The great thing about a diamond is that it cannot be tarnished, by age or if put in the wrong hands. It can be remounted, the setting gussied up or stripped down, but the beauty remains.
Dancer Richard Winsor puts his stamp on Matthew Bourne’s productionMatthew Bourne's celebrated reimagining of Swan Lake has swooped into New York City Center through November 7. Much o…
On October 23, Victoria Bailey, TDF’s Executive Director, gave the keynote speech at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s (NAMT) fall conference. Under the title “Ou…
Created by veterans of the revue "Beatlemania," this tribute show feeds off a seemingly endless appetite for all things Paul, John, George and Ringo. But after a show like this, the only imp…
The four-time Tony winner plays a frustrated son in Driving Miss Daisy.
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles...
Enter the diverse, vibrant world of Cedar Lake BalletThough only in its seventh season, Cedar Lake Ballet has already become one of New York City's preeminent contemporary ballet companies.F…
Director Ken Rus Schmoll builds silent tension in Will Eno’s playThere’s a birth, a death, and a scene where a cop chokes a guy with his nightstick, but the spirit of Middletown …
A new play seeks hope in troubling statistics about African-American men“Echinacea,” chimes the voice of a precocious black boy. “Ginseng. Slippery elm. Castor oil!” …
The Scottsboro Boys stars create metaphorical minstrels—Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages´ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles.—The new Broadwa…
A Philadelphia theatre company renews its commitment to new workOver the past year, more and more theatres in Philadelphia have tightened their belts, with co-productions between major compa…
The first indication that things might get a little weird at "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" is the sight before the show begins of a large ...
The strange experience of seeing Hotel Savoy“Some people feel terrified, some people feel bored, and some people feel that they’d like to stay much longer.” That’s ho…
One word seems to best describe Jerry Seinfeld's role as a Broadway director: reluctant.
Elisabeth Gray and a talking oven bring the poet back to lifeTruman Capote once described a sheet of paper he spied in a young woman's typewriter. It read, “Sylvia Plath, I hate you/ A…
SITI Company injects Shakespeare with radio and Orson Welles.Take a moment to close your eyes: Imagine a castle where a vicious soldier sneaks into a king’s bedroom and stabs him while…
Rarely has waiting around for a computer to reboot created such good theatre.
How Gabriel Ebert prepared for a Broadway show in less than ten days. One of the most striking things about Brief Encounter, now on Broadway at Studio 54, is how effortless it seems. A styl…
The “In Transit” team explains how they make a musical with no instruments When it comes to collaboration, the cast of In Transit, now in previews at Primary Stages, makes every…
Why the recent boom in theatre about theatre? Patrick Stewart has portrayed a spaceship captain, a mutant, Scrooge, and Macbeth, but the character he’s performing this season on Broad…
Unlocking the structural secrets of a new Broadway playLee Hall’s new play The Pitmen Painters is a fantastic example of the old saying that “form equals content.” The play…
How an outsider director rose to Broadway fame This fall, The Path to Broadway will ask artists and audiences to reflect on their first Broadway experiences. To read all the stories in this…
A year in the life of Charles Busch’s new play Anyone lamenting the difficulties of getting a show produced in New York might consider the approach that Charles Busch took in financin…