Wednesday, January 14, 2015
All the creative elements in Constellations, even the set, suggest infinite possibilities Director Michael Longhurst isn’t big on naturalism—at least not for the shows he helms. …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner uses broad comedy to explore the drama of preprepubescent girls — While most dark comedies about adolescent angst take place in high school (see Heathers…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Whether protesting climate change, racial injustice. or overconsumption, Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping do it in glorious song — It’s going to be a very busy Than…
SOURCE: TDF at 10:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
Bradley Cooper wasn’t the only actor obsessed with bringing the Williamstown Theatre Festival revival to Broadway — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:11AM[SHARE]Monday, November 10, 2014
How writer/performer Peter Michael Marino’s biggest professional failure led to the founding of SOLOCOM. — When Peter Michael Marino‘s splashy West End musicalization of De…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Playwright Kimber Lee asks audiences to mourn for a murdered up-and-comer in brownsville song — Though not a tuner, brownsville song (b-side for tray) has a musical sensibility. Hip-ho…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Solo artist Ben Rimalower uses his lifelong financial problems for laughs and insight in Bad with Money — In the age of oversharing in life and online, it’s not surprising that m…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2014
Two new immersive shows at the Park Avenue Armory appeal to grown-ups as much as children — I’ve been taking my nine-year-old to stage shows since before she could talk. (Access …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:08PM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2014
Inspired by our recent Geek Out/Freak Out, TDF Stages readers sound off about the iconic stage performances they wish they could go back in time to see — While hardcore theatre fans of…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Sylvester’s incredible life story becomes an Off-Broadway musical — Sylvester is one of history’s most fabulous pop stars. Back in the ’70s, the flamboyant diva score…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2014
Kathleen Chalfant puts a feminine stamp on a traditionally male role in A Walk in the Woods — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their ro…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 5, 2014
Circus Amok’s latest show marks 25 years of public fun (with a message) — When my then-three-year-old first saw Jennifer Miller, she blurted out, “You’re a girl with …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Samantha Soule is one of two people playing her character in And I and Silence " Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles Crafting a …
SOURCE: TDF at 10:44AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
Why the men in Pageant are sincerely playing women — Though the Off-Broadway musical comedy Pageant could be described as a beauty contest with drag queens, you should banish all image…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Puppet Shakespeare Players turn Titus Andronicus into Comedy Drunk Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, the Accidental Shakespeare Company:Â the Bard’s plays are constantly …
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 3, 2014
Raven Snook on Kinky Boots, Taylor Mac, and drag for kids — Last year, after also seeing Matilda, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and the revival of Annie, my then-seven-yea…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Everett Quinton finally plays another shady lady — Although the Peccadillo Theater Company’s new comedy Drop Dead Perfect sends up a wide range of American cultural touchstones&#…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2014
Welcome to Fanmail, our tributes to theatre artists we admire — I heard Annie Golden's voice before I ever saw her. Her song "Hang Up the Phone"—a bizarrely peppy ode to romantic…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 24, 2014
King Kirby celebrates a forgotten legend — Why do some artists become household names while others toil away in obscurity? That question’s at the heart of King Kirby, a bio-play …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:47PM[SHARE]Monday, June 2, 2014
In Deepest Man, cutting-edge technology tells a heartbreaking story — No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. But you may find that hard to believe while watching Deepest Man…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:06PM[SHARE]Monday, May 19, 2014
In Extraordinary Extremities, a puppeteer explores the power of loss — Last year, when the NYC- based Concrete Temple Theatre mounted a moody solo puppet show called Geppetto at HERE A…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:53PM[SHARE]Friday, May 2, 2014
How Oni Faida Lampley’s Tough Titty got its New York premiere — Brooklyn-based playwright and performer Oni Faida Lampley always used her personal life for inspiration. So when s…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 1, 2014
How Heathers the Musical tweaks the cult movie for a modern audience — First-time collaborators Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe are no strangers to musicalizing movies, having …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:38PM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
Raul Castillo (Looking) stars in a 2004 drama by magical-realist playwright José Rivera (References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot), which mixes together questions of love, death and Puerto R…
SOURCE: Time Out at 08:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 5, 2014
In Tarell Alvin McCraney’s take on Antony and Cleopatra, Chivas Michael plays an odd, rich role — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at actors and how they cr…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2014
In Broadway’s All the Way, director Bill Rauch finds thundering drama in LBJ’s presidency — Robert Schenkkan’s politically-charged saga All the Way chronicles the fir…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2014
A lifelong dancer who debuted on Broadway in Cats as a teen, Hall made her name as a hard-rock chanteuse in Off Broadway shows like Empire and The Toxic Avenger, as well as with her band, th…
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Inside the show-stopping nude scene in The Clearing — In an age of rampant thongs, plunging necklines, and burlesque everywhere you turn, onstage nudity is rarely shocking anymore. But…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:26AM[SHARE]Friday, January 3, 2014
Why Paul Huntley’s wigs are vital for Broadway stars — Clothes may make the man but hair makes the character. So believes Paul Huntley, the veteran hair and wig designer with mor…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:11AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The comic collapse of a puppet in The Pigeoning Read more on this month’s mini-boom in puppetry for adults — Puppet shows aren’t just child’s play. From the Tony Awar…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:35PM[SHARE]Friday, November 22, 2013
Deception leads to honest revelations in the play This Is My Office — Inviting someone into your office can be a very intimate experience. In fact, it may unearth personal secrets that…
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