Sightlines tag:blogs.villagevoice.com,2011:/sightlines//110 /img/atom_logo.png 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z multi-user blog anchored by Alexis Soloski Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en Voice Lessons tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66442 2007-08-24 09:24:07 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Enjoy the show...or else: Orientarhythm This week in the Village Voice Theater Section: Michael Feingold contemplates links between violence in the larger world and contemporary drama. I spen... Alexis Soloski Enjoy the show...or else: Orientarhythm This week in the Village Voice Theater Section: Michael Feingold contemplates links between violence in the larger world and contemporary drama. I spen...

Continue reading "Voice Lessons" > ]]> 0 8 Plays a Week tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66441 2007-08-24 09:18:33 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z The Knee Plays: Fair Game I'll be away this weekend, in Saratoga for the races. But last night I managed to catch September 12th at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and also a performance of La Vie at ... Alexis Soloski The Knee Plays: Fair Game I'll be away this weekend, in Saratoga for the races. But last night I managed to catch September 12th at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and also a performance of La Vie at ...

Continue reading "8 Plays a Week" > ]]> 0 Monster Mash tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66440 2007-08-23 13:34:01 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z The new face of musical theater We've snuck a sneak peak at the P.S.122 fall season and are particularly excited about an appearance by hipster rockers Japanther who will present a new work fe... Alexis Soloski The new face of musical theater We've snuck a sneak peak at the P.S.122 fall season and are particularly excited about an appearance by hipster rockers Japanther who will present a new work fe...

Continue reading "Monster Mash" > ]]> 0 Long Live the Queen tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66439 2007-08-23 13:20:51 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Casting Kohl Just received an email that Christine Baranski has had to withdraw from this spring's production of Antony and Cleopatra at Theater for a new Audience. Scheduling conflicts are bla... Alexis Soloski Casting Kohl Just received an email that Christine Baranski has had to withdraw from this spring's production of Antony and Cleopatra at Theater for a new Audience. Scheduling conflicts are bla...

Continue reading "Long Live the Queen" > ]]> 0 Exchange Rate tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66438 2007-08-21 21:21:41 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Orlando Bloom: perhaps he'd sell more tickets sans moustache? Earlier tonight I mused on the panoply of screen faves destined for Broadway stages this fall. Just read Matt Wolf's quick post in ... Alexis Soloski Orlando Bloom: perhaps he'd sell more tickets sans moustache? Earlier tonight I mused on the panoply of screen faves destined for Broadway stages this fall. Just read Matt Wolf's quick post in ...

Continue reading "Exchange Rate" > ]]> 0 Evening Stars tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66437 2007-08-21 21:10:27 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Kevin Kline: Rhinoplasty candidate? Hollywood names will make quite a few appearances on Broadway this fall. Following recent announcements about Claire Danes's turn in Pygmalion and Jake Gylle... Alexis Soloski Kevin Kline: Rhinoplasty candidate? Hollywood names will make quite a few appearances on Broadway this fall. Following recent announcements about Claire Danes's turn in Pygmalion and Jake Gylle...

Continue reading "Evening Stars" > ]]> 0 Poster Children tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66436 2007-08-20 13:59:34 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z A dazzler Over at the Playgoer, occasional Voice critic Garrett Eisler has launched a new feature, highlighting favorite theater posters. Email him "a jpg of a poster for a theatrical productio... Alexis Soloski A dazzler Over at the Playgoer, occasional Voice critic Garrett Eisler has launched a new feature, highlighting favorite theater posters. Email him "a jpg of a poster for a theatrical productio...

Continue reading "Poster Children" > ]]> 0 Best of Fest: Fringe Round-ups tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66435 2007-08-20 13:44:12 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Fringe, here's to ya' The Fringe round-ups are trickling in; mine should be online Tuesday afternoon. In the Times, Ginia Bellafante attends a handful of shows and finds Bucharest Calling and T... Alexis Soloski Fringe, here's to ya' The Fringe round-ups are trickling in; mine should be online Tuesday afternoon. In the Times, Ginia Bellafante attends a handful of shows and finds Bucharest Calling and T...

Continue reading "Best of Fest: Fringe Round-ups" > ]]> 0 8 Plays a Week tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66434 2007-08-16 12:38:53 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Life is a Dream: The Delacorte Am spending this weekend in San Francisco for a wedding and the following one in Saratoga playing the ponies, but will try to sneak a little theatergoing into my ... Alexis Soloski Life is a Dream: The Delacorte Am spending this weekend in San Francisco for a wedding and the following one in Saratoga playing the ponies, but will try to sneak a little theatergoing into my ...

Continue reading "8 Plays a Week" > ]]> 0 Voice Lessons tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66433 2007-08-16 12:32:35 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z String Theory: Opus This Week in the Village Voice Theater section: Michael Feingold offers an appreciation of Ingmar Bergman, focusing on both his films and his theatrical work, a major aspec... Alexis Soloski String Theory: Opus This Week in the Village Voice Theater section: Michael Feingold offers an appreciation of Ingmar Bergman, focusing on both his films and his theatrical work, a major aspec...

