TDF Stages Archive
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The Rhythm of Grief
By RAVEN SNOOK Though not a tuner, brownsville song (b-side for tray) has a musical sensibility. Hip-hop frequently blares from the speakers, and the characters deliver impassioned speeches that often sound more like lyrics than lines. In fact, the searing soliloquy that opens Kimber Lee’s new drama at LCT3’s Claire Tow Theater features a chilling […]
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WATCH: Meet Mint Theater Company
Get to know Mint Theater Company, which breathes new life into lost or neglected plays.
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This Caftan Tells a Hundred Stories
Cynthia Nixon’s caftan is a fabulous fashion statement, yes, but it’s also an emblem of how costumes enhance the storytelling in Roundabout’s current Broadway revival of The Real Thing. The caftan—a glorious black-and-white number with a paint-splatter pattern and matching shirt underneath—operates on several layers at once. For one thing, it tells us something important […]
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He’s Singing About His Home
tweets about theatre at @PataphysicalSci . Follow TDF at @TDFNYC .
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The Twyla Tharp Ballet We Nearly Lost
Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.
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His Rage Is My Rage Too
By ROB WEINERT-KENDT — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles It’s clearly been a very bad day. Amir (Hari Dhillon) doesn’t so much enter his dusk-lit apartment as storm it, quickly loosening his tight corporate-lawyer tie and pouring himself a stiff drink. His wife Emily (Gretchen […]
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What Exactly Is Queens-Style Dance?
In dance reputation terms, Manhattan has made its mark with stalwart institutions like American Ballet Theatre and Lincoln Center, as well as 1960s-bred, avant-garde downtown companies. Brooklyn’s dancescape is known for Mark Morris, BAM, and even more experimental flavors. But do audiences ever think of—or even recognize—what could be called “Queens-style” dance? Karesia Batan thought […]
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Which Tony Award performances do you watch over and over?
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get super enthusiastic about things. This week, Stages editor Mark Blankenship geeks out (via Gchat) with Mark Peikert, executive editor of Backstage Today’s Topic: Which performances from the Tony Awards do you watch the most on YouTube? — Mark Blankenship: Hey there Mark! I’m glad you could […]
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WATCH: Meet Dixon Place
Get to know Dixon Place, where every kind of artist is trying every kind of thing.