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Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Christina Trivigno, TDF's Director of Digital Strategy and a bona fide theatre nerd. Today's topic: Inspired by Ivo van Hove's truncated and intermissionless production of West Side Story,...

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The Importance of Introducing Mummenschanz to New Generations

By RAVEN SNOOK

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 • Off-Broadway • 1 comment Share This

Tue Nov 12, 2019 • Off-Broadway • 1 comment Share This

The beloved Swiss mime troupe makes its belated New Victory Theater debut --- The only sounds you hear at a Mummenschanz performance are laughs coming from the audience. Using masks, props, puppets, and their malleable bodies and imagination, the members of the inventive Swiss mime troupe conjure humorous vignettes in complete silence. A pair of people...

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How Three Diverse Creators Brought a Musical About Racial Strife to Life

By JANICE C. SIMPSON

Monday, November 11, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Mon Nov 11, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

The unusual development of Broadbend, Arkansas --- It's ironic that Broadbend, Arkansas -- the new two-person musical about an African-American father and daughter grappling with the personal impact of racial oppression in the '60s and '80s -- started off as a monologue about an elderly Southern white woman living in a nursing home during the pre-civil...

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This Is Not Another Slave Play

By JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II

Friday, November 08, 2019 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Fri Nov 8, 2019 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

The immersive Black History Museum takes a satirical look at 400 years of the African-American experience --- Regardless of how you identify, The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America at HERE Arts Center will probably make you uncomfortable. An immersive theatrical experience, the show/exhibition takes audiences on...

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NYC's Dance Scene Is Changing. Here's Why

By SUSAN REITER

Thursday, November 07, 2019 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Thu Nov 7, 2019 • Dance • 0 comments Share This

Four new dance programmers talk about their respective visions for the Joyce, BAM and other cultural institutions --- New York's dance scene has some fresh movers and shakers. At a striking number of venues, new leaders are expanding the roster of artists who get showcased on their stages. Two notable regime changes occurred at the Joyce Theater,...

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Why Is This Woman Covered in Fur and Caged?

By DIEP TRAN

Thursday, November 07, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 2 comments Share This

Thu Nov 7, 2019 • Off-Off Broadway • 2 comments Share This

After almost a quarter century, Migdalia Cruz's FUR has its belated New York premiere --- Migdalia Cruz, who turns 61 this week, wrote FUR when she was in a very different place in her life. First staged in Chicago in 1995, the absurdist romance about a fur-covered woman has been produced all over the world, including in Turkey and Egypt. After almost...

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If You Think You Know Tina Turner's Story, You're Wrong

By KELUNDRA SMITH

Wednesday, November 06, 2019 • Broadway • 5 comments Share This

Wed Nov 6, 2019 • Broadway • 5 comments Share This

How the musical Tina reveals new facets of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll --- When Tony-nominated playwright Katori Hall was approached about penning the book for Tina, the new Broadway musical about legendary singer-songwriter Tina Turner, she initially worried there might not be anything new to say. "Because she has lived her life as an open book, I...

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WATCH: Our Favorite Clips from 'The Little Mermaid Live!' on ABC

Tuesday, November 05, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Tue Nov 5, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

For weeks we've been flipping our fins in anticipation of ABC's The Little Mermaid Live!, especially since this live TV musical was clearly a departure from its predecessors. Now that's it's aired, we've seen firsthand how different this hybrid of animated movie/live-action performance was. From the moment Jodi Benson, the original voice of Ariel, introduced...

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