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Thursday, December 3, 2015

China Doll review " Mamet and Pacino's troubled two-hander falls flat by Alexis Soloski

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New YorkAl Pacino's querulous lion routine pulls in the crowd but he's doomed to repeat the same old shtick in Mamet's lacklustre Broadway transferDavid Mamet's Ch…

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Jennifer Hudson, Without a Safety Net, Prepares for 'The Color Purple' by Alexis Soloski

The singer and actress will appear on Broadway for the first time in this stripped-down version of the musical.

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Review: In 'Gluten!' the Fashion Is in the Hazmat Suits by Alexis Soloski

This dystopian comedy by Stephen Kaliski at 59E59 Theaters follows a couple apartment hunting after half the population has died from environmental toxicity.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in 'Once Upon a Mattress' by Alexis Soloski

The actress, known for her tart comebacks and acerbic perspective, steps into her first lead role, as Princess Winnifred in a revival of "Once Upon a Mattress."

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Important Hats of the Twentieth Century review " cap doesn't quite fit by Alexis Soloski

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City CenterYou'll take your hat off to the concept " a time-travelling fashion designer " but the execution is less impressive in this zany but uneven come…

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Lois Smith's Year of Working Constantly by Alexis Soloski

A professional actress since 1952, Ms. Smith has never been busier, now coming to Playwrights Horizons in the futuristic "Marjorie Prime."

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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

George Takei: 'So many people don't know this chapter of American history' by Alexis Soloski

The Star Trek actor debuts on Broadway in Allegiance, a new play about Japanese Americans placed in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl HarborGeorge Takei is still best known for pla…

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom review " Joel Schumacher's dystopian gaming drama by Alexis Soloski

Flea Theater, New YorkThe blockbuster director goes low-budget to take on Jennifer Haley's vision of gaming gone wrong, which remains more sensational than it is complexWhat has the internet…

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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Misery review " Bruce Willis seems aloof in stage chiller with little suspense by Alexis Soloski

Broadhurst Theatre, New YorkActor appears to inhabit a different world from co-star Laurie Metcalf in adaptation of Stephen King novelImmensely successful as an advertisement for the worst b…

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Incident at Vichy review: a dignified revival of Arthur Miller drama by Alexis Soloski

Signature Theater, New YorkDirector Michael Wilson stays faithful to pessimistic stage rendition set during second world war " even though it may not be one of playwright's best worksThe dir…

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

A View from the Bridge review " Miller reinvented with visceral power by Alexis Soloski

Lyceum Theatre, New YorkDirector Ivo van Hove delivers a thrillingly claustrophobic version of Arthur Miller's classic, with an extraordinary performance by Mark Strong as a man who has beco…

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Henry IV review " all-female Shakespeare play thrills and frustrates by Alexis Soloski

St Ann's Warehouse, New YorkHarriet Walter is authoritative as the king, and it's wonderful to hear Shakespeare's words performed by women, but the prison setting muddles the playSt Ann's Wa…

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When a star doesn't know the script, send for the earpiece by Alexis Soloski

China Doll will open two weeks late, with Al Pacino reportedly using an earpiece to feed him lines " and he wouldn't be the first star to need technical assistanceIn Misery, the Broadway ada…

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Review: In 'The Bachelors,' Three Men Are Mired in Frat-Boy Misogyny by Alexis Soloski

Caroline V. McGraw's dark comedy is set in a former fraternity house whose denizens work for a living but otherwise behave in disconcerting ways.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Review: With 'Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery,' Lloyd Suh Takes on a Legacy by Alexis Soloski

This play is adapted from "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," Agatha Christie's first Hercule Poirot novel.

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A Visit to the Strange, Secretive World of David Bowie's 'Lazarus' by Alexis Soloski

The Belgian director Ivo van Hove, Michael C. Hall and Cristin Milioti talk, and avoid talking about, this new musical.

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Monday, November 9, 2015

Review: In 'tiger tiger,' a Quest for Answers in a Mauling by Alexis Soloski

Jessica Almasy's play, at Dixon Place, shifts from an interview with a guilty tiger to a look at the teenagers who survived an attack.

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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Allegiance review: George Takei can't save Broadway's mediocre pledge by Alexis Soloski

Musical revisits an important and shameful past of the internment of Japanese Americans but story on stage fails to deliver distinctive and rich performances The forced internment of 120,000…

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

On Your Feet! review " the rhythm is gonna get you, eventually by Alexis Soloski

Marquis Theatre, New York… but before you get to that stage you have to negotiate the Gloria Estefan musical's gold lamé costumes, a cringeworthy conga and a very bad wigIs the rhythm goi…

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Review: In 'Fight or Flight,' Whine, Women and Songwriter by Alexis Soloski

The French film actor Mathieu Amalric makes his American stage debut in this play adapted from an Éric Reinhardt novel.

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Equality, Then What? New Plays Explore Modern Gay Life by Alexis Soloski

Several works explore topics concerning domesticity rather than the fight for marriage and other rights.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Ann Dowd, a Late Arrival Worth the Wait by Alexis Soloski

The actress, now starring in "Night Is a Room" at the Signature Theater, has seen her career prosper in her mid-50s.

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

King Charles III review " provocative drama tells a 'future history' by Alexis Soloski

Music Box Theatre, New YorkTim Pigott-Smith is in regal form as the future British monarch in a play that speculates " in blank verse " on what might happen when he ascends the throneMembers…

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Review: In 'The Exalted,' Puzzling Stories Inspired by a Rich Life Cut Short by Alexis Soloski

This mix of performance art and music at the BAM Next Wave Festival recounts the life of a German Jewish art historian who committed suicide while fleeing the Nazis.

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Thérèse Raquin review " Keira Knightley languishes in lugubrious dud by Alexis Soloski

Studio 54, New YorkIt's a torrid tale of murder and sexual obsession " but you wouldn't know it from this damp production, Knightley's Broadway debut, which alternately inspires yawns and gi…

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Sylvia review " Annaleigh Ashford excels in canine comedy by Alexis Soloski

Cort Theater, New YorkAR Gurney play about a middle-aged man who falls in love with a mutt might be a shaggy dog story, but Matthew Broderick and his co-star make it sing " or howlWill someo…

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Before Your Very Eyes review " young cast live and die in 70 minutes by Alexis Soloski

The Public Theatre, New YorkEnglish-German collective Gob Squad present innovative show in which a clutch of teens and tweens interact with their younger selves and imagine their futuresKids…

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Review: Luxury Travel With the Big Apple Circus by Alexis Soloski

This year's circus theme at Lincoln Center is "The Grand Tour," setting off with the help of the physical-theater troupe Parallel Exit.

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Review: With 'Big Outdoor Site-Specific Stuff,' Theater in Unlikely Locales by Alexis Soloski

"BOSSS" is an attempt to dip a toe back into the rippling waters of environmental staging, this time at Hudson River Park.

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Review: In 'Student Body,' Sex, a Video and a Moral Quandary by Alexis Soloski

This play at the Flea Theater is a variation on "12 Angry Men" as rendered by 10 perplexed undergrads.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Review: In 'The Honeycomb Trilogy,' a Family Confronts Invading Apian Overlords by Alexis Soloski

Mac Rogers's sci-fi trilogy at the Gym at Judson depicts a struggle between humans and alien insectoids through the lens of one Florida household.

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Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off