1,311 stories by "Alexis Soloski"
Amiri Baraka's final play, by the New Federal Theater, combines history, biography and courtroom satire.
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…
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 igniteThe …
The playwright examines friendship and loneliness in a new play about a gay man who loses his three best girlfriends to marriage.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
The actor is quite in demand for roles that require jerks and moral cowards.
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 f…
Life imitated art in the second day of tech rehearsals for Anne Washburn's new play at the Soho Rep theater.
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 revel…
American theatre's Wasserstein prize for young, female writers has failed to find a winner. I'm not surprised - but is it really a gender issue?
BAM hosts Persephone
From Swiss Family Robinson to anal stage rape--a chat with the veteran actor
The Classic Stage Company takes on a production of the play “Double Falsehood,” an adaption by Lewis Theobald of “Cardenio,” a very possible collaboration by Shak…
With no Shakespearean model to set a precedent, America's history plays - as showcased in New York this month - are a varied bunch. But how closely should they stick to events?
The Civilians charge into the Atlantic Yards project
Eliza Clark welcomes you to fast food with a side of torture
A guide to winter plays
Rebs & Jews & slaves in Matthew Lopez's MTC play
Red Bull Theater returns with its latest Jacobean oldie
Whiskey-craving space creatures land in Bushwick
The young London company makes its U.S. debut
