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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Ramin Karimloo: The Body That Jean Valjean Made by Jack Smart

Time to hit the gym! The Tony-nominated matinee idol works up a sweat to show Broadway Style Guide how Les Misérables transformed his attitude toward fitness, his acting technique, and …

SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 04:37PM

Monday, February 9, 2015

Which Spirit Is Moving Her, Exactly? by Jack Smart

Magic invades the everyday in Little Children Dream of God — Some demons are imaginary and some of them are real, and during a climactic moment in Little Children Dream of God, they al…

SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM

Monday, December 15, 2014

Your Holiday Gift Guide: Theatre Books by Jack Smart

Got a theatre fanatic in the family? Or a friend looking for a good read? Theatre books make perfect stocking stuffers, providing readers a lasting memento of an inherently ephemeral art for…

SOURCE: TDF at 03:05PM

Monday, November 3, 2014

Turning an Elevator into an Entire World by Jack Smart

In Walter Mosley’s play Lift, drama unfolds in the tiniest space — Two days into rehearsals for Lift at 59E59, director John Marshall III got stuck in an elevator. Most people en…

SOURCE: TDF at 09:15AM

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Fanmail: “If/Then” Star LaChanze As Theatre Gateway Drug by Jack Smart

Welcome to Fanmail, our tributes to theatre artists we admire — As a small white boy from Honolulu, I always had difficulty explaining my obsession with The Color Purple. I suppose it star…

SOURCE: TDF at 02:24PM

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Who’s In Charge of the Giant Bubble? by Jack Smart

Behind the dazzling effects of Fuerza Bruta Wayra — For performance art junkies and thrill-seekers alike, Fuerza Bruta WAYRA offers a breathtaking array of multi-sensory spectacles not…

SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM

Thursday, July 24, 2014

What are your favorite “guilty pleasure” shows? by Jack Smart

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get super enthusiastic about things. This week, Stages contributor Jack Smart geeks out (via Google doc) with Nate Silver, Managing Director…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:22PM

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Muslims, Shakespeare, and Marriage by Jack Smart

Inside the new play from Pulitzer winner Ayad Akhtar — Ayad Akhtar got the idea for his new play in the back of a taxi cab. An advertisement for Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter’s music…

SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Did This Play Predict the Future? by Jack Smart

20 years later, Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire seems eerily prescient about America — When Jon Robin Baitz sat down in 1991 to write a play about the demise of books and…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:49AM

Thursday, March 27, 2014

How True Should This Autobiography Be? by Jack Smart

The new musical A Second Chance carefully balances fact and fiction — Faced with the task of turning autobiography into theatre, a director constantly walks a tightrope. Lean too far t…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:11AM

Friday, March 7, 2014

57 Plays in 100 Minutes by Jack Smart

In Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, 15 actors star in 57 shorts — The lights rise on a wall of grass and two suspended actors, arms resting behind their heads as if they&#…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:17AM

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