542 stories by "Mark Blankenship"
How “I Am a Tree” has startled Dulcy Rogers You can’t expect to know everything about a play, even if you’re the writer and star. Just ask Dulcy Rogers, whose solo sh…
A revival tackles the challenge of Shaw’s “Man and Superman” They sit there, tall and stark white, pointing us to the soul of the play. They’re columns on the set of …
How the play finds power in suggestion There are so many things missing: Props, costumes, lighting, sets. Even the seating banks are just unfinished plywood with a few cushions strewn around…
How does the theatre look when TDF presents an autism-friendly performance of a Broadway show? What’s added to the lobby? What’s different on stage? To find out, watch this behin…
Designer Natasha Katz explains her work for “Once” and “Follies” Natasha Katz tells stories with light. When she makes a shadow strike an actor’s face, or when …
Ben Daniels rides the rhythm of “Don’t Dress for Dinner” When you’re watching a farce, you don’t have to pretend the show is real. There’s enormous pleasu…
I’m delighted to announce a new collaboration with Samuel French, Inc., one of the world’s leading play publishers. From time to time, TDF Stages will exchange articles with Samu…
Bryce Pinkham and Da’Vine Joy Randolph shape Broadway roles “I get scared every night. Every single night.” So says Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who’s playing psychic …
The Tony winner fights death in “The Lyons” Sometimes, an actor has to play a character more than once before he’s happy with his performance. Just ask Dick Latessa (pictur…
How the actress became an action heroine for “Peter and the Starcatcher” There are eleven men in the cast and only one woman, but still, Peter and the Starcatcher is a boon for f…
Why less is more in Dan LeFranc’s hit play —- The less authentic it looks, the more authentic it feels. That’s not a Zen riddle: It’s what Dan LeFranc learned about h…
With Stephen Schwartz's Godspell and Wicked now running side by side on Broadway, the composer discusses his role in the rehearsal process of the two revivals. READ MORE
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A Q&A with the superstar composer on Godspell, Wicked, and more — Stephen Schwartz is one of the most influential forces in contemporary musical theatre. As a composer and lyricist…
Complex emotion in a Neil Simon revival — When you hear the name “Neil Simon,” you might think of knee-slappers like The Odd Couple, but recently, several directors have be…
We ask the director of “Rated P For Parenthood” What does it take to direct a revue? A typical show follows one group of characters through a single story, but a revue, with its …
We were captivated by this story in LA STAGE Times about Robert Patrick, the playwright and off-Off Broadway pioneer. His frank stories about the off-Off scene—and what happened to him…
A new play takes its time at MTC How long does it take to build a fire? Make a can of soup? Repair a table that an angry drunk smashed to pieces? To find out, you can time the scenes in Regr…
Hey everyone! Perhaps you noticed that I stopped updating The Critical Condition last month. I am delighted to say that my long pause is being followed by a great opportunity. As of today, I…
Red Bull Theater evokes the play’s dark, funny spirit No matter where you sit for Red Bull Theater’s revival of The Maids, now at Theatre at St. Clement’s, you might be sta…
How do you turn Biblical text into stage imagery? Des McAnuff explains it all for you, as the former La Jolla Playhouse artistic director brings his Stratford Shakespeare Festival revival of…
A concert at Joe’s Pub transitions into drama Somewhere between its first workshop and its current production at Joe’s Pub, Ethan Lipton’s No Place to Go transformed from a…
Des McAnuff’s tackles the Broadway revival Any director who revives Jesus Christ Superstar, the Passion-flavored rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, has to contend with t…
Jeff Bowen’s overnight edits for “Now. Here. This.” During dress rehearsals and preview performances, a new musical constantly adds, deletes, and changes songs. This can be…
Theatre Development Fund’s offices were buzzing with gratitude yesterday as the Tony Award’s Administration Committee announced that TDF’s Open Doors program will be among …
