TDF Stages Archive

The imported epic Coram Boy may have closed precipitously on Broadway after just 30 performances, but its breakout star, Xanthe Elbrick, is having a very good year, thank you. Nominated for a Tony in May for the dual role of a pair of precocious, musically talented boys, the British-American actress was nominated for a Tony […]

To say that Kate Mulgrew is “in a good place” right now would be an understatement. Given that she’s starring in Iphigenia 2.0, Chuck Mee’s free-wheeling modern take on Euripides, at the Signature Theatre, you might even call it a tragic understatement. “Going to the theatre right now is going on wings,” effuses Mulgrew, who’s […]

The Theatre Development Fund’s TKTS booth is justly famous for its half-price offerings of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. But what about Off-Off-Broadway? This thriving alternative realm of New York theatre already boasts pretty cheap seats, but now TDF is offering the ticket-buying public the option of even lower prices, and the chance to sample a […]

“Our show is all about used-car salesmen in a fishbowl,” joked Steven Cosson, the director and compiler of Gone Missing, the Off-Broadway hit by the hip New York-based theatre company The Civilians, just extended at the Barrow Street Theatre through Jan. 6, 2008. In fact there are no cars, fish or sales staff onstage in […]

Funny what a Broadway hit can do for a writer. Douglas Carter Beane had only written one musical before, an allegorical romp set on a terrorist-beset cruise ship called The Big Time, which had a brief production as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005 but has since languished on producers’ desks. […]

Angela Lansbury may have told the press that Terrence McNally’s Deuce will be her last Broadway show, but her co-star Marian Seldes won’t have any of it. “I don’t believe it,” Seldes said recently. “I think something will occur that she’ll want to do, and she’ll do it again. She loves acting in the theatre […]

Summer in New York is a season of street fairs, outdoor concerts–and theatre festivals. From international imports to Off-Off-Broadway experiments, there’s something for every theatregoer, and every price range. The festival season has already begun, so here’s a quick guide to three that are worth your attention. Lincoln Center Festival This extraordinary international festival of […]

“If somebody’s not willing to do anything to get what they want, they probably shouldn’t be in a play,” says Harriet Harris, stating the sound dramatic principle that’s driven several of her most memorable characters: a grasping talent agent on Frasier, a scheming neighbor on Desperate Housewives, a ruthless white-slavery mastermind in Thoroughly Modern Millie […]

It’s classic bit of showbiz advice that still hard to argue with: “You gotta have a gimmick/If you wanna get a hand.” So our question for Alison Fraser, the veteran musical theatre actress who will dispense this pearl of wisdom as the stripper Tessie Tura in Encores! Summer Stars’ production of Gypsy at City Center […]