TDF Stages Archive
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Are You Sure You Want to Do That?
Director Michael Longhurst isn’t big on naturalism—at least not for the shows he helms. That’s part of why he and playwright Nick Payne work so well together. Over the past three years, the British compatriots have collaborated on a number of thought-provoking productions. Now they’re both making their Broadway debuts with Manhattan Theatre Club’s Constellations, […]
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Anything Can Make Music In The Woods
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Classic Danish Dances, Back in New York
Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.
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Can You Handle What I Really Think of You?
By MARK BLANKENSHIP In one way or another, most of us compete with our friends. Maybe we feel relieved that our jobs make us happier or that our marriages seem healthier. Maybe we feel the slightest bit smug when we understand a political reference and they don’t. Living in Western society, it’s just hard to […]
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When Horsing Around Turns Deadly Serious
Playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner uses broad comedy to explore the drama of preprepubescent girls — While most dark comedies about adolescent angst take place in high school (see Heathers, Mean Girls, et al), playwright Jenny Rachel Weiner thinks the anxiety sets in before the teen years. Even now as an adult, she still finds tweens […]
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How a Folk Music Hero Inspired a New Ailey Ballet
Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.
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WATCH: Meet Company XIV
Company XIV is a dance-theatre company where art and entertainment crash together. This video features company members Austin McCormick, Laura Careless, and Davon Rainey.
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You Can’t Take It With You: Classic Play vs. Classic Film
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get super enthusiastic about things. This week, Stages editor Mark Blankenship geeks out (via Google Doc) with Catherine Sheehy, chair of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at Yale School of Drama and Resident Dramaturg at Yale Repertory Theatre. Mark Blankenship: Hi Catherine! As you may recall, we were […]
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This Play Needs a Co-Star. How About You?
By MARK BLANKENSHIP You’re closer than you realize to co-starring in an Off-Broadway play. Just buy a ticket to Every Brilliant Thing, now at the Barrow Street Theatre, and you could easily land a significant role. That’s because the show relies on audience participation, and in a meatier, more dramatic way than you’ll find at […]