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Monday, September 9, 2019

Singing Meat Loaf in His Underwear? He'd Do Anything for That by Alexis Soloski

Bradley Dean blasted the producers of "Bat Out of Hell: The Musical" when they canceled the tour. But that didn't keep him from the rock-god thrill of his career in the New York run.

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Can Derren Brown Be Fooled? Yes. Often. by Alexis Soloski

As one of the world's best magicians he'll fool you, too, even though magic isn't really his thing.

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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Review: In 'Bad News!,' an Evening of Show and Tell by Alexis Soloski

JoAnne Akalaitis's show at N.Y.U. Skirball assembles messenger speeches from Ancient Greek drama, with a nod to the present.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Review: 'Kids in the Hall,' Rehashed for Adults in a Theater by Alexis Soloski

Kevin McDonald, once part of the Canadian comedy troupe, plays for audience nostalgia in 'Kevin McDonald: Alive on 42nd Street.'

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Woke up Broadway: the difficulty of updating stories for the stage by Alexis Soloski

The uptick in hauling older scripts, from Tootsie to Moulin Rouge, to the stage has left playwrights with many hurdles Here is a question from Tootsie, the Broadway musical about an out-of-w…

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Monday, August 12, 2019

Wild oversharing comic Phoebe Robinson: 'I do dumb things. That's who I am!' by Alexis Soloski

Is the fringe ready for the brash standup who used to get paid in nachos and chicken wings? We meet one half of 2 Dope Queens as she fills her shoes with sweat What does Phoebe Robinson want…

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

Review: In 'Bat Out of Hell,' Paradise by the LED Light by Alexis Soloski

A post-apocalyptic Peter Pan story with book, music and lyrics by Jim Steinman is a masterpiece of overstatement. But try not to sing along.

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Monday, August 5, 2019

'Native Son' Review: A Big Story Made Smaller by Alexis Soloski

This fluid and nonlinear adaptation of Richard Wright's novel is brisk, but its theatrics upstage its implications.

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Review: In 3 Short Plays, the Art of Making Up and Breaking Up by Alexis Soloski

The second program of "Summer Shorts 2019," at 59E59 Theaters, is a patchy evening including a contribution by Neil LaBute.

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At These High-End Dinner Theaters, Classics Come With Crudités by Alexis Soloski

An adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" makes a picnic of pentameter, and decadent dining accompanies William Blake in "The Devouring."

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Men Who Aren't Afraid of Tears by Alexis Soloski

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge grapple with love, grief and vulnerability in "Sea Wall/A Life," paired one-act plays on Broadway.

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Review: In 'Get on Your Knees,' a Comedian Goes There by Alexis Soloski

Jacqueline Novak's show, a stand-up comedy set that inclines toward theater, offers a personal and intellectual history of oral sex.

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Thursday, July 18, 2019

From Russia, With Despair, Self-Loathing and Love by Alexis Soloski

What do two contemporary playwrights have in common with Anton Chekhov? A bunch.

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Review: 2 Women in a Cell, Grasping for Sanity in 'No One Is Forgotten' by Alexis Soloski

This play, a response to the rise in the deaths of journalists, is a reminder that imprisonment can happen to anyone.

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Monday, July 8, 2019

They Didn't Speak for Nearly a Decade. Then They Made a Show About It. by Alexis Soloski

After starring together in "The Last Five Years" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott had a "fracture" in their relationship. How do you set that to music?

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

David Cale Has a New Story to Tell: His Own by Alexis Soloski

In his musical memory play at the Public Theater, he's no longer being indirect about the violence that shaped, and shadowed, his life.

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Review: Criss Angel Goes Broadway, and the Blood and Spiders Follow by Alexis Soloski

What happens when the "Mindfreak" unplugs? A little less gore and a tribute to a magician who came before him. Plus: boob jokes.

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Monday, June 24, 2019

Review: In 'Leap,' a Quarter-Life Crisis Goes On for a Lifetime by Alexis Soloski

Chana Porter's absurdist take on "Peer Gynt" finds a young woman trying on new identities but finding that none quite fit.

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Monday, June 17, 2019

'Oh! Calcutta!' at 50: Still Naked After All These Years by Alexis Soloski

John Lennon and Sam Shepard wrote sketches. The cast was unclothed. And it went on to a two-decade Broadway run. An oral history of one of theater's unlikeliest hits.

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Sunday, June 16, 2019

Review: In 'Pathetic,' a Retelling of Racine, Love Hurts by Alexis Soloski

Julia Jarcho's new play is a squirmy, sinister meditation on female desire, with a whiff of ancient Greece.

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Saturday, June 15, 2019

The Secret Life of Bees review " sweet, buzzy musical is one to watch by Alexis Soloski

Linda Gross Theater at the Atlantic Theater Company, New York The latest from Spring Awakening's Duncan Sheik is a lush and emotionally impactful production with a smart book from Pulitzer p…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Michelle Wolf: 'My new period joke is for men " and they love it' by Alexis Soloski

The upfront standup took down Trump with a blistering routine at the White House correspondents' dinner. But she won't joke about him again Here are some things the comedian Michelle Wolf wo…

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Monday, June 10, 2019

Why this year's Tony awards lacked that Broadway magic by Alexis Soloski

With most of the awards landing in predictable hands and a host who failed to add the requisite pizzazz, the annual Broadway love-in felt rather flat The 2019 Tony awards began with James Co…

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Monday, June 3, 2019

Review: 'Nomad Motel,' a Play With Vacancies by Alexis Soloski

In this untidy but often poignant drama, Carla Ching brings together the young and the rootless in Southern California.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Bernadette Peters: 'Every role I've played, I've thought " that's me!' by Alexis Soloski

The Broadway powerhouse talks about trusting Sondheim, hearing others sing her songs and waiting to be taken seriously Cafe Luxembourg, the closet-sized New York bistro Bernadette Peters cho…

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Monday, May 27, 2019

Bronx Gothic: one woman shaking oppression to the core by Alexis Soloski

Assaulting the audience with its 'twerking gone wrong', Okwui Okpokwasili's dance-theatre hybrid draws on difficult memories of her childhood Okwui Okpokwasili wants to shake you. Up and dow…

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Review: In 'Lunch Bunch,' You Are What Eats You by Alexis Soloski

Sarah Einspanier's play centers on beleaguered public defenders trying to find ways to nourish themselves and maybe one another.

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3 Days in a Van With a Shakespeare Troupe. Daggers and Dunkin' Donuts. by Alexis Soloski

The intrepid young actors from Shakespeare & Company perform on a four month tour, not unlike the traveling players from Elizabethan times.

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Friday, May 17, 2019

How Annette Bening Puts It All Onstage. But Keeps Something for Herself. by Alexis Soloski

The film star is nominated for a Tony for "All My Sons," a play with which she has a personal connection.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Critic's Pick: Review: A Rollicking Trek 'Around the World in 80 Days' by Alexis Soloski

Laura Eason's adaptation of the Jules Verne novel is a reminder of how to make stage magic from simple elements.

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Sunday, May 5, 2019

Review: In 'Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,' No Happily Ever After by Alexis Soloski

The Ensemble for the Romantic Century's production synthesizes dramatic narrative with chamber music and some fantastic puppetry.

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