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Solo artist Ben Rimalower uses his lifelong financial problems for laughs and insight in Bad with Money — In the age of oversharing in life and online, it’s not surprising that m…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMTwo new immersive shows at the Park Avenue Armory appeal to grown-ups as much as children — I’ve been taking my nine-year-old to stage shows since before she could talk. (Access …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:08PMInspired by our recent Geek Out/Freak Out, TDF Stages readers sound off about the iconic stage performances they wish they could go back in time to see — While hardcore theatre fans of…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:57PMSylvester’s incredible life story becomes an Off-Broadway musical — Sylvester is one of history’s most fabulous pop stars. Back in the ’70s, the flamboyant diva score…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMKathleen Chalfant puts a feminine stamp on a traditionally male role in A Walk in the Woods — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their ro…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMCircus Amok’s latest show marks 25 years of public fun (with a message) — When my then-three-year-old first saw Jennifer Miller, she blurted out, “You’re a girl with …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMSamantha Soule is one of two people playing her character in And I and Silence — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles Crafting a …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:44AMWhy the men in Pageant are sincerely playing women — Though the Off-Broadway musical comedy Pageant could be described as a beauty contest with drag queens, you should banish all image…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:49PMPuppet Shakespeare Players turn Titus Andronicus into Comedy Drunk Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, the Accidental Shakespeare Company: the Bard’s plays are constantly be…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMRaven Snook on Kinky Boots, Taylor Mac, and drag for kids — Last year, after also seeing Matilda, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and the revival of Annie, my then-seven-yea…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMEverett Quinton finally plays another shady lady — Although the Peccadillo Theater Company’s new comedy Drop Dead Perfect sends up a wide range of American cultural touchstones&#…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:37PMWelcome to Fanmail, our tributes to theatre artists we admire — I heard Annie Golden’s voice before I ever saw her. Her song “Hang Up the Phone”—a bizarrely peppy ode to ro…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:02PMKing Kirby celebrates a forgotten legend — Why do some artists become household names while others toil away in obscurity? That question’s at the heart of King Kirby, a bio-play …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:47PMIn Deepest Man, cutting-edge technology tells a heartbreaking story — No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. But you may find that hard to believe while watching Deepest Man…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:06PMIn Extraordinary Extremities, a puppeteer explores the power of loss — Last year, when the NYC- based Concrete Temple Theatre mounted a moody solo puppet show called Geppetto at HERE A…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:53PMHow Oni Faida Lampley’s Tough Titty got its New York premiere — Brooklyn-based playwright and performer Oni Faida Lampley always used her personal life for inspiration. So when s…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:43AMHow Heathers the Musical tweaks the cult movie for a modern audience — First-time collaborators Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe are no strangers to musicalizing movies, having …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:38PMRaul Castillo (Looking) stars in a 2004 drama by magical-realist playwright José Rivera (References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot), which mixes together questions of love, death and Puerto R…
SOURCE: Time Out at 08:40PMIn Tarell Alvin McCraney’s take on Antony and Cleopatra, Chivas Michael plays an odd, rich role — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at actors and how they cr…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:47AMIn Broadway’s All the Way, director Bill Rauch finds thundering drama in LBJ’s presidency — Robert Schenkkan’s politically-charged saga All the Way chronicles the fir…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:23AMA lifelong dancer who debuted on Broadway in Cats as a teen, Hall made her name as a hard-rock chanteuse in Off Broadway shows like Empire and The Toxic Avenger, as well as with her band, th…
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:45PMInside the show-stopping nude scene in The Clearing — In an age of rampant thongs, plunging necklines, and burlesque everywhere you turn, onstage nudity is rarely shocking anymore. But…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:26AMWhy Paul Huntley’s wigs are vital for Broadway stars — Clothes may make the man but hair makes the character. So believes Paul Huntley, the veteran hair and wig designer with mor…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:11AMThe comic collapse of a puppet in The Pigeoning Read more on this month’s mini-boom in puppetry for adults — Puppet shows aren’t just child’s play. From the Tony Awar…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:35PMDeception leads to honest revelations in the play This Is My Office — Inviting someone into your office can be a very intimate experience. In fact, it may unearth personal secrets that…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:57AMInside a thriving cultural district in Queens — Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. Astoria, Queens has long been celebrated for i…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:25AMIn their new musical, Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick blend spoof and soul — Most musicals incubate for a long time, but 20 years? That’s how long it took Seth Rudetsky to finall…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:28PMInside the striking set design of Broadway’s A Time To Kill — A compelling legal drama usually invites viewers to consider a case from multiple perspectives, and in A Time to Kil…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:30PMBike America‘s heroine is a charming, frustrating mess — For any actor, no matter how experienced, it’s both exciting and daunting to carry an entire play—especially …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:25AMBrian J. Smith connects to a misunderstood character in The Glass Menagerie — Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles In ear…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:30AMIn The Awake, Ken Urban turns bad dreams into drama — The three unwittingly connected strangers in Ken Urban’s haunting drama The Awake seem to exist in a funhouse mirror reflect…
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