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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Spring Arts Guide: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark--Pulitzer Winner Lynn Nottage Returns With a New Play by Alexis Soloski

Plus Derek Jacobi, the Shaggs, and other spring theater picks

SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:46AM[SHARE]

The Other Place Plays Head Games by Alexis Soloski

MCC mounts Sharr White's look at brain disease and family

SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:41AM[SHARE]

Thursday, March 31, 2011

When did we stop getting dressed up for the theatre? by Alexis Soloski

Once upon a time, going to the theatre was a sartorial event to rival a film premiere. Now, you're lucky if I even comb my hairWhen I was a little girl, I had a uniform for the theatre of bl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AM[SHARE]

Monday, March 28, 2011

The Living Newspaper: America's rapid-response drama by Alexis Soloski

Documentary plays with an activist bent originated in the 1930s, but The Heretic and Greenland shows they are here to stayI recently spent a week in London. While walking through Hyde Park a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PM[SHARE]

Thursday, March 10, 2011

A Lost Shakespeare? It's a Mystery by Alexis Soloski

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 Shakespeare and John Fletcher.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:11PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Unhappily ever after: theatre weddings can drive you away from the altar by Alexis Soloski

If I listened to every piece of advice I got from watching plays about marriage, I'd probably never marry my fianceCaroline Bishop may have suggested on this blog yesterday that getting wed …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AM[SHARE]

Friday, January 28, 2011

No actors. Just robots. Call this a play? by Alexis Soloski

Charming, engaging and they even told jokes ... how two machines made me re-program the way I think about live theatreWhen I was a student, professors would often begin a course on theatre h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM[SHARE]

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Cyborgs Onstage, Robots in the Wings by Alexis Soloski

Science fiction, long the province of films and novels, has been turning up a lot lately in theaters.

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

In pursuit of US theatre's past perfect by Alexis Soloski

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?"Anybody can m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Full of promise but no prizes: women playwrights suffer for their age | Alexis Soloski by Alexis Soloski

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?The playwright Wendy Wasserstein had some tart…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:14AM[SHARE]

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