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Monday, June 22, 2015

Review: ‘Hand Foot Fizzle Face’ Explores Futility and Disconnection by Alexis Soloski

This production by the company Piehole translates Samuel Beckett’s “Foirades/Fizzles” into an experimental performance.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM

10 out of 12 review – more than just an avant garde Noises Off by Alexis Soloski

Soho Rep, New YorkTaking place in rehearsals for an unnamed play, Anne Washburn’s engaging drama features a vexing actor, bizarre juxtapositions and unexpected poignancyIn Anne Washburn’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Review: In ‘Debutaunt,’ Mary John Frank Combines Theater and Dance by Alexis Soloski

This interactive dance-theater work from Ms. Frank invites the audience to take part in a coming-of-age tradition.

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‘Most Dangerous Man in America (W. E. B. Du Bois)’ Focuses on Government Investigation by Alexis Soloski

Amiri Baraka’s final play, by the New Federal Theater, combines history, biography and courtroom satire.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Doctor Faustus review - Marlowe's classic loses its soul in a lackluster slog by Alexis Soloski

Classic Stage Company in New York, New YorkThis production of the mortality play falls flat with diabolical sing-alongs, awful fight choreography and star Chris Noth wishing he were somewher…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:45PM

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The Tempest review – imperfect but enchanting version of the late romance by Alexis Soloski

Delacorte theater in Central Park, New YorkThe beautiful outdoor setting of Michael Greif’s production can’t obscure its shortcomings as this Shakespeare in the Park play fails to ignite…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:31PM

Thursday, June 11, 2015

With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy by Alexis Soloski

The playwright examines friendship and loneliness in a new play about a gay man who loses his three best girlfriends to marriage.

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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.

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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.

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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

Review: ‘Hand Foot Fizzle Face’ Explores Futility and Disconnection by Alexis Soloski

10 out of 12 review – more than just an avant garde Noises Off by Alexis Soloski

Review: In ‘Debutaunt,’ Mary John Frank Combines Theater and Dance by Alexis Soloski

‘Most Dangerous Man in America (W. E. B. Du Bois)’ Focuses on Government Investigation by Alexis Soloski

Doctor Faustus review - Marlowe's classic loses its soul in a lackluster slog by Alexis Soloski

The Tempest review – imperfect but enchanting version of the late romance by Alexis Soloski

With ‘Significant Other,’ Joshua Harmon Happily Writes About the Unhappy by Alexis Soloski

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