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In This Play, Everyone Is Everybody

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Thursday, February 16, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Feb 16, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Rotating roles in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new show --- Even though the play has been running for several weeks, Michael Braun still doesn't know which part he's playing in Everybody. Or rather, he doesn't know which part he's playing next. That's because during every performance of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play, now being produced by Signature Theatre,...

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It Doesn't Take Them Long to Change His Life

By JEFF POTTER

Thursday, February 09, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Feb 9, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

The cast of 'Man From Nebraska' does more with less --- The Playbill title page for Man From Nebraska lists its cast alphabetically, with no suggestion of leads positioned above the rest. This despite the fact that Tracy Letts' play focuses on a central character played by Reed Birney, who's fresh off a Tony win for The Humans . That feels appropriate,...

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John Epperson in a World Without Art

By FRANK RIZZO

Wednesday, February 08, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Wed Feb 8, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

In a new Wallace Shawn play, the actor leaves Lypsinka behind --- In the American premiere of Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, John Epperson plays Ted, a composer who performs some incidental music on the piano, banters with the fellow guests gathered for a reunion, and reveals a dark, startling secret. For some theatre fans, it will be...

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WATCH: Meet TACT (the Actors Company Theatre)

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Friday, February 03, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Fri Feb 3, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Meet TACT (The Actors Company Theatre), where a longtime company of artists encourages each other to take risks (when they're not cracking jokes). This film features company members James Murtaugh, Cynthia Harris, Simon Jones, Jeremy Beck, and Jeff Talbott, as well as associate artistic director Nora Chester and executive artistic director Scott Alan...

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Why This Play Sparks Memories of My Mom

By LISA BURDIGE

Monday, January 30, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Mon Jan 30, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

How The Beauty Queen of Leenane helped me process my own mother-daughter drama --- My ex-husband was in love with all things Irish. So when the Druid Theatre Company's production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane came to Broadway in 1998, he was dying to go. We were too broke to afford tickets, so my parents bought seats for all four...

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They'll Do Anything You Want In This Play. Literally Anything.

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Monday, January 23, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Mon Jan 23, 2017 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Inside 'The Great American Drama' --- The New York Neo-Futurists really want your feedback on their latest show. Even if you don't see it, you can fill out a survey telling them what you prefer to see on stage, and they'll incorporate your ideas into their production. And if you do end up in the audience, you'll have several opportunities to deliver...

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Why Has He Played the Same Role for 20 Years?

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Wed Jan 18, 2017 • Acting • 1 comment Share This

Anthony Chisholm never tires of August Wilson's Jitney Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles --- After 50 years in the theatre, Anthony Chisholm has naturally played a wide variety of roles, but there's one that he just keeps returning to: Fielding, a mischievous, alcoholic car service...

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