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Friday, July 1, 2022

‘53% Of’ Review: Zinging Pro-Trump Women, and Everyone Else by Alexis Soloski

A new comedy by Steph Del Rosso starts as a satire of conservatives, then takes aim at progressives. Too bad the jokes barely cut either side.

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Immersed in ‘Stranger Things,’ Then Strolling to Beckett by Alexis Soloski

Our writer checked out two very different experiences in New York. In Netflix’s TV re-creation, you fight Demogorgons. In “Cascando,” you walk off your existential angst.

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Friday, June 17, 2022

She Won a Tony. But Deirdre O’Connell ‘Can’t Think About That.’ by Alexis Soloski

We spoke to the veteran actress as she returned to work, preparing for the opening of her new Off Broadway show “Corsicana.”

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Sunday, June 12, 2022

Review: In ‘Spindle Shuttle Needle,’ History With Strings Attached by Alexis Soloski

With war as a backdrop, Gab Reisman’s lively comedy is content to hang out with a motley group of women at the dawn of modern capitalism.

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Review: In ‘Snow in Midsummer,’ It’s Not Just the Forecast That’s Amiss by Alexis Soloski

Adapted from a 13th-century drama, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s play is part ghost story, murder mystery and family melodrama.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The Bedwetter review – Sarah Silverman musical is a crude but kind success by Alexis Soloski

Atlantic Theater, New York The comic’s memoir, about trauma and incontinence, lands on stage after a long delay with wit, depth and fart jokes A musical about trauma, fart jokes and incont…

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

‘Dreaming Zenzile’ Review: A Tribute to Mama Africa by Alexis Soloski

The musical is Somi Kakoma’s thank-you note, written across generations, to the South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba.

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Monday, May 30, 2022

‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept by Alexis Soloski

Mara Vélez Meléndez’s “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members” ferociously explores the intersection of the personal and the political.

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Sunday, May 22, 2022

Review: ‘Belfast Girls’ Set Sail, but This Isn’t a Pleasure Cruise by Alexis Soloski

A historical drama revisits a 19th-century scheme in which Irish girls of “good character” were encouraged to immigrate to Australia.

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Friday, May 20, 2022

‘Islander’ Review: Two Young Women Lost and Found at Sea by Alexis Soloski

This gentle musical, a hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, combines Scottish folklore and live looping technology.

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With the Volt Festival, the Playwright Karen Hartman Comes Home by Alexis Soloski

59E59 Theaters is putting a spotlight on a midcareer artist whose work has seldom been seen locally.

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

A 9-Hour Play? Sit, Eat, Drink, Even Fall Asleep to ‘One Night.’ by Alexis Soloski

Target Margin Theater stages an enchanting riff on “One Thousand and One Nights” inside an old Brooklyn garage. Tea and pastries included, blankets welcome.

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With her ‘Dana H.’ nomination, Deirdre O’Connell recalls a ‘spiritual practice.’ by Alexis Soloski

Lucas Hnath’s play brought the invaluable Off Broadway performer her first Tony Award nomination.

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Monday, May 9, 2022

Patti LuPone on ‘Company,’ Sondheim and a Heartbreaking Journey by Alexis Soloski

How did the actress feel after receiving her eighth Tony nomination? “I don’t know. I just woke up. It feels great.”

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Paula Vogel on ‘How I Learned to Drive’ Tony Nominations: ‘I’m Just Thrilled’ by Alexis Soloski

Twenty-five years after it was a hit Off Broadway, the playwright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work debuted on Broadway this season.

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Friday, May 6, 2022

‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening by Alexis Soloski

Sara Bareilles and Neil Patrick Harris lead a starry Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s sweet-sour musical.

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Friday, April 29, 2022

Macbeth review – Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga soar but there’s magic missing by Alexis Soloski

Longacre Theater, New York Sam Gold’s inventively staged take on the classic tragedy has its moments but there’s something missing at the centre For tragedy to really tear your heart out…

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On by Alexis Soloski

The return of the Scottish play (that’s “Macbeth” to the rest of you) is a reminder of the idiosyncratic rituals and routines that bring actors comfort.

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Monday, April 25, 2022

‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ Review: A Party for the End of the World by Alexis Soloski

Thornton Wilder’s antic play, from 1942, packs in an ice age, a deluge and midcentury décor. This Lincoln Center production is the maximalist revival it deserves.

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Sunday, April 17, 2022

The Minutes review – Tracy Letts delivers a biting American allegory by Alexis Soloski

The playwright also stars in his latest Broadway production, a dark-hued drama about a town council meeting Is there anything more American than a town council meeting? It’s apple pie, bas…

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

American Buffalo review – David Mamet returns to Broadway with a thud by Alexis Soloski

Circle on the Square Theatre, New York Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there’s a staleness they struggle to overcome How funny to think t…

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Laurence Fishburne Cools Down With Classic Jazz and Cashmere Blankets by Alexis Soloski

The actor is back on Broadway for a revival of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo.” He discusses his other must-haves, like a chef’s knife, trampolines and crystals.

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

Review: In ‘Chasing Andy Warhol,’ Street Theater Goes Pop by Alexis Soloski

From Bated Breath Theater Company, the antics of this show, which winds through the East Village, offer little insight into Andy Warhol or his work.

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Plaza Suite review – Sarah Jessica Parker sells Neil Simon’s marriage comedy by Alexis Soloski

Hudson Theatre, New York Sex and the City star plays well opposite her husband Matthew Broderick in an overlong triptych of bitter relationship tales A junior suite at the Plaza Hotel will r…

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Review: In Stefano Massini’s ‘7 Minutes,’ It’s Make or Break by Alexis Soloski

The author of “The Lehman Trilogy” sets his new work in a fictional textiles factory, where workers debate in real time the new owners’ demands.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Debra Messing Can Age Easily in ‘Birthday Candles.’ It’s Baking That’s Hard. by Alexis Soloski

An actress with an obsessive work ethic, Messing is learning to make a cake onstage in “Birthday Candles” on Broadway.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

For ‘Take Me Out,’ Jesse Williams Trades Scrubs for Cleats by Alexis Soloski

The former “Grey’s Anatomy” star is making his Broadway debut in “Take Me Out.” For that, he said, “I needed to go into a very unknown place.”

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ by Alexis Soloski

Her new play, “Confederates,” straddles two eras, exploring what liberation means to a present-day academic and an enslaved woman in the 1860s.

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Friday, February 25, 2022

‘Driven by the Potential for Joy’: Comedies Are the Thing This Spring by Alexis Soloski

We spoke to four playwrights — JC Lee, Charly Evon Simpson, Bryna Turner and Ana Nogueira — whose new shows invite audiences to laugh (even if some laughs catch in the throat).

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Daniel Isaac, 'Billions' Actor, Cedes the Spotlight While Quietly Commanding It by Alexis Soloski

Daniel K. Isaac, a theater actor with a steady gig on the series “Billions,” is appearing at the Public in Lloyd Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady.”

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards