Wednesday, November 7, 2012
After Sandy, “A Twist of Water” has new resonance For the next few weeks, almost everything that happens in New York will be refracted through Hurricane Sandy’s lens. A rid…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:38PMThursday, November 1, 2012
Inside her performance in Broadway’s “The Heiress” Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles — Judi…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:03AMThursday, October 25, 2012
Why Disgraced balances fiery debate with pleasant conversation — The politics are so volatile in Ayad Akhtar’s play Disgraced—the arguments are so intense as friends navigate t…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:36AMMonday, October 22, 2012
Colman Domingo’s “Wild With Happy” finds its voice If you think the middle of Wild With Happy, Colman Domingo’s new play at the Public, feels like a caper movie, then…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:18AMTuesday, October 16, 2012
Kyle Soller masters the language in Broadway’s “Cyrano” The theatre itself is at the heart of Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmund Rostand’s classic 1897 play, now in a Broadwa…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:00PMMonday, October 15, 2012
Jon Kern’s new play finds dark humor in vicious deeds You never know what will happen during preview performances: You could start with a goofy comedy and end with a dark rumination on…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:01PMTuesday, October 9, 2012
How the young troupe is developing its style When you watch PigPen Theatre’s The Old Man and The Old Moon, you watch an aesthetic being born. The company has been emerging since 2010, …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:12PMFriday, October 5, 2012
Three actors explain how the magic is made — When you see War Horse on Broadway, you might forget you’re watching puppets. The story of a British boy’s remarkable relations…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:20PMWednesday, October 3, 2012
The subtle secrets of the “Virginia Woolf” set On the surface, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? seems like a strange match for set designer Todd Rosenthal. Edward Albee̵…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:26PMTuesday, October 2, 2012
How the actress shapes her performance in “Red Dog Howls” Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles Kathleen Chalfant…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:59AMFriday, September 28, 2012
Why a director avoids realism in The Atlantic’s “Harper Regan” It’s easy to imagine a realistic production of Harper Regan, the new Simon Stephens play. As she travel…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:59PMWednesday, September 26, 2012
Off Broadway and off-Off Broadway New York is practically exploding with new plays and musicals this fall. You could go to the theatre eight times a week for two months and still not see eve…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:22PMTuesday, September 25, 2012
Hello TDF Stages readers, Did you know there are theatre companies producing shows entirely online? Our friends at [Breaking Character], the online magazine of Samuel French, Inc., have just…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:36AMFriday, September 21, 2012
Australia Feels Like Home — Most of the time, I could almost feel the distance between Australia and my everyday life. I was there for my honeymoon—I just flew back to New York o…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:49AMThursday, September 6, 2012
The All For One Festival creates a culture of solo theatre Can a theatre festival invigorate or even sustain a larger artistic culture? That question is implicit in fests like FringeNYC and …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:28PMTuesday, September 4, 2012
Jennifer Hurlbert finds what costume designers need She almost sounds like a theatrical superhero. Without leaving New York, Jennifer Hurlbert contributes to the costume designs of shows acr…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:25PMMonday, August 27, 2012
A Preview of the Fall Season Do you feel that crackle in the air? It’s not heat lightning or a power surge from your neighbor’s air conditioner. It’s Broadway’s fall …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:05PMMonday, August 20, 2012
Jane Greenwood prepares her costume designs Since 1963, Jane Greenwood has designed costumes for over 100 Broadway shows, earning 17 Tony Award nominations and a place in the Theater Hall of…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:26PMWednesday, August 15, 2012
Andrea Lynn Green tackles two of his characters at once Welcome to Building Character: TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles — We don’t kn…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:39AMMonday, August 6, 2012
The Mobile Shakespeare Unit brings the Bard to unlikely places Richard III might hit you differently if you’re a prisoner, watching the violence unfold just a few feet from your cell. …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:24PMTuesday, July 31, 2012
Hello TDF Stages readers, Ken Ludwig is one of the masters of modern stage comedy, boasting hits like Lend Me a Tenor and Leading Ladies. And now he’s writing a regular column for [Bre…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:52AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
An actor preps for Shakespeare in the Park’s “Into the Woods” It takes a certain kind of art—and a certain kind of artist—to suit the Delacorte Theatre. A grand…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:10PMWednesday, July 18, 2012
Natalie Venetia Belcon navigates years of revisions to “The Last Smoker in America” Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they crea…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:30PMMonday, July 16, 2012
In “Fela,” Melanie Marshall makes unexpected use of her voice Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles Funmila…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:08PMWednesday, July 11, 2012
Gabra Zackman, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and the Joy of Repertory Theatre Just by itself, The 39 Steps is a challenging job for an actress: A low-tech, high-energy spoof of Hitchcock’…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:04PMMonday, July 2, 2012
Lincoln Center Theater learns how to use its brand new space It’s a rare and terrifying honor to direct the first play in a new theatre. Just ask Anne Kauffman, who’s helming Slo…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:56PMTuesday, June 26, 2012
The funny-sincere choreography in Triassic Parq — Apparently, it takes a village to make a dinosaur dance. Even though Kyle Mullins is credited as the choreographer for Triassic Parq, …
SOURCE: TDF at 03:05PMWednesday, June 20, 2012
How “The Bad and the Better” Blends Wild Humor and Crime Drama Is it okay for a serious detective drama to include a slo-mo dance break? Playwright Derek Ahonen raises that quest…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:21PMTuesday, June 19, 2012
Recently, TDF’s Stage Doors programs took hundreds of students to a special matinee of Broadway’s Peter and the Starcatcher. Many of the students had never been to the theatre be…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:43PMThursday, June 14, 2012
“The Hunchback Variations” creates absurdity without a director Sitting at a simple black table, Beethoven drinks his water with precision, pausing for a moment before he puts hi…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:39AMThursday, June 7, 2012
“The Bad Guys” finds dark humor in manliness —- The Bad Guys might seem like a realistic play, telling the story of good old friends at a backyard barbecue. But underneath …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:11AM 
