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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The King’s the Thing, Not the Play, for an Actor Who Would Be Lear by Alexis Soloski

Forced to leave a role he always wanted to play, Edward Petherbridge returns in ”My Perfect Mind,” a piece he helped create about not playing King Lear.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:58AM

Monday, June 8, 2015

Tonys 2015: a good night for women but not a show fit for a queen by Alexis Soloski

Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth co-hosted a lacklustre ceremony that rewarded women on Broadway even as it failed to give them screentimeTony awards 2015: the full list of winnersRed carp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Review: ‘The Twentieth-Century Way’ Explores a Moment in Gay History by Alexis Soloski

Two actors try on a variety of roles in quick succession in this play by Tom Jacobson about a shameful period of harassment by the police.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Review: Metropolitan Playhouse Tackles Labor History in ‘Injunction Granted’ by Alexis Soloski

This 1936 play, created by the Living Newspaper Unit of the W.P.A.’s Federal Theater Project, has been given a devoted if rickety revival.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:44PM

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Heisenberg review – Mary-Louise Parker charms as romance and physics collide by Alexis Soloski

New York City Center Stage IICan an affair between a middle-aged woman and an older man be explored through science? Simon Stephens springs some surprises, though his play is not entirely cr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Jeremy Shamos Prepares for ‘The Qualms’ by Alexis Soloski

The actor is quite in demand for roles that require jerks and moral cowards.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PM

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Spoils review - Jesse Eisenberg's comedy of cringes by Alexis Soloski

Pershing Square Signature Center, New YorkAs both an actor and a writer, Eisenberg is such a skilled practitioner of the comedy of mortification it’s surprising he can talk through all the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21PM

Friday, May 29, 2015

Anne Washburn Brings Backstage Drama to Center Stage in ‘10 Out of 12’ by Alexis Soloski

Life imitated art in the second day of tech rehearsals for Anne Washburn’s new play at the Soho Rep theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:51AM

Thursday, May 28, 2015

An Act of God review – Jim Parson plays the deity by Alexis Soloski

Studio 54, BroadwayThe almighty manifests himself on the Great White Way, offering to explain the nature of existence – with gags. It’s a promising genesis for a show, but we need more r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08PM

Monday, May 25, 2015

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All stories by Alexis Soloski on BroadwayStars

The King’s the Thing, Not the Play, for an Actor Who Would Be Lear by Alexis Soloski

Tonys 2015: a good night for women but not a show fit for a queen by Alexis Soloski

Review: ‘The Twentieth-Century Way’ Explores a Moment in Gay History by Alexis Soloski

Review: Metropolitan Playhouse Tackles Labor History in ‘Injunction Granted’ by Alexis Soloski

Heisenberg review – Mary-Louise Parker charms as romance and physics collide by Alexis Soloski

Jeremy Shamos Prepares for ‘The Qualms’ by Alexis Soloski

The Spoils review - Jesse Eisenberg's comedy of cringes by Alexis Soloski

Anne Washburn Brings Backstage Drama to Center Stage in ‘10 Out of 12’ by Alexis Soloski

An Act of God review – Jim Parson plays the deity by Alexis Soloski

Fringe (Festival) Benefits by Alexis Soloski

Giving Voice to Sylvia Plath’s Pregnant Women by ALEXIS SOLOSKI

Hotel Savoy Supplies Some Inn-trigue by Alexis Soloski

Ritter, Dene, Voss's Pall in the Family by Alexis Soloski

Lawrence Wright Gets an Eyeful in Gaza by Alexis Soloski

Radio Macbeth— the Thane Mutiny on the Airwaves by Alexis Soloski

Ridge Theater Takes Julia Stiles to the Underworld by Alexis Soloski

The joy of corpsing: why giggling fits the theatre by Alexis Soloski

Spirit Control Hits Some Turbulence by Alexis Soloski

With (un)afraid, the Neo-Futurists Try to Scare Up a Halloween Show by Alexis Soloski

Macbeth's witches or roaring chainsaws: how do you get your Halloween stage scares? by Alexis Soloski

Theater: How the Horror Can Serve the Hilarity by ALEXIS SOLOSKI

Bill Camp and Dostoyevsky Go Underground by Alexis Soloski

Penelope Pushes Homer Into the Pool by Alexis Soloski

Teller and Todd Robbins Try to Play Dead by Alexis Soloski

Ghosts in the Cottonwoods Gets Cabin Fever by Alexis Soloski

Full of promise but no prizes: women playwrights suffer for their age by Alexis Soloski

In the Footprint's Hoop Schemes by Alexis Soloski

Edgewise Serves Up an Unhappy Meal by Alexis Soloski

Winter Guide: New York Theatre Workshop Uncorks Three Pianos by Alexis Soloski

The Break of Noon and The Red Shoes Play With Souls and Soles by Alexis Soloski

Ho! and Looking at Christmas Stuff New York's Stockings by Alexis Soloski