1,308 stories by "Alexis Soloski"
The show's opening, which was slated for Jan. 7, will be postponed.
A Christmas in the company of Thornton Wilder is not exactly merry. The Peccadillo Theatre Company combines two of Wilder's seasonal one acts""The Long Christmas Dinner" and "Pullman Car Hia…
The two comedians discuss their Broadway show and how to make an audience laugh.
Radical hip-hop history, reinvented modern classics and emotive musicals led a wave of innovative and poignant plays on and off-BroadwayAt this point it's almost embarrassing to devote any m…
Broadway Theatre, New YorkDespite the controversy over a framing device featuring actor Danny Burstein in modern dress, this is a solid, well-acted rendering of the classic musicalHas it rea…
The two shows are performing in New York for the holiday season.
In his solo show, Paterson Joseph plays an 18th-century gentleman said to have been the first black Briton to vote.
Atlantic Theater, New YorkRolin Jones updates Much Ado About Nothing to swinging London, as Benedick and Claudio lead a band and play Beatles-esque songs by the Green Day frontmanRolin Jones…
Bernard B Jacobs theater, New YorkJohn Doyle's streamlined version of Alice Walker's novel features fine performances from a vocally confident Hudson and the remarkable ErivoYou won't find m…
Trish Harnetiaux's play, at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn, explores relationships in a nonlinear, absurdist manner.
We asked our critics to pick best and worst moments from the year's cultural offerings. Alexis Soloski chose the genius of Hamilton and hubris of star casting"I wanna be in the room where it…
Charlotte Moore directs a cozy adaptation of this Dylan Thomas prose poem.
New York Theater WorkshopCo-written by and featuring songs by David Bowie, this jukebox musical based on The Man Who Fell to Earth is a thrilling theatrical odyssey " and almost impossible t…
This chamber spectacle, described as "a living room circus," features a cast of 12 Chinese acrobats and martial artists at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Winter Garden TheatreAndrew Lloyd Webber returns to Broadway with adaption of film but stage version missing charisma Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of…
Victor Morales uses his programming skills to create virtual worlds that ostensibly illustrate concepts in physics like uncertainty.
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkAl Pacino's querulous lion routine pulls in the crowd but he's doomed to repeat the same old shtick in Mamet's lacklustre Broadway transferDavid Mamet's Ch…
The singer and actress will appear on Broadway for the first time in this stripped-down version of the musical.
This dystopian comedy by Stephen Kaliski at 59E59 Theaters follows a couple apartment hunting after half the population has died from environmental toxicity.
The actress, known for her tart comebacks and acerbic perspective, steps into her first lead role, as Princess Winnifred in a revival of "Once Upon a Mattress."
Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City CenterYou'll take your hat off to the concept " a time-travelling fashion designer " but the execution is less impressive in this zany but uneven come…
A professional actress since 1952, Ms. Smith has never been busier, now coming to Playwrights Horizons in the futuristic "Marjorie Prime."
The Star Trek actor debuts on Broadway in Allegiance, a new play about Japanese Americans placed in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl HarborGeorge Takei is still best known for pla…
Flea Theater, New YorkThe blockbuster director goes low-budget to take on Jennifer Haley's vision of gaming gone wrong, which remains more sensational than it is complexWhat has the internet…
Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkActor appears to inhabit a different world from co-star Laurie Metcalf in adaptation of Stephen King novelImmensely successful as an advertisement for the worst b…
