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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

In Season 3 of ‘Only Murders,’ the Show, and the Deaths, Went On by Alexis Soloski

Tuesday’s finale of “Only Murders in the Building” wrapped a season that was a love letter to Broadway musicals, not least because it was a little silly.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Something for Everyone, Even Cannibals, at the Philadelphia Fringe by Alexis Soloski

The festival presents a violent Shakespearean interaction with fruit, dance for neurodiverse and neurotypical audiences and showers of (play) money.

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

In ‘The Refuge Plays,’ Nicole Ari Parker Comes Home by Alexis Soloski

“What the theater gives me is the feeling that I’m using everything,” the actress said of returning to the stage after a decade away.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall by Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski, Brittani Samuel and Rhoda Feng

We spoke with two actors and two playwrights who will be in the spotlight this season.

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Friday, September 8, 2023

Rachel Bloom Enjoys the Ride by Alexis Soloski

The writer and actress visits Coney Island as the New York leg of “Death, Let Me Do My Show” arrives Off Broadway.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad Tackle Another Book (Not Mormon) by Alexis Soloski

Twelve years after opening “The Book of Mormon,” the two actors — and good friends — return with “Gutenberg! The Musical!”

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Feminist Stories Are Being Set to a Pop Beat. But Are They Empowering? by Alexis Soloski

Our critics debate how well shows like “Six,” “& Juliet” and “Once Upon a One More Time” engage with the inner worlds of women onstage.

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Monday, August 21, 2023

‘El Mago Pop’ Review: Antonio Díaz’s Magic Show Is Charming by Alexis Soloski

In his Broadway debut, the illusionist Antonio Díaz does levitation and teleportation. But it’s simple tricks, with cards and balls, that really wow.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

In ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ the Theater of War Is a Comedy by Alexis Soloski

How a theater collective transformed the too-weird-to-be-true story of a World War II counterintelligence scheme into a West End musical with heart.

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Friday, July 14, 2023

Movie Stars and Broadway Veterans Share Theater Camp Memories by Alexis Soloski

In honor of “Theater Camp,” a new movie about a fictional sleepaway site, we asked Broadway veterans and movie stars for their favorite camp memories.

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Friday, June 30, 2023

‘The Democracy Project’ Brings Drama to Federal Hall by Alexis Soloski

In a show staged in Federal Hall, five prominent playwrights tell the story of the site of significant events in the country’s founding, without glossing over the uglier parts.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

In ‘A Simulacrum,’ Steve Cuiffo Has Nothing Up His Sleeves by Alexis Soloski

The magician worked with the playwright Lucas Hnath to create “a more vulnerable version of magic performance,” Hnath said.

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Monday, June 19, 2023

In NYC, an Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Takes You Back in Time by Alexis Soloski

The theatrical performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, opening this month at the Park Central Hotel, is the latest in a very long, heavily sequined line of “Gatsby” adaptation…

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

William Jackson Harper Needed to Do ‘Primary Trust’ by Alexis Soloski

The longtime New York actor explains why his character in Eboni Booth’s play about a lonely bookstore worker is closer to him than any other he’s taken on.

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski and Sarah Bahr

With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

For the Under the Radar Festival, the Experiment is Over for Now by Alexis Soloski

“It wasn’t a choice I would have made,” said Mark Russell, whose festival of experimental work will no longer be produced by the Public Theater.

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Monday, May 15, 2023

Review: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ That Clowns Around With Tragedy by Alexis Soloski

Directed by Hansol Jung and Dustin Wills, this sportive, vividly acted production fails to make a convincing case for its new gags and directorial flights.

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Review: At ‘Tartuffe’ in the Park, Hypocrisy Is No Picnic by Alexis Soloski

The 17th-century play, staged by the theater company Molière in the Park, skewers those who preach morality yet practice anything but.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together by Alexis Soloski

The musical comedy savant is a Tony nominee for playing Mrs. Lovett, a pie maker with an unusually gruesome recipe hack. “I can’t judge her. I just have to love her,” she said.

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Friday, May 5, 2023

Review: In ‘Dimanche,’ a Climate Emergency Comes to Stay by Alexis Soloski

Tornadoes whoosh dinner from the table and a shark swims through a flooded living room in a clown show that brings the environmental crisis home.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Jodie Comer on Her Tony Nomination: It ‘Has to Mean More Than Just Me’ by Alexis Soloski

The actress said she hopes that the play continues to generate discussions around sexual assault and said the response so far has been “beautiful.”

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Tony Nomination Snubs and Surprises: Rachel Brosnahan, ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ and ‘& Juliet’ by Scott Heller and Alexis Soloski

Tony nominators singled out new faces and set up fascinating face-offs, but missed the chance to recognize a Native American breakthrough.

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ Review: Wielding His Trusty Kitchen Tools by Alexis Soloski

With a 17th-century grocer as its hero, Red Bull Theater and Fiasco stage a 400-year-old comedy that’s both a satire of the theater and a valentine to it.

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Monday, April 17, 2023

‘Like a Romance’: Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht’s Spring Fling Onstage by Alexis Soloski

In David Auburn’s new play, “Summer, 1976,” the actresses play unlikely friends whose relationship has the intensity of a love affair.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

‘The Phantom of the Opera’: Thinking of a Spectacle Fondly by Joshua Barone, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

As the longest-running musical in Broadway history closes, Times critics with a lasting affection for the show take stock of its legacy.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Finds Her Light by Alexis Soloski

The one-woman show, coming to Broadway, is the “Killing Eve” star’s first stage role. She dared herself to do it.

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

Review: In ‘The Wife of Willesden,’ a Literary Marriage Falters by Alexis Soloski

Zadie Smith brings her first play, an adaptation of Chaucer’s the Wife of Bath tale, to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

‘Life of Pi’ Review: A Boy and a Tiger, Burning Brightly by Alexis Soloski

Human ingenuity and animal grace course through this rich, inventive play about difficult choices and the stories we tell to make sense of them.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

In This ‘Peter Pan,’ Something Always Goes Awry. That’s the Plan. by Alexis Soloski

Broadway’s slapstick comedy “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” is full of daring sequences. What does it take? Countless rehearsals (and bruises).

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street review – dazzling Broadway revival by Alexis Soloski

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford play Stephen Sondheim’s murderous Victorian couple in a bold and barnstorming take Despite having worn a beard for much of…

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Friday, March 24, 2023

Review: In ‘Sancocho,’ a Family Crisis Is Cooking by Alexis Soloski

Attention to culinary detail is the best part of this heavily seasoned family drama by Christin Eve Cato at the WP Theater.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic