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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

10 Monologues That Make Solo Music by Ben Brantley, Laura Collins-Hughes, Jesse Green and Alexis Soloski

In a few minutes or a full show, these performers capture heartbreak, fury and laughs. For the words of Samuel Beckett, a disembodied mouth did the trick.

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Friday, October 2, 2020

Review: In 'The Journey,' Scott Silven Tours Your Mind by Alexis Soloski

Coronavirus travel restrictions don't prevent the mentalist from visiting your head in this hourlong online show.

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Friday, September 11, 2020

For These Shows, Take a Hike by Alexis Soloski

If you participate in a sound walk and no one is there to applaud, does it count as theater? Our critic argues that it does. Or at least that it can.

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How to Birth a New American Theater by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Laura Collins-Hughes, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Alexis Soloski

Six months dark. Thousands of artists out of work. Could this disaster have a surprise ending? Five critics on what must change, onstage and off.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

There'll Be a Theater Season. But How and Where and When? by Alexis Soloski

Announcing stage productions, and timing, has become a matter of wishful thinking, guesswork and experimentation. Case in point: the no-show plan.

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a 'Zoo' Is Open by Jesse Green, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Among the performances you can catch online are a one-woman show about sexual assault and riffs on "Heart of Darkness" and "Rocky."

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

How I Got My Kids Into Theater: Online Shows That Put Them to Work (and Play) by Alexis Soloski

Immersive productions " from a wizardly treasure hunt to tall tales by phone or email " keep a young audience both entertained and active.

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Friday, August 7, 2020

In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home) by Alexis Soloski

Sifting evidence and debating whodunit with strangers turns out to be an especially successful way for theater to be enjoyed from a laptop.

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Singing, Dancing, Knife Fighting by Alexis Soloski

When actor training migrated online, our reporter gave herself two weeks to learn as many theater skills " and knife skills " as she could.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Missing Theater Under the Stars (Even the Bugs and the Rain) by Nancy Coleman, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller and Alexis Soloski

Shakespeare in the Park and other outdoor venues are shut. But for performers and directors, open-air memories are as sharp as the bite of a mosquito.

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

The Line review " moving drama pays tribute to pandemic first responders by Alexis Soloski

Available online The Public's emotive and effective hour-long play uses actors, including Lorraine Toussaint and Alison Pill, to share powerful testimonials In mid-March, when New York City …

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Theater's Next Act? A Show That's All in Your Head by Alexis Soloski

Immersive theater, timed and ticketed, has arrived in virtual reality. Is this a brave new pixelated world for live performance? Or just another app?

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

'P-Valley' Dances to a Different Tune by Alexis Soloski

This new Starz drama is set in a strip club but "pulses with the female gaze," said the creator, Katori Hall. Its premise is that sex work is as worthy of exploration as any other kind of wo…

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Sunday, July 5, 2020

Review: 'Les Blancs' Is an Anguished Play for an Anguished Moment by Alexis Soloski

This Lorraine Hansberry play, set in the 1960s in a fictional African country, speaks incisively to the American present.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

For the Actors of 'Take Me Out,' a Coming-Out Party Is Postponed by Alexis Soloski

Five were slated to make their Broadway debuts. Now? They're bunking with family, grappling with unemployment and fighting injustice.

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Friday, June 19, 2020

Juilliard's Secret Weapon Keeps Actors on Their Toes by Alexis Soloski

Moni Yakim has taught movement at Juilliard since 1968. A new film captures his impact on scores of actors. "He's not a coddler," says Jessica Chastain.

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

No Tony Awards Show? Make Your Own With These Great Moments. by Ben Brantley, Jesse Green, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller and Eric Grode

Miranda's rap. Rylance's poems. Jackman's pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for "Turkey Lurkey Time."

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Friday, May 15, 2020

Is the Hand Quicker Than the Zoom Window? by Alexis Soloski

With theaters and nightclubs closed, magicians have pivoted to remote performance. Can your screen be a place of enchantment?

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Is This a Livestream I See Before Me? by Alexis Soloski

All the world with an internet connection has suddenly become a stage. A lot of those stages have programmed Shakespeare.

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Monday, May 11, 2020

For Your Ears Only: Broadway's New Stage Is a Mic by Alexis Soloski

With theaters shuttered, a host of audio dramas and musicals have popped up, and actors are honing a skill: creating characters with just their voices.

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Monday, April 27, 2020

A Cast Album I Love: 'The Secret Garden' by Alexis Soloski

We continue our cast album series with more recommendations for wonderful musicals to listen to at home.

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Broadway Adjourns, but the 'Sing Street' Band Plays On by Alexis Soloski

How does a two-and-a-half-hour show become a half-hour online event? Deliberately, haltingly, and with a few technical glitches.

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Saturday, April 25, 2020

The Apple Family's Checking In on Zoom. You're Invited, Too. by Alexis Soloski

Richard Nelson's new play, "What Do We Need to Talk About?" will be performed online, but live, restoring some of theater's ephemerality.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

'This moment is all about adapting': what happens when your play gets cancelled by Alexis Soloski

Hillary Bettis's immigration drama 72 Miles to Go … was one of many off-Broadway shows that didn't make it to the stage after the Covid-19 outbreak, leaving the playwright 'heartbroken' On…

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

There's No Place Like Home (Theater) by Alexis Soloski

With real theaters closed, our critic unlocked handcuffs, tried to land a plane and accidentally scalded herself, all while attempting immersive performances from her Brooklyn apartment.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Little Did I Know: how a Broadway-aiming musical became a hit podcast by Alexis Soloski

An accomplished group of creatives have turned a musical into a new podcast at a time when theater fans need it the most "Nothing can replace the thrill of a great musical live on stage," th…

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Friday, April 10, 2020

Watch the Stage Version of 'Fleabag' on Amazon Video by Alexis Soloski

Phoebe Waller-Bridge's solo stage show comes to Amazon to raise money for the arts and health care charities.

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Missing the Theater? Trade Playbills for These Novels by Alexis Soloski and Laura Collins-Hughes

Two theater critics suggest some of their favorite books about the theater, giving us portals to a world that is now forbidden.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Has Your Dystopian Play Come in Handy? by Alexis Soloski

These nine playwrights spent years dreaming up cataclysms and plagues. Did that prepare them for the current crisis? Sometimes.

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Monday, March 23, 2020

At a Murder Mystery Weekend, Whodunit? Everyone by Alexis Soloski

A critic disguised as an actress who is also a suspect in the death of the Great Merlini. Her team didn't use "Cats" to break the case, though.

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Broadway in a garage: the clumsy pleasures of Rosie O'Donnell's star-studded livestream by Alexis Soloski

A host of big names, including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sarah Jessica Parker, took part in a self-congratulatory yet oddly charming YouTube-based revue On Sunday night, Rosie O'Donnell hosted …

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