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What's a Woman Worth Without Her Children?

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Monday, April 17, 2017 • Broadway • 1 comment Share This

Mon Apr 17, 2017 • Broadway • 1 comment Share This

A new Broadway play prods our biases --- Even if you've never seen A Doll's House, you might be interested in a sequel. Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's 1879 masterpiece ends with Nora Helmer, a cosseted and infantilized woman who has realized she's smothered by her marriage, leaving her family for an independent life. The play's final moment –...

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How Ghosts and Trees Come to Life in 'Anastasia'

By FRANK RIZZO

Thursday, April 13, 2017 • Broadway • 1 comment Share This

Thu Apr 13, 2017 • Broadway • 1 comment Share This

Inside this Broadway's musical's projection design --- Near the end of the first act of the Broadway musical Anastasia, three characters, filled with hope and excitement, take a train out of Russia heading for Paris. It's quite a ride for them – and for the audience – in a production that highlights the latest in projection design....

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Why Klezmer Music Haunts Broadway's 'Indecent'

By FRANK RIZZO

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Inside the score for this fevered take on history --- By its very nature, klezmer music pulses with life, but for Aaron Halva, it has a haunted quality as well. "To me it really feels like when I listen to the blues or hear a banjo played really well, and I just start crying," he says. And for those of Eastern European heritage, he adds, "it's in...

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Why Douglas Sills Is Roaring On Stage

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, April 06, 2017 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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The Tony nominee returns to Broadway in War Paint --- Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles How does the old saying go? "Behind every great man there's a great woman." Well invert that for War Paint -- the new Broadway musical about the rivalry between Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein...

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On Broadway, His Designs Make Paris Magical

By MARK BLANKENSHIP

Thursday, April 06, 2017 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Inside Amelie's Whimsical Set and Costumes --- Even if you moved to the Left Bank, you'd never see the Paris that's onstage in Amélie, and that's entirely the point. Based on the Oscar-nominated French film from 2001, this new Broadway musical follows a young woman whose imagination imbues every moment with magic. Whether she's a child...

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How a Musical Introduced Me to My Heroes

By RONNI KRASNOW

Thursday, March 30, 2017 • Broadway • 2 comments Share This

Thu Mar 30, 2017 • Broadway • 2 comments Share This

A theatre lover's tribute to the songwriting team of Ahrens and Flaherty --- March 23, 2017. That date had been imprinted on my brain for nearly a year: the first preview of Anastasia on Broadway. I bought my ticket the first day they went on sale. I had to be there. After all, I've been at every first performance of every Lynn Ahrens and Stephen...

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On Broadway, She's Quietly Honoring Her Mother

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

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Henny Russell's life informs the politics Oslo --- Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their roles The first play veteran character actress Henny Russell appeared in after her mother died was J. T. Rogers' Oslo, about the back-channel negotiations that led to the momentous 1993 handshake between...

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