542 stories by "Mark Blankenship"
Plays, musicals, and dance to put you in the holiday spiritWhen it comes to the holidays, are you more “traditional tree” or “sassy Santa?” Either way, New York has g…
An Update from The City of AngelsThere 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 those …
How playing a stroke victim in “Wings” is like a dirty knife fightWelcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their rolesR…
How Gabriel Ebert prepared for a Broadway show in less than ten days. One of the most striking things about Brief Encounter, now on Broadway at Studio 54, is how effortless it seems. A styl…
Unlocking the structural secrets of a new Broadway playLee Hall’s new play The Pitmen Painters is a fantastic example of the old saying that “form equals content.” The play…
Gordon Clapp and Ann Dowd get angry in The New Group’s latest playBlood From a Stone almost forces you to think about the psychology of its working-class characters. They’re not …
How a playwright and director turned dense political ideas into crackling theatreSay you’re grappling with big ideas about how leftist idealism from the 1960s has transformed in the ne…
Brian Thomson designs the Broadway musical�s fabulous title busHow’s this for pressure? Brian Thomson isn’t just designing the set for a new Broadway musical: He’s des…
A new play explores the murderous mind Down There is Randy Sharp’s second play about Sylvia Likens. The first one was a disaster. She wrote and directed it twenty years ago, when she …
Why “The Language Archive” needs an abstract, metaphorical setFor a show that’s so much about the power of words, the Roundabout’s production of The Language Archive …
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Tracee Chimo plays a village in The Heidi Chronicles — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles No wonder it took Tracee Chimo a fe…
Why time and music work differently in Long Story Short — When time and music work differently on stage, pay attention. That may be the key to understanding an entire show. At least, t…
A comedy at the Mint Theater takes selflessness to the extreme — The first time he read Fashions For Men, Davis McCallum wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. “It’s u…
Welcome to Meet the Theatre, our film series about interesting theatre companies in New York City! Today we’re featuring Lesser America, which celebrates the USA’s cultural under…
In a new show, the peerless performer distills her remarkable life — Distilling a nearly seventy year career into a taut, 70 minute performance is no easy task, especially when the art…
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get super enthusiastic about things. This week, Mark Blankenship geeks out (via Google Doc), with Jennifer Ashley Tepper, who is both a musi…
Why The Groundling is set in a Long Island garage — It’s no accident that The Groundling takes place in a guy’s garage. Marc Palmieri’s new comedy, now at Axis Theatr…
In Rasheeda Speaking,Tonya Pinkins navigates race, class, and the power of kindness — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles You …
Race and music collide in Texas in Paris — When Osceola Mays sings “Oh Freedom,” we can feel what it means to her. One of two characters in Texas in Paris, a play with musi…
Feelings become facts in Anton Dudley’s new play — Of course Dash’s arm falls off. When you lose someone, it can feel like losing a limb, and in City Of, now at the Peter J…
Check out our latest Theatre Dictionary videos for Upstaging (made with New York Neo-Futurists), Improv (made with F*It Club and The PIT), and Italian Run (made with Clubbed Thumb.) Want mor…
Welcome to Meet the Theatre, our film series about interesting theatre companies in New York City! Today we’re featuring Flux Theatre Ensemble, which works year-round to feel close to …
