You just may catch a future Broadway hit---What do the Tony Award-winning best musicals of the past five years have in common? They all began Off Broadway. Fun Home, Dear Evan Hansen, The Ba…
Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) and Border People give audiences a visceral sense of the immigration crisis---At a recent rehearsal for Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes), current…
How Goy Friendly and The Sabbath Girl bring people of different faiths together---On the surface, Ashley Blaker's solo show Goy Friendly and Cary Gitter's rom-com The Sabbath Girl don't seem…
If you're missing the uplift of live performance, you're not alone. We asked our TDF Accessibility Programs (TAP) members to email us their indelible theatre memories, and their stories brig…
Attending marathon or multipart shows is a challenge I embrace---Water bottle? Check! Lozenges I'll unwrap before the curtain goes up? Yup. A change of clothes? That last one might seem like…
Catch two takes on Swan Lake, the Martha Graham Dance Company and a wide range of international dance troupes this month---February is overflowing with worthy dance performances from all ove…
Why The Confession of Lily Dare is the playwright-performer's most personal parody ---For the past 35 years, Charles Busch has made audiences cry with laughter at his over-the-top sendups of…
The lauded choreographer leaves the classics behind with his latest creation for the company---There's an electricity in the air as ten New York City Ballet dancers rehearse a brand-new danc…
I had no idea a theatrical experiment would turn into one of the most rewarding experiences of my career---Three years ago I had this notion to show up at a theatre and create a show on the …
Instructors become the students in TDF's Be Your Own Hero: A Playwright's Journey Course---One of the first things Crystal Skillman did when her students arrived for their first session of T…
Theodora Skipitares' new spectacle celebrates a pair of pioneering African Americans---In an exchange of letters with Thomas Jefferson in 1791, Benjamin Banneker—a free black man, inde…
Tony-winning director Kenny Leon on his new production of the Pulitzer-winning drama---Director Kenny Leon didn't see Negro Ensemble Company's original mounting of A Soldier's Play in 1981, …
Eboni Booth talks about premiering her play Paris at her longtime artistic home---Eboni Booth was a teenager when she made her professional acting debut in a stage adaptation of The Cider Ho…
Eboni Booth talks about premiering her play Paris at her longtime artistic home---Eboni Booth was a teenager when she made her professional acting debut in a stage adaptation of The Cider Ho…
The stage star chats about his role in Grand Horizons, acting opposite Jane Alexander and why he's not worried about being typecast---Michael Urie acknowledges that he often plays gay charac…
A guide to 22 upcoming productionsThe Broadway season is about to kick into high gear with 21 new shows opening between now and the end of April, plus one big summer entry. From acclaimed Of…
The Avenue Q star has a great sense of humor about her role in Emojiland: The Musical---"Sometimes you get to play glamorous roles, and sometimes you get to play a pile of poo," says Ann Har…
Solo artist Rick Miller examines the cultural influence of his parents' generation in Boom---How do you measure, measure a year? How about four minutes? That's how long Rick Miller spends ex…
Why Rona Munro agreed to turn Elizabeth Strout's book into a stage play starring Laura Linney---"It can feel like wearing someone else's clothes," says Rona Munro about adapting another auth…
An alum of TDF's Wendy Wasserstein Project returns to the program as a teacher---Growing up in the Bronx in the '90s, Erica Vargas-Catucci saw a Playbill long before she ever saw a play. "At…
Gregory Vuyani Maqoma's singular Cion comes to The Joyce Theater---Most choreographers who've set dances to Maurice Ravel's Boléro lean into its sensuality and drama. But when South A…
How Katsura Sunshine is introducing New York audiences to the timeless humor of rakugo---How did Katsura Sunshine, a white guy from Canada, become a master of rakugo, a traditional Japanese …
A longtime theatregoer recalls a life-changing realization he had at a production of Oklahoma!---"Did seeing theatre when you were a kid make you gay?" I've been asked that question—bo…
Where to see shows, dance performances, concerts and family entertainment in the borough---The boogie down borough is well-known for the Yankees and the Zoo, but it's live arts scene deserve…
How I'm letting Broadway help me make 2020 a success---"What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder."Like Maria in The Sound of Music, who sings those lines in "I …