TDF Stages Archive
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God Travels from Bookstores to Twitter to Broadway
The unlikely life of the new comedy An Act of God — In the beginning, there was the Producer. Or so sayeth playwright David Javerbaum, who credits Jeffrey Finn as the primary shepherd behind An Act of God, the Broadway adaptation of Javerbaum’s 2011 humor collection The Last Testament: A Memoir by God. “It had […]
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The Ballet I Keep Going Back to
Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.
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WATCH: Meet Urban Stages
Meet Urban Stages, where every culture’s story gets told. This video features Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins, Tony Award nominee Trazana Beverley, Urban Stages’ Founding Artistic Director Frances Hill, and Urban Stages staff members Peter Napolitano, Rachel Sullivan, and Antoinette Mullins.
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2015 Tony Awards Contest
Got a talent for picking winners? Show off your skills in our Tony Contest and you just may win a pair of theatre tickets
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TDF Member Cliff Hoppus Pays Close Attention to the Costumes
Welcome to Meet the Member , where TDF members let you know which shows they love.
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Is That Really You Up There?
Audiences frequently confuse Dael Orlandersmith with the characters she writes and performs. Originally solely an actress, the New York City native began penning her own plays in the mid-90s such as Monster , The Gimmick and Pulitzer Prize finalist Yellowman . Superficially at least, she and her characters do seem to have a lot in common — they’re all brilliant black women trying to transcend di
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The Belle of Belfast Needs to Rock
The Irish Rep’s latest play creates the rough energy of 1980s Belfast — If you know the folk song “I’ll Tell Me Ma,” which is also called “The Belle of Belfast City,” then it might conjure images of a joyous Irish community. Or it might remind you of that one Chieftains album everyone had in […]
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Say What Now, Susan Sontag?
It’s not every day that a playwright starts her own theatre company and then wins a prestigious, game-changing grant. But such was the case for Sibyl Kempson, whose 7 Daughters of Eve Thtr. & Perf. Co. was founded before she was selected as a USA Rockefeller Fellow last year. “The company came before the grant,” says Kempson. “But it seemed cosmically connected.”
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The Trouble with Violence
In our brand-new series, Behind the Scene, playwright Qui Nguyen shares the challenges of mounting his latest show, Six Rounds of Vengeance