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Friday, November 8, 2013

Playing the ‘Crazy Women’ by Alexis Soloski

Anne-Marie Duff talks about taking on the burning Lady Macbeth.    

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Gender-Bending ‘Julius Caesar’ Has All-Female Cast by Alexis Soloski

Women playing male roles in Shakespeare is a time-honored tradition, about to be refreshed in “Julius Caesar,” coming to St. Ann’s Warehouse.    

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Women as Shakespeare’s Men by Alexis Soloski

Some famous examples of actresses who have played important male roles in Shakespeare plays over three centuries.    

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Snapshot | Ray Fisher: Growing Into Larger-Than-Life Ali by Alexis Soloski

The actor Ray Fisher plays Muhammad Ali in Will Power’s “Fetch Clay, Make Man,” at New York Theater Workshop.    

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Snapshot: Daniel Pearle Discusses His Play ‘A Kid Like Jake’ by Alexis Soloski

In Daniel Pearle’s debut play with LCT3, young Jake — never shown onstage — has an affinity for dressing like the Little Mermaid, among others female heroines.    

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Nell Benjamin and Jennifer Westfeldt on ‘The Explorers Club’ by Alexis Soloski

Nell Benjamin, the author of “The Explorers Club,” and Jennifer Westfeldt, who plays the lead role, say their own experiences with male condescension helped them shape the play’s heroi…

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Monday, May 27, 2013

A Conversation With: John Malkovich: John Malkovich on Casanova and Other Roles by Alexis Soloski

John Malkovich, who will play the lead in “The Giacomo Variations” at City Center, recently discussed rakes, roués and his own more discreet charms.    

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Kristine Nielsen Delights in Durang by Alexis Soloski

Kristine Nielsen has a long history with the playwright Christopher Durang, and now she has a Tony nomination.    

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Here Lies Love review by Alexis Soloski

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The Testament of Mary – review by Alexis Soloski

Walter Kerr Theatre, New YorkThe Testament of Mary, a monologue scripted by novelist Colm Tóibín from his novella of the same name and performed by Fiona Shaw, boasts the most unusual pre-…

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Here Lies Love – review by Alexis Soloski

Public theatre, New YorkImelda Marcos, the shoe-crazed wife of ex-Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, loved the nightlife. A habitué of Studio 54, she installed a disco ball in her New Y…

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Bravest Woman in Mexico’ Sees Her Story on a New York Stage by Alexis Soloski

In her first visit to New York, Marisol Valles Garcia watches a “poetic impression” of her life story, which includes four months as the police chief in a community controlled by drug ca…

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Kinky Boots – review by Alexis Soloski

Al Hirschfeld theatre, New YorkMost New Yorkers would hesitate to don the dazzling footwear displayed in the new Broadway musical Kinky Boots. When you live in a city of potholes, sloping si…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Lucky Guy – review by Alexis Soloski

Broadhurst theatre, New YorkNora Ephron's Lucky Guy is a profane love letter to the lost, rollicking world of New York tabloid journalism. It is also a tribute to its real-life fallen son, t…

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Kathryn Hunter in ‘Kafka’s Monkey’ at Baryshnikov Center by Alexis Soloski

Kathryn Hunter finds her simian side in the solo show “Kafka’s Monkey.”

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

New Faces in Spring Theater by Patrick Healy, Steven McElroy, Alexis Soloski and Sandy Macdonald

What gets actors to high-profile stage roles? Talent, persistence and a bit of luck.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof – review by Alexis Soloski

Richard Rodgers theatre, New YorkDoes Broadway need another revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, its third in three years? Perhaps not. But when an actor such as Scarlett J…

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Monday, December 10, 2012

Glengarry Glen Ross – review by Alexis Soloski

Gerald Schoenfeld theatre, New York"Always be closing." That maxim of salesmanship seems positively caustic when projected on to the curtain during the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glen…

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Dead Accounts – Broadway review by Alexis Soloski

Music Box theatre, New YorkKatie Holmes, the celebrity divorcee and box office draw, is a lovely and slender young woman, even when garbed in the drab midwestern wear required of Theresa Reb…

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

For Quiara Alegría Hudes, Plays Are Family by Alexis Soloski

For Quiara Alegría Hudes, whose Pulitzer Prize winner, “Water by the Spoonful,” begins a run in New York this month, writing plays keeps her tethered to her family and hometown, Philade…

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Ivanov – review by Alexis Soloski

Classic Stage Company, New YorkLast summer, at least three different Uncle Vanyas bestrode New York stages. Recent years have also witnessed fields of cherry orchards, a small flock of seagu…

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Theatre of the absurd: when accidents take over by Alexis Soloski

We're used to complaining about unscripted interruptions – but sometimes the external world can affect a play in a good wayBack in the summer, just at the close of DruidMurphy's devastatin…

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Ayad Akhtar’s Play ‘Disgraced’ Set for LCT3 by Alexis Soloski

The novelist Ayad Akhtar is confounding expectations in his screenplays and his debut play, “Disgraced,” set for the Claire Tow Theater.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Midwest Musketeers Storm Broadway by Alexis Soloski

Three Chicago theater buddies — the director Dexter Bullard, the actor Michael Shannon and the playwright Craig Wright — make their Broadway debut with Mr. Wright’s “Grace.”

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Some theatregoers like it hot – are you one of them? by Alexis Soloski

From the sweaty solidarity of baking auditoriums to fireflies flickering at dusk outside, summer theatre has a special allure. And then, of course, there's aircon ...For a while, the Ice Fac…

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

13P Theater Collective Set for Its Last Production by Alexis Soloski

With the production of its 13th and last play, the playwrights’ collective 13P is on the cusp of dissolving.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Why I do love to be all at sea at the theatre by Alexis Soloski

It may not always be deliberate on the part of the playwright, but plays that plunge you into theatrical confusion can be a pleasureLast week, I found myself in familiar environs – in the …

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Making An Entrance by Alexis Soloski

The way a character is introduced in the new play "3C" gets Alexis Soloski thinking about the art of the stage arrival.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Tony awards 2012: Step aside James Corden, the night goes to Neil Patrick Harris by Alexis Soloski

It was a weak year for musicals but an excellent one for plays, with Corden scooping the best actor award from a remarkable shortlist. But it was host Neil Patrick Harris who stole the showI…

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Peep show: is it wrong to find actors attractive? by Alexis Soloski

Venus in Fur is the latest play to tempt audiences into ogling its scantily clad cast. Now stage stars are being rated on sex appealA woman with long, blonde hair and a heavily lipsticked mo…

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Should pop stars stay off stage? by Alexis Soloski

From Ricky Martin on Broadway to Ashlee Simpson and Melissa Etheridge, many pop stars struggle in the theatre. Maybe it's time they steered clearRicky Martin has jaunty hair, shockingly whit…

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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 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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