893 stories by "Diep Tran"
Diep Tran on the new wave of Asian musical theatre divas — When I was a little kid, I wanted to be Lea Salonga. Of course, back in the ’90s, all little Asian girls who loved to s…
The actors in 3 Christs find truth in insanity — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles It’s not every day you sit down wit…
In The Blueprint Project, writers riff on the same idea — Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. Have you ever watched a play and tho…
A songwriter and a theater's artistic director join hands to bring Gertrude Stein's rhymes and repetitions to the stage in "The World is Round."
The Pig and Potion fuse theatre and opera in startling ways — You walk into the theatre, expecting to see a play. You take your seat, and sitting next to you is a woman with a tr…
Take Me Home, part of the Other Forces Festival, is a play set in an actual taxi — Modesto “Flako” Jimenez is both an actor and a cab driver, but he never thought he’…
Master puppeteer Jessica Scott guides La Divina Caricatura — If performer Jessica Scott is doing a good job in her current show, then you won’t notice her onstage, even if she…
[Photo:Â Billy Budd at Trinity Repertory Company.] "Tell me a story." That was what we asked a handful of artistic director across the country. Why? Because the theatres they are in charge…
Five valuable things you should know about the Broadway musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
Tme Out New York gets up close and personal with all 15 emerald divas who played Elphaba on Broadway in Wicked.
How the classic film became a hip-hop musical — What happens when you take the story of King Kong, subtract the gorilla, add an M.C., and turn everything into a musical comedy? You end…
Inside the acrobatics of Monkey: Journey to the West Who knew how difficult it was to find performers who can spin plates? That’s what director Chen Shi-Zheng discovered when he travel…
Tina Packer navigates “Women of Will” Shakespeare’s had a grip on Tina Packer for her entire career. Decades ago, when she auditioned for England’s Royal Shakespeare …
Last Saturday, I was at church. No, I did not just suddenly find God (unless that God is at the bottom of a banana pudding cup). I was at the theatre, the performing arts lover's version of …
(Christine Toy Johnson, Pun Bandhu and Angel Desai at the roundtable. Photo: Bruce Alan Johnson) Where are all the Asians? That seemed to be the question at hand last Monday, Feb. 13, during…
For a full ill-advised minute (actually, more like ten months), I had considered being a theatre critic. And then, I realize two things: I really disliked reading my own opinions and critici…
Is there nothing in life more rewarding and simultaneously frustrating than your family? If you've ever had your mother call at inconvenient moments and when she asks, "How is everything goi…
Why art? Or, more specifically, why theater? Especially in the face of great tragedy, what can art do to help heal the wounded or to bring everything back to normal? On the cusp of the 10th …
