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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Is it time for theatre to leave 'avant garde' behind? by Alexis Soloski

Many of the terms we use to define dramatic success belong in the distant past. How to describe the freshest and most exciting work out there?Once upon a time, the "avant garde" didn't refer…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Pop Goes Dad in Born Bad and Urge for Going by Alexis Soloski

He ain't the man in two new productions

SOURCE: Village Voice at 01:11PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend--Better Off Wed by Alexis Soloski

Is there a comedian cuddlier than Mike Birbiglia? His girth and dress sense suggest a fraternity brother gone to seed, but his pleading eyes and...

SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:55AM[SHARE]

The Tremendous Tremendous Parties Like It's 1939 by Alexis Soloski

The Mad Ones head off to the New York World's Fair

SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:55AM[SHARE]

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Dream of the Burning Boy Feels Teenage Grief by Alexis Soloski

Marked 'Late'"the Roundabout's new high school drama centers on a dead student

SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:47AM[SHARE]

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.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:58PM[SHARE]

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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