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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Mia Farrow and ‘Love Letters’ Cast Consider Correspondence by Alexis Soloski

The playwright and director and some of the actors in the coming revival of “Love Letters” answer questions about the lost art of the title.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Theater Review: ‘3 Christs,’ About Milton Rokeach’s 1959 Study by Alexis Soloski

Milton Rokeach’s psychological study with three paranoid schizophrenics is the basis of the play “3 Christs.”

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Broadway crowns first black Cinderella  but progress on diversity is too slow by Alexis Soloski

Keke Palmer transforms the historically white Disney princess months after Norm Lewis becomes Broadways first black Opera phantom but is the industry moving fast enough? Continue reading...

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Theater Review: ‘My Mañana Comes’ Depicts Busboys on the Upper East Side by Alexis Soloski

The play “My Mañana Comes” follows the stresses of four busboys at an Upper East Side restaurant.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Trade Practices,’ a Collaborative Show With Funny Money by Alexis Soloski

“Trade Practices,” presented on Governors Island, explores investing and market forces using swordplay and song-and-dance numbers.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

A Word With: Richard Schechner: Ophelia Re-envisioned in ‘Imagining O’ by Alexis Soloski

Richard Schechner, 80, talks about his latest work, “Imagining O,” and pairing erotica and contemporary avant-garde.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Lear deBessonet Puts Her Stamp on ‘The Winter’s Tale’ by Alexis Soloski

Lear deBessonet, whose musical adaptation of “The Winter’s Tale” opens Friday at the Delacorte Theater, has found a way to reconcile her activism with her art.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Checking Back: The Matildas Keep Growing Up, but the Musical Stays Sly by Alexis Soloski

Its stars keep aging out of the title role, but “Matilda the Musical” remains sly and graceful.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Theater Review: Evan Cabnet Directs Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Poor Behavior’ by Alexis Soloski

In Theresa Rebeck’s play “Poor Behavior,” trouble ensues when two couples go upstate for what promises to be a relaxing weekend getaway.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Theater Review: In ‘Daredevil,’ Gary Winter Weaves Quirky Stories by Alexis Soloski

The playwright Gary Winter combines unconventional, sometimes spooky elements in “Daredevil.”

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Phoenix,’ Starring Julia Stiles, at the Cherry Lane Theater by Alexis Soloski

Julia Stiles stars in a revival of Scott Organ’s offbeat romantic comedy “Phoenix.”

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

King Lear in the Park: John Lithgow is not quite every inch the king by Alexis Soloski

Occasionally brilliant but tasked with an almost impossibly mutable role, Lithgow cant quite carry Central Parks latest Continue reading...

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Theater Review: ‘The Good and the True’ Recounts the Holocaust by Alexis Soloski

Daniel Hrbek intertwines the stories of the actress Hana Pravda and the athlete Milos Dobry in a documentary drama about living as a Jew during the Holocaust.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Surprises at the Delacorte Theater and Other Outdoor Spaces by Alexis Soloski

Theater under the stars attracts all manner of unbidden, and unforgettable, human, creaturely and meteorological participation.

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Blanchett and Huppert Wrestle With Brutality in ‘The Maids’ by Alexis Soloski

Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert reflect on their taxing roles as homicidal sisters in Genet’s 1947 play “The Maids,” opening at the Lincoln Center Festival.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Handball,’ Outdoors, by the Urban Theater Movement by Alexis Soloski

Neighborhood regulars protect a patch of territory, while newcomers try to revamp it in “Handball,” at Marcus Garvey Park.

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Strictly Dishonorable,’ a Sexual Morality Tale by Alexis Soloski

Libation fuels intentions in “Strictly Dishonorable,” a comedy by Preston Sturges, revived by the Attic Theater Company.

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

Theater Review: Goldoni’s ‘The Servant of Two Masters,’ in the Country by Alexis Soloski

Shakespeare & Company puts on the repertory staple “The Servant of Two Masters,” adapted and directed by Jenna Ware, in an Elizabethan-style tented playhouse.

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Theater Review: ‘Summer Shorts: Series A’ Offers 3 One-Act Plays by Alexis Soloski

Warren Leight’s “Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6,” about three friends who are long-suffering Knicks fans, is the highlight of the three one-act plays of “Summer Shorts: Series A.”

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Snapshot: Marta Milans Turns On the Charm in ‘Mala Hierba’ by Alexis Soloski

Marta Milans, whose family owns an organic goat farm in Spain, takes on a complicated role in Tanya Saracho’s “Mala Hierba,” now in previews at Second Stage Uptown.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Clinton review this musical should be impeached by Alexis Soloski

Want to know a good rhyme for fellatio? Or saxophone? Or Arkansas? So do the writers of this puerile musical comedyBill Clinton did not inhale. But the 42nd American president might want to …

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Musicals we love: Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Alexis Soloski

With all the raw spontaneity of a rock'n'roll gig, this show cuts to the core of sexual identity, love and lossA friend brought me to Hedwig and the Angry Inch a few months after it opened o…

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Theater Review: In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera by Alexis Soloski

The soprano Renée Fleming stars in her first role in a play in “Living on Love,” a new comedy about a theatrical couple handling hard times.

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Friday, July 18, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Twelfth Night,’ From Shakespeare in the Parking Lot by Alexis Soloski

An outdoor “Twelfth Night” is underway as part of the Drilling Company’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot.

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Theater Review: David Edgar’s ‘Pentecost,’ Revived by PTP/NYC by Alexis Soloski

The discovery of a meaningful work of art in the Balkans sets off the drama in “Pentecost,” at Atlantic Stage 2.

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Theater Review: ‘The Qualification of Douglas Evans,’ From the Amoralists by Alexis Soloski

Derek Ahonen’s “The Qualification of Douglas Evans,” about an oft-intoxicated writer, is part of a mini-festival from the Amoralists.

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Elaine Stritch a career in clips by Alexis Soloski

From Sondheim to 30 Rock, Elaine Stritch commanded audiences' attention. Here she is at her bestElaine Stritch, who has died aged 89, was a visceral, volatile performer with more honest-to-g…

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Theater Review: ‘Gertrude: The Cry,’ a ‘Hamlet’ Rewrite, at Atlantic Stage 2 by Alexis Soloski

Hamlet’s mother, with her sexual appetites, takes over center stage in “Gertrude: The Cry,” a Howard Barker work at Atlantic Stage 2.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Theater Review: ‘Enter at Forest Lawn,’ From the Amoralists by Alexis Soloski

A sitcom is central to the plot of “Enter at Forest Lawn,” by a former executive producer for “Two and a Half Men.”

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Theater Review: In ‘Love in the Wars,’ Achilles Battles an Amazon Queen by Alexis Soloski

John Banville’s “Love in the Wars,” at Bard SummerScape, centers on an Amazonian queen who fights against the Greeks and falls in love with Achilles.

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Theater Review: James Franco Directs ‘The Long Shrift’ by Alexis Soloski

A man imprisoned for raping a classmate comes to terms with life after incarceration in “The Long Shrift,” directed by James Franco.

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
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Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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