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Jewelle Gomez's new play examines the writer's dueling identities --- What do you do when what's oppressing you also nurtures and sustains you? In Waiting for Giovanni, playwright Jewelle Gomez examines James Baldwin's complicated relationship with the burgeoning civil rights movement while penning his 1956 novel Giovanni's Room. Though now considered...

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Resurrecting Old New York in 'This Ain't No Disco'

By MICHAEL MARTIN

Thursday, July 19, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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How set designer Jason Sherwood put Studio 54, The Mudd Club and Andy Warhol's Factory all on one stage --- How do you conjure three legendary hot spots from New York's past in an intimate Off-Broadway venue? That's the formidable challenge 28-year-old scenic designer Jason Sherwood faced with This Ain't No Disco at Atlantic Theater Company. A world-premiere...

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Making Magic on Stage -- Literally

By REGINA ROBBINS

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Wed Jul 18, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

You won't believe your eyes at these magic shows --- At TDF, we're always touting the magic of theatre. But what about the magic of magic? If you truly want your mind blown the next time you buy tickets, consider one of these five live spectacles, which offer tricks, illusions, feats of mentalism and other enchanted acts. You don't even need a crystal...

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Destruction and Rebirth in Coney Island

By MARTHA WADE STEKETEE

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

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How Superstorm Sandy changed the trajectory of Fire in Dreamland --- Playwright Rinne Groff is obsessed with the obsessed, whether it's an inventor's struggle to perfect an early version of television (The Ruby Sunrise), an author's fixation on the story of Anne Frank (Compulsion) or an aspiring filmmaker's quest to make a movie about a historic catastrophe...

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Exploring Addiction Through Immersive Theatre

By JEN GUSHUE

Monday, July 16, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Mon Jul 16, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Trainspotting Live is giving audiences a rush Off-Broadway --- Inspired by Irvine Welsh's eponymous novel about a motley crew of young drug users wreaking havoc in '80s Edinburgh, Trainspotting Live lands stateside at Roy Arias Stages after years of touring the U.K. and beyond. Although this version blends elements from the book, Harry Gibson's...

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Dressing a Greek Classic for Tomorrow

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Friday, July 13, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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How Lex Liang transports Antigone into the future through costumes --- Lex Liang had never seen a production of Antigone when director Carl Cofield invited him to design the costumes for the Classical Theatre of Harlem's take on Sophocles' tragedy. That was probably a good thing since this is far from a traditional mounting. The company's politically...

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How Are Six Performers Playing One Part?

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Thursday, July 12, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Thu Jul 12, 2018 • Off-Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Inside the unusual process of making Mary Page Marlowe --- When Susan Pourfar was cast as the title character in Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe, which traces seven decades of an ordinary woman's life, she geared up for the role in an unusual way -- by consulting all the other Mary Page Marlowes. Pourfar is one of six actresses (plus a baby doll) portraying...

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Turn Off the News, Tune In to a Socially Conscious Arts Festival

By DOUG STRASSLER

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Wed Jul 11, 2018 • Off-Off Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Why all the shows in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity are raising funds for various charities --- "This is the most important moment for art that we've had in the last 50 years," says Shaun Peknic, the newly minted artistic director of Planet Connections Theatre Festivity (PCTF). Fittingly, the 10th edition of this summer festival features...

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