Monday, May 25, 2015
The author of La Bête shares his thoughts on highbrow, lowbrow and his tiny writing output.
Linked From Time Out New York at 05:58PMWednesday, February 25, 2015
Broadway veteran Mary Louise Wilson breaks the fourth wall and brings down the house in On the Twentieth Century — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how…
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In The Insurgents, Lucy Thurber fuses personal and political history for an examination of what ails us — On the surface, Lucy Thurber’s new drama The Insurgents, now at the La…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
Here's Johnny! John Cameron Mitchell returns to the stage to star in his rockin', madcap musical opus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Linked From Time Out at 09:56AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
All the creative elements in Constellations, even the set, suggest infinite possibilities Director Michael Longhurst isn’t big on naturalism—at least not for the shows he helms. …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner uses broad comedy to explore the drama of preprepubescent girls — While most dark comedies about adolescent angst take place in high school (see Heathers…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 11:13AMWednesday, November 26, 2014
Whether protesting climate change, racial injustice. or overconsumption, Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping do it in glorious song — It’s going to be a very busy Than…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 10:53AMThursday, November 20, 2014
Bradley Cooper wasn’t the only actor obsessed with bringing the Williamstown Theatre Festival revival to Broadway — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 11:11AMMonday, November 10, 2014
How writer/performer Peter Michael Marino’s biggest professional failure led to the founding of SOLOCOM. — When Peter Michael Marino‘s splashy West End musicalization of De…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 04:00PMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Playwright Kimber Lee asks audiences to mourn for a murdered up-and-comer in brownsville song — Though not a tuner, brownsville song (b-side for tray) has a musical sensibility. Hip-ho…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMFriday, October 10, 2014
Two 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 …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 11:08PMFriday, October 3, 2014
Inspired 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 03:57PMWednesday, September 24, 2014
Sylvester’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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMThursday, September 18, 2014
Kathleen 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMFriday, September 5, 2014
Circus 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 …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Samantha 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 …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 10:44AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Why 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 02:49PMWednesday, August 6, 2014
Puppet 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMSunday, August 3, 2014
Raven 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 09:00AMTuesday, July 22, 2014
Everett 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&#…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 12:37PMThursday, July 17, 2014
Welcome 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 02:02PMTuesday, June 24, 2014
King 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 …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 12:47PMMonday, June 2, 2014
In 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 03:06PMMonday, May 19, 2014
In 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 04:53PMFriday, May 2, 2014
How 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 08:43AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
How 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 …
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 12:38PMMonday, March 24, 2014
Raul 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…
Linked From Time Out at 08:40PMWednesday, March 5, 2014
In 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 08:47AMWednesday, February 26, 2014
In 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…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 11:23AMWednesday, February 19, 2014
A 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…
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