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WATCH: Why Does Someone Yell 'Places'?

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Monday, December 19, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Mon Dec 19, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

We've got a new video in our Theatre Dictionary! (You can browse all our videos right here.) Check our "Places," which we made with our friends at Fight or Flight. --- Want more? Browse all our Theatre Dictionary videos....

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This Christmas, Get a Little Hip With 'Lord Buckley'

By DIEP TRAN

Thursday, December 15, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Dec 15, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Inside Jake Broder's sharp political comedy --- What do David Bowie, Johnny Depp, Bob Dylan, and Robin Williams have in common? If nothing else, there's a little-known figure named Lord Richard Buckley, a stand-up comedian who performed in the 40s and 50s. Those modern-day stars all cited him as an influence. Just ask Jake Broder, who has been performing...

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Inside the Art of Getting Laughs

By FRANK RIZZO

Monday, November 28, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Mon Nov 28, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

A comedy expert directs a commedia classic --- How do you make the centuries-old techniques of commedia dell'arte work on stage in 2016? "The trap of it is to think of it as something that has an antique style, something that isn't alive anymore," says Christopher Bayes. And he should know. He has a long history with professional clowning and movement-based...

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This Broadway Musical May Be What the Country Needs Right Now

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Thursday, November 10, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Nov 10, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

The a cappella world of In Transit means a lot these days --- There's a new Broadway musical that might help remedy our devastating national fissures. For a few hours, at least, it might replace our sense of "my country/their country" with a vision of unity and cooperation. It might remind us, if only for a little while, how it looks when Americans...

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The Way He Walks Says Everything

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, November 02, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Wed Nov 2, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Khris Davis' gut-wrenching physical transformation gets at the heart of Lynn Nottage's new play Sweat --- Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles When Khris Davis read Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's Sweat, which opens this week at the Public Theater, he immediately felt...

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Chris Gethard's New Comedy is Deadly Serious

By JACK SMART

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Wed Oct 12, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

A frank, funny show about depression and art --- A stand-up comedian sharing personal stories in front of a crowd is one thing. Describing suicidal thoughts in excruciating detail is quite another. That's exactly what happens in Chris Gethard: Career Suicide, the writer-performer's autobiographical solo show. "There are stretches where I don't care...

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Horton Foote's Way With Women

By FRANK RIZZO

Thursday, October 06, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Oct 6, 2016 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Primary Stages highlights his knack for rich female characters --- Horton Foote has a way with women -- or at least his women characters. Think of Kim Stanley in The Chase, Shirley Knight in The Young Man from Atlanta, Hallie Foote in Dividing the Estate, Betty Buckley in Old Friends, Estelle Parsons in The Day Emily Married or any of the actors...

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