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How the master satirist's work speaks to today --- Kurt Vonnegut, best known for his acidic novels Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, only wrote a handful of works for the theatre, mostly playlets that are rarely done. So when two shows with his byline are running Off-Broadway simultaneously, it practically qualifies as a festival. San Francisco's...

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Why Does the Audience Exit This Play Arguing?

By GERARD RAYMOND

Monday, October 15, 2018 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Mon Oct 15, 2018 • Broadway • 0 comments Share This

Director Leigh Silverman helps explore heady questions in Broadway's The Lifespan of a Fact --- In this era of #AlternativeFacts and #FakeNews, a show called The Lifespan of a Fact sounds like it was written about where we are right now. However, this new Broadway play was inspired by real-life events that predate Twitter. The editor of a glossy magazine...

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Giving 'Oklahoma!' Bold New Moves

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Friday, October 12, 2018 • Choreography • 0 comments Share This

Fri Oct 12, 2018 • Choreography • 0 comments Share This

How choreographer John Heginbotham helped revitalize the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece --- Guggenheim Fellow John Heginbotham has been creating his own celebrated contemporary dance-theatre pieces since founding his eponymous company in 2011. Choreographing classic musicals wasn't really high on his wish list -- until boundary-pushing director...

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WATCH: Stars and Spectators on How Theatre Has Changed Their Lives

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, October 11, 2018 • Broadway • 3 comments Share This

Thu Oct 11, 2018 • Broadway • 3 comments Share This

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the TKTS "red steps," audiences and artists share the shows (and ticket deals) they'll never forget --- It's been a year of celebrations at TDF: Our not-for-profit organization turned 50, our Times Square TKTS Booth turned 45 and October 16 is the 10th anniversary of our iconic "red steps." (They don't look a day...

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Wait, Didn't We Just Watch That Scene?

By ELIZA BENT

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 • Borough Play • 0 comments Share This

Wed Oct 10, 2018 • Borough Play • 0 comments Share This

Inside David Greenspan's new time- and reality-bending play --- The spark for The Things That Were There was ignited the night David Greenspan agreed to auction off his talents. The five-time Obie winner -- who's as lauded for his performing as his playwriting -- was participating in New Dramatists' signature fundraiser Nocturnal Commissions,...

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He's Designing Three Shows at Once

By REGINA ROBBINS

Tuesday, October 09, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Tue Oct 9, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Set and costume designer Arnulfo Maldonado is having a major Off-Broadway moment --- An African-American woman is working in her kitchen. She's wearing heels; her hair is elegantly coiffed. The furniture and appliances indicate we're in the mid-20th century. This feels like a real place, with its floral-patterned wallpaper, Formica table and white...

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Fresh Voices in Modern Dance Converge in Brooklyn

By LAUREN PHOENIX KAY

Friday, October 05, 2018 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Fri Oct 5, 2018 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Dumbo Dance Festival returns for its 18th edition --- When Young Soon Kim founded White Wave Dance back in 1988, she set up shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn, then a haven for scrappy artists looking for large spaces at low rents. That's where she crafted her delicately etched choreography style, like lines of movement calligraphy mixed with cutting-edge elements...

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Why Bill Irwin Is Obsessed with Samuel Beckett

By NED MOORE

Thursday, October 04, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Oct 4, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

The Tony winner mounts a singular tribute to the legendary writer at Irish Rep --- Bill Irwin is not a scholar. He is not a biographer. He is a clown. Whether you know him as Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street, or for playing fools in Shakespeare, or from his neo-vaudeville romps Fool Moon and Old Hats, his Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown...

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