Famous for his indie film roles, the actor is finally giving his Hamlet in a manner intended to bust apart its over-familiarity: ‘I’m trying to play Stairway to Heaven in a way somebody …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56AM
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sleep No More: from avant garde theatre to commercial blockbuster by Alexis Soloski

Twelve years after it opened in London, Punchdrunk’s take on Macbeth is still packing them in in New York – with a bar and restaurant attached. Has success tarnished the magic – or doe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AM
Monday, March 30, 2015

Review: ‘Living Here’ Sends Gideon Irving to Wander City Apartments by Alexis Soloski

A neo-folk musician, Mr. Irving sets up in New York apartments and between songs tells stories of his travels so far.

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Review: Soho Rep’s ‘Washeteria,’ Staged in a Brooklyn Storefront by Alexis Soloski

The theater’s first all-ages play, staged in a formerly vacant storefront, is a lightly absurdist take on a coin laundry.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:56PM
Friday, March 20, 2015

Review: ‘The Feast’ Plumbs the Depths of a Troubling Toilet by Alexis Soloski

A play by Cory Finley offers a surrealistic take on what lies beneath the drain.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:43PM

The Heidi Chronicles review – dated take on 'having it all' by Alexis Soloski

Music Box Theater, New YorkStarring Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss, the Pulitzer-winning play, which suggests that professional success and family life are mutually exclusive for women, now seem…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01AM
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Ben Miles Takes on ‘Wolf Hall’ Onstage by Alexis Soloski

An actor plays Thomas Cromwell, a character who is “devious, charming, playful, occasionally perverse, sometimes honorable.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:17AM
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Review: In ‘Running Away From the One With the Knife,’ a Suicide Pondered by Alexis Soloski

Characters in Aaron Landsman’s play at the Chocolate Factory reflect on an inexorable act they failed to prevent.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:02PM
Monday, March 16, 2015

Hedwig and the Angry Inch review – John Cameron Mitchell in the raw by Alexis Soloski

Belasco theatre, New YorkMitchell’s extraordinary performance – a far cry from Neil Patrick Harris’s crowd-pleasing turn – brings a darker edge to the role he created 20 years ago“…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AM

On the Twentieth Century review – great leads, shame about the songs by Alexis Soloski

American Airlines theater, New YorkSet on a train, this musical boasts screwball gags and an alluring pair of leads in Peter Gallagher and Kristin Chenoweth, but lack of memorable tunes make…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AM
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Review: In ‘Brothers From the Bottom,’ Jousting About Gentrification by Alexis Soloski

Siblings spar about the fate of their neighborhood in New Orleans in “Brothers From the Bottom,” a play at the Billie Holiday Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:11PM

Review: ‘Long Story Short,’ Till Death Do Us Part by Alexis Soloski

This two-character show from Prospect Theater Company follows a couple from first date till death.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:45PM
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Review: ‘A Happy End,’ Iddo Netanyahu’s Play Set in 1930s Berlin by Alexis Soloski

In Mr. Netanyahu’s drama, a Jewish couple shies from recognizing just how much life is about to change as the Nazis rise in Germany.

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Josephine and I review – one-woman show goes deeper than hero-worship by Alexis Soloski

Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, New YorkCush Jumbo performs Jospehine Baker with such passion that it comes to seem less like homage and more like invocation Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01AM
Monday, March 9, 2015

Review: ‘Woyzeck, FJF’ Is a Quixotic Adaptation at the New Ohio Theater by Alexis Soloski

This adaptation of Georg Büchner’s challenging fragment of a play, by No-Win Productions, teeters between reality and fantasy.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PM

The Audience review – victorious Helen Mirren is queen of Broadway by Alexis Soloski

Gerald Schoenfeld theatre, New YorkThe star shows dignity and grace in the lead role of Peter Morgan’s play, directed by Stephen Daldry Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:14AM
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Mystery of Love & Sex review – reticent characters get a voice by Alexis Soloski

Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E Newhouse, New YorkAn actor with a face built for discontent animates a drama about a young interracial couple whose family keep butting into their low-w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PM
Monday, March 2, 2015

Review: ‘The Man in the Woman’s Shoes,’ a Mikel Murfi Solo Play by Alexis Soloski

In this play at the Irish Arts Center, Mr. Murfi’s cobbler has to deliver goods to a customer, and the audience gets to hear his internal monologue.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:04PM
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Review: ‘Comfort Dogs’ Explores the Solace of Communing With Canines by Alexis Soloski

This experimental play by William Burke, whose cast includes dogs played by humans and real dogs, forces you to look at the nature of communication a little differently.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:29PM
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Review: ‘Five Times in One Night,’ at Ensemble Studio Theater by Alexis Soloski

Chiara Atik’s series of comedy sketches has a lewd title and a tender heart.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:13PM

Review: ‘Bright Half Life,’ a Two-Woman Play by Tanya Barfield by Alexis Soloski

Ms. Barfield’s new drama at City Center explores a long-term relationship from start to finish, but not necessarily in that order.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:39PM

Jason Biggs on Broadway: 'I'm more complicated than I ever realised' by Alexis Soloski

The actor once struggled to move on from American Pie-type roles, but now he is digging deeper as he costars in the Broadway revival of The Heidi Chronicles Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PM

Brooklynite review – superheroes hit New York in genial musical by Alexis Soloski

Vineyard Theater, New YorkWith characters created by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, this show has good jokes for Brooklyn aficionados but never generates real heat Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01AM
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Elisabeth Moss, a Career Woman, in ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ by Alexis Soloski

Ms. Moss returns to Broadway, portraying a successful professional wondering if she can have it all in this 1988 Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Review: ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and Its Wronged Queen, via the Pearl Theater Company by Alexis Soloski

The Pearl Theater Company’s “The Winter’s Tale” plays out as a tipsy dinner party that skids toward tragedy over dessert.

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Review: ‘The Groundling,’ a Backstage Farce With Heartbreak by Alexis Soloski

Marc Palmieri’s half comedy and half tragedy, at Axis Theater, follows a landscaper turned playwright who hires some New York professionals to stage his work in his Long Island garage.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PM
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Faces to Watch: Heroes, Sidekicks, Cartoonists by Erik Piepenburg, Robin Pogrebin, Roslyn Sulcas and Alexis Soloski

The coming season brings exciting challenges for new artists working on and off Broadway.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:49PM
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Review: In ‘Horseplay,’ a Terrible Actress Becomes Her Era’s Kim Kardashian by Alexis Soloski

Trav S.D.’s play, at La MaMa, is based on the life of Adah Isaacs Menken, a flamboyant liar and theater star of the mid-1800s.

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Hamilton review – founding father gets a hip-hop makeover by Alexis Soloski

Public Theater, New YorkThis exuberant and original new musical mashes up genres from rap to operetta, creating a flawed but glorious portrait of the face on the $10 billIn a letter to Georg…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:01AM