Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Meet the wardrobe wizard at Broadway’s Rock of Ages — “I like to refer to Rock of Ages as the big little show,” says wardrobe supervisor Wendall Goings. As he puts it…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMWednesday, November 13, 2013
The evolution of Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian — Sometimes a new actor and the right review can help you reimagine a play. They certainly changed how director Robert Falls …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:25AMThursday, October 17, 2013
Terence Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy finally returns to Broadway — Terence Rattigan spent a decade as one of the most celebrated playwrights of the 20th century, writing hits like …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMWednesday, September 4, 2013
Lucy Thurber’s The Hill Town Plays launch an ambitious new partnership in the West Village — Attention playwrights: Don’t adjust your ideas based on what you think theatres…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:30AMTuesday, August 13, 2013
With Harbor, Chad Beguelin trades Broadway musicals for a play — When Chad Beguelin decided to write a play, he knew he’d be exercising a new muscle. He’s best known for hi…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:05AMMonday, July 15, 2013
Inside his work on Nobody Loves You Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stage’s ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles — Tackling multiple roles can be an inv…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:00AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
Jonathan Tolins makes “Buyer and Cellar” a comedy for Streisand fans AND newbies — Having collected so much stuff in such staggering quantities, Barbra Streisand had a shop…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:34AMTuesday, May 14, 2013
“City Council Meeting” asks what we want from theatre and from government Boredom may not be a new sensation for theatregoers, but intentional boredom is a rarer bird. That’…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:16PMTuesday, May 7, 2013
Inside Richard Greenberg’s 10th visit to the same theatre By now, it’s hard to imagine Manhattan Theatre Club without playwright Richard Greenberg. After all, his Tony-nominated …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:51PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
How history changed the current revival of “The Big Knife” Period plays and their dated references can be daunting not just for audiences, but for the actors. That’s where …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:00PMTuesday, March 5, 2013
“Detroit 67″ tackles the Motor City’s history Ideas can be hard to come by for writers, but Dominique Morisseau only had to look to her hometown’s history. The legaci…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:03PMWednesday, February 13, 2013
The New Group’s “Clive” makes music out of trash and doorframes The characters in Clive come and go abruptly, usually driven away by the toxic narcissism of the titular cha…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:30AMFriday, January 11, 2013
After 44 years, “The Fig Leaves Are Falling” returns to New York Even when Broadway musicals go unrecorded and unrevived, the original reviews live on. So while it may be almost …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:07PMMonday, December 3, 2012
With “Hearts Like Firsts,” Adam Szymkowicz uses his other voice If you’re a playwright, then talking to Adam Szymkowicz is a good sign that you’ve made it. Thanks to …
SOURCE: TDF at 01:35PMFriday, November 30, 2012
Why the fashion designer joined The New Group’s “The Good Mother” With her work on Off-Broadway play The Good Mother, famed fashion designed Cynthia Rowley is revisiting a …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:35AMWednesday, October 24, 2012
How “The Performers” stages a risqué world For better or worse, Broadway currently has a reputation as the home of family-friendly musicals, film adaptations, and prestigious Br…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:47AMMonday, September 10, 2012
The Flea uses its acting troupe to support bold work Even if they loved it, most theatre companies couldn’t produce Thomas Bradshaw’s play Job. A darkly comic riff on Biblical hi…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:02PMWednesday, August 8, 2012
Playwright Pia Wilson pushes the notion of “ethnic stories” — “There has to be an access point in New York for new artists trying to get a start in the city,” s…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:48AMTuesday, July 24, 2012
The Drama League will open a downtown theater center later this year, designed by FXFowle.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:23AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
“Chimichangas and Zoloft” brings a fresh story to the Atlantic If you ever feel Off Broadway is stuck in a cultural rut, then you’ll welcome Chimichangas and Zoloft, now at…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:30PMMonday, June 4, 2012
Playwright Alena Smith aims for explosive dramatic fireworks in “The Bad Guys,” at Second Stage Theatre Uptown, but succeeds only in achieving a punchy bleariness.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
New musical "February House," at the Public Theater, traduces the lives of Carson McCullers, George Davis, and W.H. Auden, among others.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:42AMThursday, May 17, 2012
Long on titillation and short on substance, Mike Bartlett’s "Cock" isn't as good as actors Cory Michael Smith and Jason Butler Harner.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMWednesday, May 9, 2012
Forget who will play Marilyn Monroe – it's Jaime Cepero's Ellis that has us riveted to "Smash."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMTuesday, May 8, 2012
Astoria Performing Arts Center's revival of "The Secret Garden" is a potent production of a second-tier work, thanks to Tom Wojtunik's inspired staging.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:07AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
Willy Holtzman’s “The Morini Strad” feels like a warmed-over Chicken Soup for the Soul entry, despite a fine performance from Mary Beth Peil.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMLeaning heavily on whimsy, director Josh Hecht’s production of “Out of Iceland” badly miscalculates the humor of Lea DeLaria, to the play’s detriment.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:11AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
Actor-author Brandt Johnson’s “Just Sex,” at Theater for the New City, was first seen as part of 2011’s Dream Up Festival—and it shows.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
Annie Golden, Jason Tam, Curtis Hansen, and more join At Hand Theatre’s 3rd Broadway Recycled Earth Day Concert at Joe’s Pub on April 22.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:26AMSunday, March 18, 2012
Frank Tangredi’s disorienting new play “Lifeline,” at Abingdon Theatre Company, suddenly switches from sitcom to Lifetime two-thirds of the way through.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30AMMonday, March 12, 2012
Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi, and TDF Open Doors will receive Tony Honors.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:42AM 
