542 stories by "Mark Blankenship"
David Gallo and the Quiet Broadway Set
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Sometimes, a Broadway set demands your attention. A musical extravaganza wouldn’t feel the same, for instance, without a trap door and a …
Glenn Davis and Necar Zadegan are making their Broadway debuts with Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Rajiv Joseph's tense and metaphorical drama about American soldiers, Iraqi civilians, a…
A Manhattan high school uses local productions to teach valuable lessons
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Manhattan’s Regis High School is on the Upper East Side, but for teachers like James Kennedy, that̵…
Riding a “Bengal Tiger” to a Broadway debut
Glenn Davis and Necar Zadegan are making their Broadway debuts with Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Rajiv Joseph’s tense and …
After playing her in England, Simone Kirby brings a title character to the Irish Rep
Late last year, Simone Kirby was in England performing the title role in Molly Sweeney, Brian Friel’…
Transport Group drops Michael John LaChiusa’s musical into the audience’s lap
Transport Group drops Michael John LaChiusa’s musical into the audience’s lapShort of pe…
Brian Thomson designs the Broadway musical's fabulous title bus
How’s this for pressure? Brian Thomson isn’t just designing the set for a new Broadway musical: He’s designi…
The celebrated actor is uniquely involved with his latest role
If Reed Birney seems especially connected to his character in The Dream of the Burning Boy, it’s because he’s been …
A national TDF program brings access to the deaf and hard of hearing
Experience the art and service of open captioning, a national TDF program that makes theatre more accessible for the deaf…
An Update from The City of Angels
There are some fascinating things happening in L.A. theatre—shows that make you wish you had a dozen free nights and unlimited airline miles.
For thos…
With Timon of Athens, Barry Edelstein revitalizes a forgotten play
It seems like a simple question, but it’s not: Just who authored the Public Theater’s new production of Timon o…
LA-based composers Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay (Showtime's Weeds) tackle two distinct worlds in Gruesome Playground Injuries, the new play by Rajiv Joseph currently running at NYC's Se…
How a playwright and director turned dense political ideas into crackling theatre
Say you’re grappling with big ideas about how leftist idealism from the 1960s has transformed in the n…
In “Apple Cove,” Erin Gann and “Smallville’s” Allison Mack make absurdity feel authentic
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Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing s…
How two composers created music for a play’s unreal world
There are really two worlds in Gruesome Playground Injuries, the new play by Rajiv Joseph that’s running at Second Stage…
With a lively orientation session, TDF kicks off the second year of the NANY program
You know you’re at a theatre event when people introduce themselves by touching elbows, knees, and …
The Pulitzer-winner’s new play comes to Broadway without a tryout
It may be hogging all the attention, but Spider-Man isn’t the only show getting its world premiere on Broadway t…
Go backstage at Broadway's "Jersey Boy's" to learn how an unseen army keeps the show up and running every night. Featuring production stage manager Michelle Bosch.
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Director Michael Wilson balances symbolism and reality in a Tennessee Williams play
Notice how the mobile affects the light on stage, its small pieces of colored glass throwing red on a tabl…
Culturemart stocks its shelves with ambitious new work
Multimedia chamber operas about murder and reality television don’t just write themselves, and neither do video-driven solo shows…
An actress and playwright create a woman deprived of almost everything
How do you create a woman who can’t see, smell, taste, or hear? That may sound like a Zen riddle, but it’s …
Gordon Clapp and Ann Dowd get angry in The New Group’s latest play
Blood From a Stone almost forces you to think about the psychology of its working-class characters. They’re not…
A new show challenges the definition of a conversation
Is it natural to have a conversation? Is it human? Does our ability to swap phrases with other people prove that we’re not machin…
Exciting things are happening at TKTS!
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Plenty of Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres are open for business on December 25th.
On Christmas Day, why not treat yourself to a show? Plenty of Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres are open…
