542 stories by "Mark Blankenship"
From time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring Transpo…
600 Highwaymen Find Actors in Unconventional Places Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond — When they’re looking for actors, Ab…
How Jeff Calhoun stays connected to his hit show On a hit Broadway show, a director’s job is never quite done. Working with a team of associate directors and stage managers, directors …
Robert Cuccioli finds the human side of a comic book monster — Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing look at how actors create their roles To understand the challenge of p…
Inside the subtle choreography of Broadway’s “The Nance” It’s an incredibly sensual wedding. In a shimmering white gown, a bride drapes across her husband, who’…
Sheldon Harnick and Margery Gray Harnick create a book about the city Margery Gray Harnick’s photographs offer three visions of New York at the same time. There’s the city as a l…
“Southern Discomfort” stages the diversity of the South The Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s closed yesterday, but you can still see a play it made possible. T…
From time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring Pan Asi…
In Bullet Catch, magic tricks raise unsettling questions – How nicely would a stranger have to ask to make you shoot him in the face? Assuming you aren’t a violent person, what a…
How the wild new musical “Mr. Irresistible” came to the stage In April, New York’s theatre scene can be dominated by talk of Broadway, since shows have to open by the end o…
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Inside her role in Christopher Durang’s new comedy — Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing look at actors and how they create their roles So how did Maggie Smi…
From time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring The Bri…
Target Margin battles ghosts and expectations in “The (*) Inn” The play asks impossible questions. Is this Jewish family feeling stress about an arranged marriage, or are their p…
How Keala Settle makes herself guffaw Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles It might be the most memorable moment in Ha…
The director of “Ann” reveals his staging secrets Phone calls are not inherently interesting on stage, especially when we only see one person talking. If the writing and acting a…
The gossip queen is a unique expert on the Broadway season If you’re looking for an expert on this spring’s Broadway plays, then start with Liz Smith. Not because she wrote the s…
A TDF gala celebrates an essential man in TKTS history We all know TKTS is a place to buy discounted theatre tickets, but in the 40 years since it was created, it’s also become an emot…
From time to time, TDF Stages will highlight exciting Off and Off-Off Broadway theatre companies with exclusive “getting to know you” videos. Today, we’re featuring The Amo…
Lotteries and luck create a unique artistic vision — Artistically speaking, the FRIGID New York Festival—which runs through March 3 at the The Kraine, the Red Room, and Under St.…
How “Bunnicula” became family-friendly fabulousness Are you surprised that Charles Busch has adapted the beloved children’s book Bunnicula into a family-friendly musical? T…
TDF’s Stage Doors program reaches students across the city Recently, TDF made clowns out of local teachers and teaching artists, but in the best possible way. They were gathered…
The Tony Award-winner brings a fairy godmother to life Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles The Broadway premiere of R…
Why “All The Rage” needs to seem improvised All the Rage is a traditional play: It’s scripted and rehearsed, and give or take a few details, it’s roughly the same eve…
“Isaac’s Eye” plays with history and lies You think you understand where the stage is. You think the play is only happening in front of you. Then an actor writes on the wal…
