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Friday, October 2, 2015

Review: In ‘17 Border Crossings,’ Thaddeus Phillips Contemplates the Complexities of Travel by Alexis Soloski

This solo show at BAM Fisher conjures a variety of global journeys, many seemingly autobiographical and fraught with some small peril.

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How did Hamilton become Broadway's breakout hit? by Alexis Soloski

A hip-hop musical about the founding father didn’t sound like a natural fit for Broadway’s traditionally more conservative crowd, but Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mix of rap and Sondheim could…

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Review: In ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ an Orphan With a Mysterious Benefactor by Alexis Soloski

This musical adaptation of a 1912 novel is rooted in the correspondence between a girl and a man who pays for her college education..

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Review: In ‘Chambre,’ Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson Refract a Tale of Murderous Maids by Alexis Soloski

The choreographer and visual artist are staging an installation at the New Museum inspired by Genet’s chilling 1947 play.

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Review: ‘Asking for It’ Uses Wit to Tackle Cultural Norms About Rape by Alexis Soloski

Adrienne Truscott’s one-woman show, which is both chirpy and blistering, rewards and invites a strong drink.

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Spring Awakening review – coming-of-age story that's accessible to everyone by Alexis Soloski

Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkDeaf West Theatre’s production of Frank Wedekind’s play isn’t the radical reimagining it’s billed as but has something to say about modern communicat…

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Review: ‘The New Morality,’ a Vintage Play at the Mint by Alexis Soloski

Harold Chapin’s work, directed by Jonathan Bank, is a comedy of marital ethics set in England.

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Stephen Karam’s Plays Treat Anguish as a Laughing Matter by Alexis Soloski

Mr. Karam, who specializes in agonizing comedies that are funnier than their subjects would indicate, has a new play, “The Humans,” that can also be viewed as a horror story.

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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Review: ‘Whistleblower,’ a Dance-Theater Take on Chelsea Manning by Alexis Soloski

This Mark Dendy cabaret explores the story of Ms. Manning, formerly Bradley Manning, who is serving a prison term for leaking documents.

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Review: In ‘How to Live on Earth,’ a Way Off the Planet by Alexis Soloski

MJ Kaufman’s play looks at four would-be astronauts applying for a one-way trip to Mars.

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Friday, September 18, 2015

The Christians review - a mature and elusive play about faith by Alexis Soloski

Playwrights Horizons, New YorkA play about a charismatic pastor who has had a revelation that upsets his congregation asks difficult questions about belief and behaviour in AmericaWhether or…

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Iphigenia in Aulis review – an epic reinvented in flowery festivalwear by Alexis Soloski

Classic Stage Company, New YorkThis ‘transadaptation’ of a Greek tragedy by an experimental playwright charts the creation of the characters we recognise from the epics – with spine-ti…

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Matt McGrath Shines as a Nurturing Drag Queen in ‘Georgia McBride’ by Alexis Soloski

Mr. McGrath, a longtime character actor in theater, has won praise for his caricature-free portrayal of Tracy in Matthew Lopez’s play.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

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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Review: ‘Storm, Still,’ a Riff on ‘King Lear’ in a Brooklyn Backyard by Alexis Soloski

In Gabrielle Reisman’s play, three sisters sort through their dead father’s belongings in search of a will.

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Review: In ‘Genet Porno,’ Yvan Greenberg Leaves Little to the Imagination by Alexis Soloski

Inspired by a Jean Genet novel, this misbegotten mash-up includes nudity, cross-dressing and a bathroom break.

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Anne Washburn: the playwright rebooting the ancients – and the Simpsons by Alexis Soloski

Her experimental play Mr Burns was described as ‘three hours of utter hell’ by one critic – but Washburn has been hailed as one of the most innovative playwrights aroundThe playwright …

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Review: ‘Empire Travel Agency’ Guides Adventurers on a New York Odyssey by Alexis Soloski

Woodshed Collective’s theatrical scavenger hunt sends participants racing from one location to the next in Lower Manhattan, often at a jog, sometimes in a moving vehicle.

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Review: ‘Laugh It Up, Stare It Down,’ on Love and Marriage by Alexis Soloski

If an existentialist philosopher ever attempted a light romantic comedy, it might sound a little like this quaintly absurdist play by Alan Hruska at the Cherry Lane Theater.

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In Bed With Bruce Willis (on Broadway) by Alexis Soloski

The action star on his upcoming stage turn as a mattress-bound romance writer in “Misery.”

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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

The Legend of Georgia McBride review – uplifting but lightweight drag comedy by Alexis Soloski

MCC Theater, New YorkIt’s charming, but this play about an initially reluctant drag queen ducks the complicated questions – though the musical numbers are dynamiteTo thine own self be tr…

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Friday, September 4, 2015

‘Fondly, Collette Richland’ Emerges From Collaboration of Wacky and Weird by Alexis Soloski

The quirky theater company Elevator Repair Service is staging a play by Sibyl Kempson, who is known for her offbeat scripts.

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Theater Review: Review: ‘Fireface’ Explores Incest, Jealousy and Pyromania by Alexis Soloski

The German writer Marius von Mayenburg’s play about troubled adolescent siblings is at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg.

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Georgia Engel, a ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Sidekick, Takes a Star Turn by Alexis Soloski

Ms. Engel, best known for Georgette on the 1970s sitcom, returns to the stage in the play “John,” which features her in her first leading role.

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Fall theater preview: big names aren't just for Broadway this year by Alexis Soloski

French whimsy, British royals and Liberian rebels vie for attention with adaptations of Misery and a Confederacy of Dunces and a Lloyd Webber musicalThe Berkeley Repertory Theatre trades nor…

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Review: In Ken Urban’s ‘Sense of an Ending,’ Lives Are Caught Between Truth and Tale by Alexis Soloski

This play, set five years after the Rwanda genocide, examines the slipperiness of truth, the difficulty of ever determining what happened and why.

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

New theater season once again shows lack of diversity on Broadway and Off by Alexis Soloski

The new Broadway season includes no new plays by women or writers of color, and last season less than a quarter of plays produced in America were by women. While the internet is finally begi…

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Friday, August 21, 2015

From Nicole Kidman to ‘A Delicate Ship,’ a Big Season for the Playwright Anna Ziegler by Alexis Soloski

The writer has several plays preparing for production, including “Photograph 51,” which will star Nicole Kidman in London.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Max Posner, a Playwright With an Absurdist Style, on the Lure of Basements by Alexis Soloski

In Mr. Posner’s first New York production, the melancholy comedy “Judy,” set in the year 2040, the theater no longer exists.

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Critic’s Notebook: A Double Dose of Divine, and Other Reports From the Fringe Festival by Alexis Soloski

The New York International Fringe Festival, now in full swing, features glimmers of talent and skill amid the amateurism and malfunctioning air-conditioners.

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Thursday, August 13, 2015

For ‘Mercury Fur’ Writer Philip Ridley, a Macabre Vision Takes Many Forms by Alexis Soloski

Mr. Ridley, whose controversial play, “Mercury Fur,” opens this week Off Broadway, follows his art across many forms: photography, film and children’s novels among them.

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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
TBA: Titanic