1,308 stories by "Alexis Soloski"
The theater sensation of the decade scooped a record 16 Tony nominations. Here are 16 reasons Lin-Miranda Manuel's hip-hop musical broke new groundTony awards: Hamilton musical makes history…
Second Stage TheatrePop score and outcast protagonist hit all the right notes as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul production explores intense issues " and critiques internet culture Can a performa…
St Ann's Warehouse, BrooklynBenedict Andrews' poignant new staging of Tennessee Williams's play, imported from London, feels utterly contemporaryTennessee Williams' play has travelled a rath…
This play by Leah Nanako Winkler has a crowded stage and a frenetic rhythm, but heralds the arrival of a new voice in theater.
59E59 TheatersRichard Bean's 1999 play blends social realism with sometimes cruel jokes, managing a distinctive voice despite sticking with a standard recipe Continue reading...
In the St. Ann's Warehouse revival of the Tennessee Williams drama Mr. Foster plays Stanley Kowalski as "an ape: See. Grab. Take."
Music Box Theatre, New York This show about the creation of the first jazz musical manages to be both entertaining and informative " but unfortunately not at the same timeIf Broadway has the…
American Airlines Theater, New YorkJessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne and Michael Shannon are all superb as the family tearing one another apart in a dark production of Eugene O'Neill's finest pla…
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkThis adaptation of the Natalie Babbitt book has flaws " the songs are repetitive and the set is chaotic " but the show's spirit is ultimately touchingThe question…
Lyceum Theatre, New YorkJesse Tyler Ferguson's turn as a put-upon restaurant worker has more elements than El Bulli's taster menu, and just as many surprisesOn a nondescript morning a few we…
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New YorkBased on the 2007 film, this show about a small-town diner waitress trapped in a loveless marriage is witty and bittersweet, yet its sexual politics leave a …
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkThe Wall Street maniac rides again in a musical rich in synth pop and buff bodies, but the meaning of Bret Easton Ellis's original novel slides off the sli…
One character in this conventional drama, presented at the New Ohio Theater, is dead but not exactly gone.
Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Shannon and John Gallagher Jr. talk about their work for a coming Eugene O'Neill revival.
In the Pearl Theater Company's adaptation of Georges Feydeau's farce "Le Dindon," a wife swears that she will cheat on her husband only if he betrays her first.
The Public Theater's Mobile Unit presents this 90-minute version of the tragedy, with Sheldon Best and Ayana Workman as the star-cross'd lovers.
Manhattan Theatre ClubWith elements of a thriller and absurdist comedy, the play takes us into the experience of a man losing his grip " though some very English slang ranklesAndré (Frank L…
The solo show, by Justin Sayre, finds the writer and actor offering up his passionate soul.
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons, New YorkAnne Washburn's constellation-referencing play provides moments to savor but ultimately leaves audiences hoping for what might have b…
The Hollywood actors join forces on a Broadway stage in this abuse-revenge drama. They discuss coping with the play's shattering themes eight times a weekActors Jeff Daniels and Michelle Wil…
This new musical from the Prospect Theater Company is about the early modern composer Carlo Gesualdo.
With his troubled air and tousled hair, the actor has made his name with anguished characters " from Hamlet to Danny in London Spy. Now on Broadway in The Crucible, he talks about coming out…
In A. Rey Pamatmat's play at Here, two Filipino families living in New York try to master Monopoly, mah-jongg, affection, aversion and assimilation.
Ivo van Hove's production " set in a gloomy classroom and starring Ben Whishaw and Saoirse Ronan " doesn't reach the highs of his version of A View from the Bridge and feels overly reliant o…
With Hungry, the first in a planned election-year trilogy opening at New York's Public Theater, Trump's rise is a dubious gift: 'I'm a citizen before I'm a writer'The plot of Hungry, the lat…