Continue reading "Voice Lessons" > ]]> 0 Not Offending the Audience: TFANA tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66432 2007-08-15 15:54:50 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z How you Behn? Oroonoko author Aphra Just received the season preview for Theater for a New Audience, a typically robust mix of newer works (Biyi Bandele's adpatation of Oroonoko) and Shakespear... Alexis Soloski How you Behn? Oroonoko author Aphra Just received the season preview for Theater for a New Audience, a typically robust mix of newer works (Biyi Bandele's adpatation of Oroonoko) and Shakespear...

Continue reading "Not Offending the Audience: TFANA" > ]]> 0 Play in the Drawer: Victor Lodato tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66431 2007-08-15 15:47:57 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Look inside... Welcome to another installment of Play in the Drawer, featuring the New Dramatists. This week we conclude Victor Lodato's Motherhouse, described as: "Clive arrives at the house o... Alexis Soloski Look inside... Welcome to another installment of Play in the Drawer, featuring the New Dramatists. This week we conclude Victor Lodato's Motherhouse, described as: "Clive arrives at the house o...

Continue reading "Play in the Drawer: Victor Lodato" > ]]> 0 Whither the West End? tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66430 2007-08-14 19:23:04 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Panic on the streets of London Apparently the British are not immune to the annual impulse toward running articles pronouncing theater in its death throes. We're quite accustomed to stories abo... Alexis Soloski Panic on the streets of London Apparently the British are not immune to the annual impulse toward running articles pronouncing theater in its death throes. We're quite accustomed to stories abo...

Continue reading "Whither the West End?" > ]]> 0 The Swell of Loneliness: Beebo Brinker tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66429 2007-08-14 18:52:01 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Here, on the street where you live... Continuing to peruse the releases for upcoming fall shows, I was very pleased to see this production of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by the Hourglass Group... Alexis Soloski Here, on the street where you live... Continuing to peruse the releases for upcoming fall shows, I was very pleased to see this production of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by the Hourglass Group...

Continue reading "The Swell of Loneliness: Beebo Brinker" > ]]> 0 Quick Pick tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66428 2007-08-14 00:48:37 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Represent!: BASH'd Just survived four days of the Fringe. Am footsore and bottomsore and heartily sick of slices (though thanks to Eric Grode for the kathi roll recommendation, yum!), but the d... Alexis Soloski Represent!: BASH'd Just survived four days of the Fringe. Am footsore and bottomsore and heartily sick of slices (though thanks to Eric Grode for the kathi roll recommendation, yum!), but the d...

Continue reading "Quick Pick" > ]]> 0 House Calls tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66427 2007-08-14 00:45:18 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z The Departed Interesting story by Campbell Robertson in the New York Times about the closing of some Off-Broadway theaters. Though it sound familiar notes about the difficulties of trying to ... Alexis Soloski The Departed Interesting story by Campbell Robertson in the New York Times about the closing of some Off-Broadway theaters. Though it sound familiar notes about the difficulties of trying to ...

Continue reading "House Calls" > ]]> 0 Voice Lessons tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66426 2007-08-10 14:03:04 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Divinas Palabras: Feingold thinks it's divine This week in the Village Voice Theater section: Michael Feingold finishes his festive tour of Lincoln Center. He enjoys Spain's Centro Dramático N... Alexis Soloski Divinas Palabras: Feingold thinks it's divine This week in the Village Voice Theater section: Michael Feingold finishes his festive tour of Lincoln Center. He enjoys Spain's Centro Dramático N...

Continue reading "Voice Lessons" > ]]> 0 All About the Hamiltons: Fringe Edition tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66425 2007-08-10 13:57:14 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z All about him As I'll be at the Fringe day and night Friday through Monday and packed lunches tend to wilt in the heat, I'll be eating out a fair amount. As most of the theaters I'm going to ar... Alexis Soloski All about him As I'll be at the Fringe day and night Friday through Monday and packed lunches tend to wilt in the heat, I'll be eating out a fair amount. As most of the theaters I'm going to ar...

Continue reading "All About the Hamiltons: Fringe Edition" > ]]> 0 8 Plays a Week tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66424 2007-08-09 11:26:59 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Straight from the hipster: Williamsburg, the Musical Well, this week it's 15 plays as I prepare to cover the New York Fringe. Sure, I've just written an article discussing the Fringe's rather l... Alexis Soloski Straight from the hipster: Williamsburg, the Musical Well, this week it's 15 plays as I prepare to cover the New York Fringe. Sure, I've just written an article discussing the Fringe's rather l...

Continue reading "8 Plays a Week" > ]]> 0 Play in the Drawer: Victor Lodato tag:mt.laweekly.com,2007:/nyv/sightlines//110.66423 2007-08-09 11:20:25 2007-11-15T22:51:02Z Look inside... Welcome to another installment of Play in the Drawer, featuring the New Dramatists. This week we continue Victor Lodato's Motherhouse, described as: "Clive arrives at the house o... Alexis Soloski Look inside... Welcome to another installment of Play in the Drawer, featuring the New Dramatists. This week we continue Victor Lodato's Motherhouse, described as: "Clive arrives at the house o...

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