1,308 stories by "Alexis Soloski"
Public theatre, New YorkImelda Marcos, the shoe-crazed wife of ex-Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, loved the nightlife. A habitué of Studio 54, she installed a disco ball in her New Y…
In her first visit to New York, Marisol Valles Garcia watches a "poetic impression" of her life story, which includes four months as the police chief in a community controlled by drug cartel…
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…
Broadhurst theatre, New YorkNora Ephron's Lucky Guy is a profane love letter to the lost, rollicking world of New York tabloid journalism. It is also a tribute to its real-life fallen son, t…
Kathryn Hunter finds her simian side in the solo show "Kafka's Monkey."
Richard Rodgers theatre, New YorkDoes Broadway need another revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, its third in three years? Perhaps not. But when an actor such as Scarlett J…
Gerald Schoenfeld theatre, New York"Always be closing." That maxim of salesmanship seems positively caustic when projected on to the curtain during the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glen…
Music Box theatre, New YorkKatie Holmes, the celebrity divorcee and box office draw, is a lovely and slender young woman, even when garbed in the drab midwestern wear required of Theresa Reb…
For Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, whose Pulitzer Prize winner, "Water by the Spoonful," begins a run in New York this month, writing plays keeps her tethered to her family and hometown, Philadelp…
Classic Stage Company, New YorkLast summer, at least three different Uncle Vanyas bestrode New York stages. Recent years have also witnessed fields of cherry orchards, a small flock of seagu…
We're used to complaining about unscripted interruptions " but sometimes the external world can affect a play in a good wayBack in the summer, just at the close of DruidMurphy's devastating …
The novelist Ayad Akhtar is confounding expectations in his screenplays and his debut play, "Disgraced," set for the Claire Tow Theater.
Three Chicago theater buddies " the director Dexter Bullard, the actor Michael Shannon and the playwright Craig Wright " make their Broadway debut with Mr. Wright's "Grace."
From the sweaty solidarity of baking auditoriums to fireflies flickering at dusk outside, summer theatre has a special allure. And then, of course, there's aircon ...For a while, the Ice Fac…
With the production of its 13th and last play, the playwrights' collective 13P is on the cusp of dissolving.
It may not always be deliberate on the part of the playwright, but plays that plunge you into theatrical confusion can be a pleasureLast week, I found myself in familiar environs " in the da…
The way a character is introduced in the new play "3C" gets Alexis Soloski thinking about the art of the stage arrival.
It was a weak year for musicals but an excellent one for plays, with Corden scooping the best actor award from a remarkable shortlist. But it was host Neil Patrick Harris who stole the showI…
Venus in Fur is the latest play to tempt audiences into ogling its scantily clad cast. Now stage stars are being rated on sex appealA woman with long, blonde hair and a heavily lipsticked mo…
From Ricky Martin on Broadway to Ashlee Simpson and Melissa Etheridge, many pop stars struggle in the theatre. Maybe it's time they steered clearRicky Martin has jaunty hair, shockingly whit…
From Ricky Martin on Broadway to Ashlee Simpson and Melissa Etheridge, many pop stars struggle in the theatre. Maybe it's time they steered clear Continue reading...
Christina Ricci, a film actor who suffered from stage fright during her first play, has returned to the theater.
As James Corden fans waiting to see One Man, Two Guvnors in the West End now know, the big-name actor may not be the one you see on stage. But sometimes these performances are the bestYou've…
The playwright Amy Herzog, whose "4000 Miles" is being remounted at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, draws on her family history and especially her grandmother.
Despite its roots in ritual, religion gets barely a look-in on stage these days. Why?By all rights, theatre ought to say its prayers. According to most origin stories, theatre emerged out of…
