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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

I’m Gonna Give You A Dramaturgy! Or, What the F*@k is Dramaturgy? by Danielle Feder

If you didn’t figure it out from this post of mine, I’m a dramaturg. But there’s very little discussion of what that actually means on this blog, or mostly anywhere. If you google it, …

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:26AM
Monday, July 28, 2014

Mainstream Musicians Are Theater People, Too by Danielle Feder

Last week, Sara Bareilles did two sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden. I was in attendance, as were countless others from the NMT community (based on the precise accuracy of Twitter …

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:07AM
Monday, July 14, 2014

Own What You Do, Even Before You’re Doing It by Danielle Feder

If your only theatre experience is from school, or if you have no experience at all, at what point can you start to call yourself an actor? A director? A designer? A dramaturg? A producer? W…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:42AM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Can A Closed Show Still Win? A Look at Tony Voting by Danielle Feder

This past season, thirteen new musicals opened on Broadway. Six of them closed before the Tonys, and of those six, only two received any nominations: A Night with Janis Joplin and The Bridge…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:21AM
Friday, May 30, 2014

Endless Development, No Payoff by Danielle Feder

During my History of Musical Theatre class in college, I was surprised by how few key players there were in New York theatre in the earlier half of the 20th century. It struck me how differe…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Genre and Musical Theatre by Danielle Feder

With musicals, there’s an old (and false) belief that they are impossibly cheerful, unrealistic, and frivolous. We all love a screwball comedy meant purely for entertainment, but it takes …

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards