542 stories by "Mark Blankenship"
Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990. Today's entry, hosted right here, is for 1989, when the script was …
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week’s episode of True Blood. — This year, I am thrilled to announce that Sucker Punch is bein…
How can the theatre enhance your mind and your personal relationships? Just ask these students, teachers, and theatre professionals, who recently took part in Theatre Development Fund's Open…
Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990. Today's entry, hosted on Low Resolution, is for 1988, when we chose to le…
Welcome back to the Oscar Songs Project, where Roommate Joe and I revisit every Oscar-nominated song from 1980-1990. Today's entry, hosted on The Critical Condition, is for 1987, when manneq…
Amy Herzog looks sideways at grief in her new play 4000 Miles is such a quiet play that you could almost miss the explosions. Amy Herzog’s drama, now in previews in a Lincoln Center Th…
Look back on a new partnership between CUNY and TDF The first year of the BEAT initiative (Bridging Education and Theatre), a new collaboration between Theatre Development Fund and Ci…
How TDF impacted every Tony-nominated show this season The Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, and once again, there's no separating the awards from Theatre Development Fund. Thanks to …
From revivals of old favorite to meetings with new artists, this year’s Fringe is already going strong You’ve got to love the scrappiness of FringeNYC. As it presen…
Summer’s here, and that means it's time for summer theatre festivals. New York will host almost a dozen major fests this year, from FringeNYC (which is already working overtime to prep…
Three current tuners epitomize Off Broadway’s culture These days, you can’t hurl a head mic without hitting an Off Broadway musical. For the next few weeks, nonprofit thea…
The two stars camp it up in the new musical "Lucky Guy"
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles
It takes a lot of work to be so…
It’s almost summer, and that means it’s almost time for summer theatre festivals. New York will host almost a dozen major fests this year, from FringeNYC to the New York Musical …
We were thrilled to have our Open Doors program recently featured on WABC-TV Eyewitness News. Take a look!
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Stars (and Rising Stars) Sing at Jim Caruso's Cast Party
On Monday nights at Jim Caruso's Cast Party, Birdland transforms from a jazz corner to an open mic haven for pop, Broadway, and every…
Director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw on the tone of the hit Broadway musical
If you think about it, The Book of Mormon is a fairly traditional Broadway musical.
Co-written by Trey Parker an…
How Patina Miller created her Tony-nominated role in “Sister Act”
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles
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This Sunday, the 26th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards will honor excellence in the Off-Broadway theatre. The Off-Broadway League partners with the Lucille Lortel Foundation and TDF to present t…
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles.
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How’s this for a paradox? The puppets in War Horse ground Seth Num…
The “Anything Goes” star tackles Cole Porter’s famous wit
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles
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After five years, John Kolvenbach takes the reins of his own hit play
Five years after he created it, John Kolvenbach is still learning things about the lamp.
This particular fixture is cruc…
Our Latest Update from the City of Angels
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TDF is pleased to bring you more stories from LA Stage Times, the magazine of the LA Stage Alliance. These features provide a fascinating lo…
A director handles the realism and the symbolism Soho Rep’s latest play
No one defines it. No one says the actual word. But it’s obvious what the characters are talking about. Th…
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