Email Author Alexis Soloski

2013 Stories by Alexis Soloski

• Automata for the People

  published February 6, 2013

  Autograph seekers: Ready your pens. New stars have been born. Or soldered, maybe. Meet Takeo and Mimoko, each a Robovie R3. With a couple of... More >>

• Baal Buster

  published February 6, 2013

  Ethan Hawke allures even in filthy leather pants and a ridiculous dye job. This is no mean feat. He stars in Clive as the titular... More >>

• Ramblin' Man

  published February 6, 2013

  When was the last time a tortilla chip led you to a discourse on ontology? As Robert (Noah Robbins), an antic teenager, loiters at a bus stop... More >>

• AMERICAN TRAGEDY

  published January 30, 2013

  It’s been 15 years since Matthew Shepard was beaten, bound to a fence, and left to die on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. Just a few... More >>

• DIVINE SPIRIT

  published January 30, 2013

  “There must be happy endings. Must, must, must!” So concludes Bertolt Brecht’s 1943 Good Person of Szechwan, and while we... More >>

• Working on a Special Day's Chalk and Talk

  published January 23, 2013

  Whatever their Off-Broadway salaries are, actors Ana Graham and Antonio Vega earn them. Not only do they perform Working on a Special... More >>

• Turkey Cock, Frankenstein, and Fur Hats: Welcome to Avant-Garde Festival January

  published January 16, 2013

  Remember when January used to be cold? And theatrically moribund? A chill time to hunker down near the radiator and scoff leftover fruitcake?... More >>

• DARK SECRETS

  published January 16, 2013

  Typically, the post-holiday slowdown leaves most of us feeling glum rather than angry. Not so writer and Broadway vet (Spamalot, Cabaret, Titanic)... More >>

• STAGE TRACKER

  published January 9, 2013

  It’s all Chinese to us. And Australian, Belarusian, Hungarian, Japanese, Iranian, and yes, a little American, too. This year’s Under... More >>

• LOST AND FOUND

  published January 9, 2013

  When last we saw playwright Erin Courtney, she was taking home an Obie for A Map of Virtue, a horror story at once compassionate and pitiless, for... More >>

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  Education Supplement: Education Listings

  published January 2, 2013

  Theater and Performing Arts With festivals, podcasts, slams, and the dauntless popularity of late nights at the local bar, storytelling... More >>

• Half Straddle Wants to Bring You Some Really Weird Girl Magic

  published January 2, 2013

  The difference between a play rehearsal and a slumber party has never seemed slighter than on a recent afternoon at Triskelion Arts in... More >>

• STRINGS ATTACHED

  published January 2, 2013

  Descriptions of Dmitry Krymov Lab’s Opus No. 7, which begins performances January 9 at St. Ann’s Warehouse in association with Moscow... More >>