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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Permission review - spanking comedy makes its mark by Alexis Soloski

Lucille Lortel Theater, New YorkChristian Domestic Discipline, in which a wife submits to being spanked by her husband, is the subject of a slyly poignant play that packs a wallop Continue r…

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Review: 'Macbeth,' Accelerated, at Public Theater by Alexis Soloski

The Public's Mobile Shakespeare Unit, which usually performs at places like prisons, returns home with its brisk production of Shakespeare's tragedy.

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The Way We Get By review " Neil LaBute's inarticulate characters irritate by Alexis Soloski

Second Stage, New YorkAmanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski star in a morning-after drama where they talk endlessly without saying anything of substance Continue reading...

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Review: Ensemble Studio Theater's '35th Marathon of One-Act Plays' by Alexis Soloski

In just two hours, Series A of the marathon races from Manhattan to Brooklyn, from a port town in Kenya to the capital of Idaho, from the 1950's to right now.

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Review: 'The Flatiron Hex,' a Delirious Tale With Puppets and Ickiness by Alexis Soloski

Created by the puppeteer James Godwin, this show centers on an I.T. expert and shaman trying to protect a city amid a toxic swamp.

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Review: In 'Heartbreak,' Talk Is Complicated by Alexis Soloski

Ariel Stess's play at the Bushwick Starr, centered on the family of a building company owner, abounds in wordplay.

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Safely Costuming 'Permission,' a High-Impact Comedy From Robert Askins by Alexis Soloski

Paloma Young, a Tony Award-winning costume designer, assembled clothing that could cushion the spanks in "Permission," a comedy about spousal corporal punishment.

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Review: 'Major Barbara' at Brave New World Repertory in Brooklyn by Alexis Soloski

George Bernard Shaw's 1905 play pits a Salvation Army officer's "blood and fire" and against her munitions manufacturer father's "money and gunpowder."

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Review: In 'Cool Hand Luke,' the Ultimate Escape by Alexis Soloski

The Godlight Theater Company brings a hero back to life at 59E59 Theaters.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Lydia Leonard Talks About 'Wolf Hall' by Alexis Soloski

The actress, who plays Anne Boleyn in the plays, has been nominated for a Tony for her role.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Review: 'Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag,' by Sibyl Kempson by Alexis Soloski

The inaugural production by Ms. Kempson's company, 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co., is a consideration of how stories are told and who gets to tell them.

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Review: 'The Floatones,' Making Song and Sense of Life and Nonsense by Alexis Soloski

Jim Neu's musical about four characters who form a doo-wop group based on nonattachment.

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Review: 'Six Rounds of Vengeance,' in Vegas, No Actual Boxers Necessary by Alexis Soloski

This Vampire Cowboys show relies on westerns, samurai stories, action movies, blaxploitation flicks and vampire chillers.

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Review: 'Your Blues Ain't Sweet Like Mine' Takes On Race by Alexis Soloski

Ruben Santiago-Hudson's drama, at Two River Theater in New Jersey, is less a play than a poignant, often powerful polemic.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Tony nominations aren't kind to new American plays by Alexis Soloski

British imports dominated the awards announcement, with The Curious Incident or Wolf Hall likely to win best play. But where is Hugh Jackman's nomination? Continue reading...

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Monday, April 27, 2015

Grounded review " Anne Hathaway goes full throttle in one-woman show by Alexis Soloski

The Public theater, New YorkHathaway gives a heightened performance as a drone pilot and director Julie Taymor turns up all the dials, in a chilling play about the effects of killing by remo…

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Review: 'Yokohama Rosa,' With Michiko Godai, at Japan Society by Alexis Soloski

A homeless Japanese woman inspired Ms. Godai's performance in this play.

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Airline Highway review " down and out in New Orleans and on Broadway by Alexis Soloski

Samuel J Friedman theatre, New YorkLisa D'Amour's play about life in a hopeless motel is an orgy of tinsel and beer with no sight of a story Continue reading...

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The Visit review " vengeful Chita Rivera sharpens Kander and Ebb's dark vision by Alexis Soloski

Lyceum theatre, New YorkThis musical treatment of Dürrenmatt's revenge satire has star turns from Rivera and Roger Rees, but a romanticised plot plays weakly beside its macabre twists Conti…

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Something Rotten! review " Shakespeare musical is comfortable but not clever by Alexis Soloski

Though it features a twerking Bard and a song called I Hate Shakespeare, this new comedy about his rival playwrights is too nice to be truly iconoclastic Continue reading...

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Doctor Zhivago review " a mega-musical sprinkled with inadvertent comedy by Alexis Soloski

The Broadway Theater, New YorkMore overblown than overwhelming, this melodramatic musical has minimal impact despite some good songs " and Lara's wig is ridiculous Continue reading...

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Monday, April 20, 2015

Review: In 'Emily Climbs (Machine Méchant),' a Botched Rebirth by Alexis Soloski

"Emily Climbs" seems like a singular story, but it's actually two stories told by three actors playing the same character.

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Fun Home review " Alison Bechdel's childhood trauma revisited with songs by Alexis Soloski

Circle in the Square Theater, New YorkBased on a graphic novel memoir about growing up gay in a funeral home, this smart, sophisticated Broadway musical includes one astonishing performance …

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Review: 'The Tailor of Inverness,' a Father-Son Tale at Brits Off Broadway by Alexis Soloski

In this solo show at 59E59 Theaters, Matthew Zajac returns to Poland to spool back the lost threads of his father's life.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Review: 'Revenge of the Popinjay' at Dixon Place by Alexis Soloski

A killer who has been hacking straight people's arms off is the villain in this Animal Parts production.

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Review: 'Se Llama Cristina,' a Search for Identity, at the Intar Theater by Alexis Soloski

"Se Llama Cristina," by Octavio Solis at the Intar Theater, puts its two main characters through a series of flashbacks to reveal more of their calamitous pasts.

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The King and I review " a glorious Siamese dream by Alexis Soloski

Lincoln Center, New YorkIt takes a while to get to know the saturnine King, but this rapturous revival will have the audience whistling a happy tune Continue reading...

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Hamlet review " Peter Saarsgard plays the Dane for the emoji age by Alexis Soloski

Classic Stage Company, New YorkWith a constantly shifting emotional landscape and little sense of pacing or plot, this Hamlet is hard work Continue reading...

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Finding Neverland review " Gary Barlow's dull songs sink muddled show by Alexis Soloski

Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New YorkHarvey Weinstein has spent millions trying to make a film about Peter Pan's author fly on stage " but though the child stars shine, the music is leaden Continu…

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Monday, April 13, 2015

An American in Paris review " Wheeldon's fine, fanciful entertainment by Alexis Soloski

Palace theater, New York CityChristopher Wheeldon's retread of the 1951 musical may falter in its pacing but it's funny and sometimes divineLet's get some uncomfortable truths out of the way…

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Review: In 'Ludic Proxy,' a Blur of Actual and Virtual Reality by Alexis Soloski

The drama, written and directed by Aya Ogawa for the Play Company, shows how the simulated can adjoin, infuse or ultimately replace the actual.

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