Email Author Alexis Soloski

2009 Stories by Alexis Soloski

• HARD BALL

  published November 17, 2009

  If it weren’t for his roles in ensemble films, you might assume that Roger Guenveur Smith does not play well with others. In the theater... More >>

• HOLIDAY ROMANCE

  published November 17, 2009

  With that jolly belly and impressive beard, St. Nick could make quite a hit among bears, though that velvet outfit may be a little much. But... More >>

• Taylor Mac Conjures a Downtown Epic for The Lily's Revenge

  published November 10, 2009

  A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose, Gertrude Stein insisted, but a lily is something else entirely, particularly when embodied by Taylor Mac... More >>

• Heiner Müller Gets the Robert Wilson Treatment in Quartet

  published November 10, 2009

  Over the course of a 40-year career, Robert Wilson's directorial techniques have grown so influential that they now risk appearing outmoded.... More >>

• HOWLING AT THE MOON

  published November 10, 2009

  During this recession, it’s hard enough to keep the wolves from the door, but apparently they are trying to get in at the casements, too.... More >>

• THE WRITE STUFF

  published November 10, 2009

  Three years ago prolific playwright Alan Ayckbourn had a terrible day, suffering a stroke. But he hasn’t let debility interfere with his busy... More >>

• THE RIGHT TRACK

  published November 10, 2009

  Consider riding the rails to the Metropolitan Theater’s revival of Augustin Daly’s archetypal 1967 melodrama, which concludes in a scene... More >>

• DIVINE THEATER

  published November 10, 2009

  While Our Father does not figure in the cast list, the sufficiently divine Kristen Johnston will star in this Mint Theater production of Maurine... More >>

• LAW & ORDER

  published November 10, 2009

  David Mamet and his cast have kept remarkably tight-lipped about the content of this new drama. (In a recent Vogue interview, costar Kerry... More >>

• Halloween Lives on in Americana Kamikaze and The New Electric Ballroom

  published November 3, 2009

  Halloween has passed, but if your appetite for scary stories has not departed with your sugar rush, you might seek out Americana... More >>

• Willem Dafoe Goes to the Birds With Richard Foreman in Idiot Savant

  published October 27, 2009

  Apparently, Richard Foreman's Idiot Savant features insufficient ducks. While Foreman waits for a recent rehearsal to begin, he... More >>

• Class Action Listings

  published October 27, 2009

  Theater and Performing Arts Budding American idols ready to take their singing career to the big time—or, at least, beyond... More >>

• County of Kings Is Tart and Sweet

  published October 20, 2009

  In County of Kings, slam poet Lemon Andersen invites audiences to "watch me take my lemons/and make the best Goddamn lemonade." Andersen... More >>

• Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation

  published October 20, 2009

  In Annie Baker's new play Circle Mirror Transformation, at Playwrights Horizons, Lauren, a shy 16-year-old, approaches Marty, the leader... More >>

• Hanne Tierney's Latest, My Life in a Nutshell

  published October 20, 2009

  Hanne Tierney's puppet play My Life in a Nutshell, at Here, offers lessons in romance and geometry. Her show depicts five angular... More >>

• HOW HEAVENLY

  published October 20, 2009

  If heaven comes equipped with incidental music, one might imagine it features lots of harps—and fewer feedback-heavy electric guitars.... More >>

• LIVING NIGHTMARE

  published October 20, 2009

  Japanese horror originated in Edo period ghost stories. More recently, it has enjoyed inspired various scary movies. Now the multimedia company... More >>

• FOR THE LOVE OF THEATER

  published October 20, 2009

  Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton revive their two-man comedy, an adaptation of Euripides’ Ion and a tribute to the madness and... More >>

• And Promenade! Punchdrunk Makes Its U.S. Debut, Catherine Wheels Brings the Gingerbread to Times Square

  published October 20, 2009

  In the first act of Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis utters the impassioned couplet, “Stars, hide your fires!/Let not light... More >>

• Sickness Grabs Center Stage in Let Me Down Easy and Broke-ology

  published October 13, 2009

  It's a paradox that each of us both has a body and is a body. Those bodies can delight us and surprise us, can pain us and fail... More >>

• SIBLING DRAMA

  published October 13, 2009

  Tarell Alvin McCraney inaugurates a family affair when the Public Theater offers McCraney's complete trilogy of sibling dramas: The Brothers... More >>

• AFROBEAT KING

  published October 13, 2009

  Fela Kuti’s song titles aren’t overly cheerful: “Sorrow Tears & Blood,” “Shuffering and Shmiling,”... More >>

• SLEEPY HOLLOW IN BROOKLYN

  published October 13, 2009

  Brooklyn isn’t nearly as scary a place as it once was, but stroyteller Dan Kitrosser attempts to reverse that trend—and just in time for... More >>

• Megan Riordan's Luck Is a Good Bet

  published October 6, 2009

  "Luck doesn't exist," announces Megan Riordan—a confusing statement, as Luck is the title of Riordan's one-woman show.... More >>

• Imelda Marcus Gets the Ol' Song and Dance at Julia Miles Theater

  published October 6, 2009

  Imelda Marcos's strong will and gaudy outerwear earned her the sobriquet "the steel butterfly." An image of that vivid insect graces the stage... More >>