TDF Stages Archive
An online theatre magazine
Read about NYC’s best theatre and dance productions and watch video interviews with innovative artists
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WATCH: What Is a Cue-to-Cue?
We’ve got a new video in our Theatre Dictionary ! (You can browse all our videos right here. )
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This is the Place Where Your Feelings Are Safe
Why Dale Soules understands her character in Shows for Days — There’s a moment in Shows For Days, now playing at Lincoln Center Theater, when a character named Sid annihilates her pride. To save her theatre company, she must ask for help from the woman who broke her heart. And even though Douglas Carter Beane’s […]
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How Does Anyone Make It In Black America?
With food and conversation, a new play invites us to explore our country’s racism — When we see the president deliver a eulogy in Charleston, or when we walk home through a New York City protest on behalf of Eric Garner, it’s impossible to forget that racism and brutality still shape this country. But these […]
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WATCH: Meet The Assembly
Meet the Assembly, where political questions get investigated from all sides. This video features all four of The Assembly’s co-artistic directors — Stephen Aubrey, Edward Bauer, Nick Benacerraf, and Jess Chayes — as well as company members Ben Beckley and Emily Louise Perkins.
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I See Myself in His Performance
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The Alchemy of a Mad Dance Scientist
Moses Pendelton and his vision for Momix — Momix founder and choreographer Moses Pendleton fits the bill of a mad dance scientist: His creations are otherworldly – etched with ethereal visuals that incorporate inventive technology – and since he asks dancers to slip between classical technique and acrobatic pyrotechnics, he seems disinterested in the rules […]
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There’s a Play Happening on the Staten Island Ferry
For $1.99, you can download an audio drama set on the ferry — Is a play still a play when the actors aren’t aware they’re actors? Is a spectator still a spectator when they become a part of a set? Is a theatre company still a theatre company when it’s called This Is Not a […]
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Feeling Like the Middle Child, but Acting Like the Youngest
Heather Lind intimately understands the sibling dynamics in Of Good Stock
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How TDF Member Joanne Zammit Became a Stage Door Jane
Welcome to Meet the Member, where TDF members let you know which shows they love. Today’s member: Joanne Zammit – a TDF member since 2002 and a retired teacher living in Stamford, Connecticut who currently volunteers at the Bronx Zoo. — Emily Travis, Marketing Manager at TDF: Hello, Joanne! To get started, what have you […]