Find Your Family in "A Civil War Christmas"
Paula Vogel uses Christmas past to discuss the present Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel famously said, “I only write about things that directly impact my life.” But …
Paula Vogel uses Christmas past to discuss the present Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel famously said, “I only write about things that directly impact my life.” But …
How Folksbiene and other New York theatres keep Yiddish entertainment up to date Although American Jews are arguably more assimilated than ever before, Yiddish—and by extension Yiddish…
How “Charlie Victor Romeo” stages the transcripts of airline emergencies While most documentary theatre (The Laramie Project, The Exonerated, etc.) is based on after-the-fact int…
Director-choreographer Warren Carlyle talks about the meticulous dance and movement of “Chaplin” Much of the focus on the new Broadway musical Chaplin has centered on its relativ…
Irish Rep brings “New Girl in Town” back to the stage A minor Broadway hit in the late ’50s, New Girl in Townseems like the kind of musical that would only resurface as par…
How the “Closer Than Ever” team creates their beloved shows In the program for the first major New York City revival of Closer Than Ever, now at York Theatre Company, lyricist Ri…
The Tony Nominee gets old-time laughs in Nice Work if You Can Get It Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles His name may…
Why his new play Judith of Bethulia is more than just camp — There's something Andy Hardy-ish about Charles Busch's stage comedies. Granted, the prolific playwright/performer is usuall…
The star of Smash returns to his theatrical roots in Peter and the Starcatcher.