TDF Stages Archive
An online theatre magazine
Read about NYC’s best theatre and dance productions and watch video interviews with innovative artists
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LISTEN: The directors of Hamilton and Allegiance discuss their work
We asked Kail to write a few sentences about this podcast… and the ongoing series of conversations he’s recording with important contemporary directors. Read his thoughts below and listen to the podcast here . Want more Masters of the Stage? Browse the podcast archive ! — One of the challenges of being a director is that you rarely get to work with other directors. Few people in the world rea
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What Makes ‘Misery’ Seem Scary On Stage?
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Arthur Miller Has Never Looked Like This Before
The audience knows the view is going to be fresh when the show begins with the four walls of Eddie Carbone’s home rising up in the air, revealing a stark white floor and pristine Lucite benches inside. Designer Jan Versweyveld intentionally wanted to give the impression of a house being lifted up by its roof so that we can peek on what’s happening inside.
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Can You Survive the Alien Cockroach Invasion?
“I basically designed the kind of invasion and occupation that I knew I wouldn’t survive for even two days,” he says.
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This Looks Like the End of the Patriarchy
Taylor Mac’s new play is a comedy to take seriously
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The Part of the Play I Didn’t Write
Why writer/performer Eliza Bent improvises a key moment in her new show Toilet Fire
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Darkness and Light in George Takei’s Life
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The Play’s Moving Fast — Hold on Tight
How Marin Ireland keeps the pace in Kill Floor
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When Is Ballet Like a Photograph?
Integrating a wide variety of art forms in a collaborative process, the troupe is helping erase notions of ballet as old-fashioned or uptight. Take its latest premieres: Invisible Divide , a full company piece set to songs by music director Ellis Ludwig-Leone and inspired by the photographs of Paul Maffi, and an as-yet-unnamed second ballet, which echoes the photographs of Dafy Hagai with music by