Category: Broadway
Which 'Saturday Night Live' Stars Have Performed on Broadway? Take Our Quiz!
By ANDREW BLOCK
Currently, there are two Saturday Night Live stars appearing in productions on Broadway, continuing a long and funny tradition of sketch comedy greats performing live from New York on stage. While you probably recognize many of their zany SNL characters, how well do you know their theatre credits? Take our quiz to find out! We promise, no matter...
What's It Like Designing Costumes for Three Shows at Once?
By AYANNA PRESCOD
Three-time Tony nominee Toni-Leslie James on her very busy return season
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Toni-Leslie James didn't just make it as a costume designer. The self-taught Broadway vet and Yale School of Drama professor tirelessly fought her way into the closets of the theatre industry. "I don't have a graduate degree, but I was never without a job," James says with...
How Do You Conjure 90 Years in 90 Minutes?
By RAVEN SNOOK
Playwright Noah Haidle and director Vivienne Benesch on Birthday Candles starring Debra Messing
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The last time Roundabout Theatre Company produced one of Noah Haidle's plays, it was a formative experience. "Mr. Marmalade went so badly with critics and audiences, they created the Roundabout Underground series so shit like that wouldn't happen to...
WATCH: TDF's 'Beetlejuice' Conversation
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Costars Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Elizabeth Teeter on the musical's resurrection
It's showtime... again! Reports of Beetlejuice's death were greatly exaggerated and now the irreverent musical comedy inspired by Tim Burton's 1988 cult movie has returned to Broadway. In honor of the reopening, we brought two of its stars together for a spirited chat:...
Join TDF for a 'Beetlejuice' Conversation
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Costars Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Elizabeth Teeter on the musical's resurrection
It's showtime... again! Reports of Beetlejuice's death were greatly exaggerated and now the irreverent musical comedy inspired by Tim Burton's 1988 cult movie is returning to Broadway. In honor of the production reopening this week, we're bringing two of its stars together...
Patrick J. Adams' 25-Year Journey to Broadway
By GERARD RAYMOND
The Suits star talks about baring it all on stage, emotionally and otherwise, in Take Me Out
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Patrick J. Adams has wanted to perform on Broadway since he was 15 years old. A quarter century later, he's finally hit a home run as one of the leads in Take Me Out, Second Stage Theater's revival of Richard Greenberg's 2003 Tony-winning play about what...
Which Broadway Stars Made the Best Villains on 'Law & Order'?
By TYLER RILEY & RAVEN SNOOK
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things
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Today's topic: In honor of the reboot of the original Law & Order, TDF's Tyler Riley and Raven Snook dish about their favorite criminal performances by Broadway icons in the franchise.
Raven Snook: If we did a Geek Out/Freak Out about ALL the Broadway stars who've...
Join TDF for a Conversation About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Broadway
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Meet three leaders who are helping transform the culture of the theatre industry
Although Bliss Griffin, Chloe Beck and Christina Alexander have different job titles, all three are working toward a common goal: a more inclusive, healthy and happy Broadway. That's no small task, but these empathetic and insightful women are up to the challenge. The...