Email Author Alexis Soloski

2013 Stories by Alexis Soloski

• Not What Happened: A Meditation on Truth and Historical Accuracy

  published October 2, 2013

  Provocations don't come much gentler than Ain Gordon's Not What Happened, which concluded a brief run at BAM's Next Wave Festival. A... More >>

• Deceptive Practices: The Glass Menagerie's Poignant Con Game

  published October 2, 2013

  The theater is a swindle, an exercise in sham. Every play operates on principles of treachery: Flimsy set pieces substitute for solid spaces;... More >>

• Arguendo Is Full of Supremely Naughty Charm

  published September 25, 2013

  Who knew Supreme Court justices have such complicated, libidinous inner lives? Anthony Kennedy muses on adults-only car washes. Sandra Day... More >>

• Tragic Lovers Get Teenage Kicks in Romeo and Juliet Revival

  published September 25, 2013

  The ardor animating the latest Romeo and Juliet seems less the marriage of true minds than the commingling of hot bods. In David... More >>

• Ring Tone: Fetch Clay, Make Man

  published September 18, 2013

  In 1969, during his exile from boxing, Muhammad Ali starred in a Broadway musical, Buck White. A tuneful spoof of the black power... More >>

• Fall Arts Guide: Family Drama

  published September 4, 2013

  Not a lot happens in the Apple Family plays. In each of Richard Nelson's four dramas, the Apples (three sisters, one brother, an uncle, a... More >>

• Theater Fall Picks 2013

  published September 4, 2013

  The Machine Performances begin September 4 You might think that observing a chess match has all the spectatorial... More >>

• Blind Dreamers

  published August 14, 2013

  The choreographer and ballet director Pina Bausch died four years ago, but her influence remains undimmed. Serious Play! Theatre Ensemble is the... More >>

• The Wonderful Remix of OZ

  published August 14, 2013

  L. Frank Baum wrote more than 14 books in the Oz series, but subsequent adaptors keep on returning to the original. This latest version, by... More >>

• Gay Camp

  published August 14, 2013

  Those who missed this ensemble musical when it played last summer’s Fringe now have the chance for s’more. Philip Mutz and Susan-Kate... More >>

• Kings

  published August 14, 2013

  Graffiti today doesn’t rise to the colorfully epidemic proportions of past decades, but extralegal spray painting remains a popular pastime.... More >>

• Cheaters Club

  published August 14, 2013

  A fine romance? Not exactly. The second show of the Amoralists summer season (following Rantoul and Die) also concerns a pair of unhappy... More >>

• Back to School Listings

  published August 7, 2013

  Art You could see a movie. You could overspend at a trendy restaurant. You could take in a Broadway show. But if you're looking for a... More >>

• The King's Whore: The Anne Boleyn Story

  published July 31, 2013

  While excitement over the royal baby swirls, it’s instructive to remember earlier fervors. Helpfully, Rob Santana’s play offers a... More >>

• The Designated Mourner: Wallace Shawn's Rites and Wrongs

  published July 24, 2013

  Wallace Shawn is a dangerous man. If he confronted you in some darkened alley you might feel more inclined to giggle than cower, but don't let... More >>

• Second Stage Plays the Dating Game With Nobody Loves You

  published July 24, 2013

  Nobody Loves You, the musical comedy now running at Second Stage, is the theatrical equivalent of the watermelon martini: jokey, overly sweet,... More >>

• Exodus Code: Advice for Wanderers

  published July 24, 2013

  It’s been a while since the stars of Yiddish vaudeville enlivened nights on the Lower East Side. But America-in-Play revives that bygone era... More >>

• Crossing Verrazano

  published July 24, 2013

  The Nuyorican Poet’s Café is best known for its poetry slams and banana pudding, but it is also a home for emerging theater artists.... More >>

• THE ARTIST

  published July 24, 2013

  Let’s hope Jeannette Bayardelle’s dressing room comes replete with throat lozenges, energy drinks, and maybe the occasional B-12 shot.... More >>

• Harbor

  published July 24, 2013

  While some theaters have yet to announce their fall season, Primary Stages will kick off theirs before the first leaf plummets. They’ll... More >>

• Hearts and Mines: Love Is a Supertitled Battlefield at the Lincoln Center Festival

  published July 17, 2013

  Amid the scorch and swelter of July, the Lincoln Center Festival offers two plays devoted to desires chill and cruel. In Complicite's... More >>

• Damon Albarn Deploys Gorillaz Tactics in Monkey: Journey to the West

  published July 10, 2013

  Recently, the Lincoln Center Festival sent factions of publicists to Flushing malls and indie comedy venues, attempting to draw both... More >>

• WILLY LOMAN 2.0

  published July 10, 2013

  Attention must be paid. And the experimental company 600 Highwaymen 
makes paying it pretty easy with this innovative riff on Arthur... More >>

• #Coriolanus

  published July 10, 2013

  Shakespeare isn’t often a trending topic on Twitter (well, not unless Richard III suddenly shows up in an English car park), but Theater in... More >>

• 4Chambers

  published July 10, 2013

  With its lush lawns, decaying, and abandoned houses, Governor’s Island can feel like a performance installation even before the first actor... More >>