TDF Stages Archive
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Your Guide to Summer Theatre Festivals
Even with a busy Tony season behind us and fall still several months away, theatre lovers have no need to despair. Every summer, a cornucopia of festivals lets artists from around the world bring their work to New York. From seasoned veterans to emerging performers cutting their teeth, these events give a berth to every […]
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It Takes a Lot of Clothes to Dress a Court
Inside Wolf Hall’s Tony Award-winning design — “Stuff that touches the skin deteriorates the fastest.” Susan Checklick is calling from backstage at the Winter Garden Theatre. That evening’s performance of Wolf Hall is under way, and she is staring at 12 laundry baskets full of fabric scraps. Before the week is over, possibly before the […]
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How They Became a Downtown Ballet Company
New York Theatre Ballet moves (literally) into a new era
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One Rachmaninoff Is Not Enough
Practical concerns inspire deep meaning in Dave Malloy’s new musical — Never underestimate the power of practical limitations. In the theatre, at least, they often lead to a show’s most innovative elements. Just look at what happened with Preludes, the new musical written and composed by Dave Malloy that’s currently making its world premiere in […]
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It’s the Funniest King Lear of the Season!
Why My Perfect Mind injects comedy into tragedy
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Can Classic Plays Speak to Young People?
A new theatre company passionately believes they can — Attracting young-adult audiences to the theatre has long been a challenge due to skyrocketing ticket prices and a perceived disconnect from mainstream culture. But Masterworks Theater Company hopes to change that. Founded by veteran New York City producer Eric Krebs, the troupe specializes in affordable, engaging, […]
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What Are Your Co-Workers Not Telling You?
In real life and in their work, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Evan Cabnet explore the boundaries of collaboration — It’s challenging to write about the Vineyard Theatre’s new pitch-black comedy Gloria without giving too much away. Like all of rising playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ shows — including Appropriate and An Octoroon, which together earned him the 2014 […]
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The World We Hear Vs. the World We See
Sound changes everything in 10 Out of 12 — “I think of theatre ultimately as a sonic event, rather than a visual one.” So says playwright Anne Washburn, who’s certainly honoring that credo with her new show. Playing through July 18 at Soho Rep, 10 Out of 12 is about what we hear as much […]
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This Play Is So Realistic, It Must Be Fake
The secret structure of The Flick