The latest edition of The Public Theater's performance festival is more inclusive than ever---The Public Theater's annual Under the Radar festival has always been about breaking boundaries b…
The return of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, New York City Ballet's new season, international companies and more---Welcome to a new year of eclectic dance performances. January brings three dis…
How the Tony winner helped transform an iconic '90s album into a new Broadway musical---In an industry in which theatre directors are often approached by producers with finalized scripts in …
A proud master of the hummable show tune, he wrote Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage aux Folles and more We woke up to the sad news that Jerry Herman passed away late yesterday. Broadway lovers k…
Why it's important to start kids' theatregoing adventures early---For a family as stage-centric as ours (I'm the only non-Equity adult), one question arises the minute new members are born i…
How the Tony-winning director was instrumental in bringing this cult movie musical to the stage---Rebecca Taichman isn't just the director of Sing Street at New York Theatre Workshop, she's …
Emmy winner Luke Kirby returns to the New York stage in an epic production of a rarely seen play---To fans of Slings and Arrows—a cult TV comedy about the behind-the-scenes drama at a …
How TDF's Introduction to Dance program changed Antonio Rosario-Richardson's life---Brooklyn native Antonio Rosario-Richardson first fell in love with dancing at age 8, when Ballet Tech cond…
Tap genius Michelle Dorrance puts her stamp on the famous Christmas ballet---There is a cornucopia of Nutcrackers twirling all over New York this holiday season, but none as exuberant as Mic…
This December, two festivals and a musical revival prove Yiddish culture is enjoying a remarkable resurgence---The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin), the first work of Yiddish theatre ever prese…
A theatre lover weighs in on the lack of size diversity in the industry---As a musical-loving teen, I spent countless hours imagining myself as my favorite Broadway heroines. But my fantasie…
Donja R. Love discusses his "super personal" world premiere---According to a recent CDC fact sheet, if current trends persist, one in two African-American gay or bisexual men will be diagnos…
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter and director Davis McCallum discuss their latest collaboration at Lincoln Center---Who could have predicted a decade ago that Samuel D. Hunter, an Idaho-bred play…
How emerging playwright Alex Riad is using his hometown as fodder for a theatrical trilogy---Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis may be Alex Riad's cousin, but Lucy Thurber's Hilltown…
The TV star plays three different characters in One November Yankee---Harry Hamlin initially starred in One November Yankee seven years ago, but he admits he was not writer-director Joshua R…
Veteran actor-producer John Ortiz on making his directorial debut with Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven---John Ortiz cofounded the LAByrinth Theater Company with a group of actors in 19…
The Tony winner talks about his illustrious theatre career and his return to the New York stage in the dramedy Harry Townsend's Last Stand---Veteran theatregoers know Len Cariou as a stage s…
Veteran choreographer Donald Byrd discusses his politically charged world premiere for Alvin Ailey---When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater commissioned acclaimed choreographer Donald Byrd …
Catch Michelle Dorrance, Alvin Ailey and multiple Nutcrackers---'Tis the season of Nutcrackers, and not just at Lincoln Center. Our December roundup includes three other, more intimate and l…
María Irene Fornés' Fefu and Her Friends is finally being revived after four-plus decades---Like many admirers of María Irene Fornés' rarely performed masterpiece…
The holiday season has officially arrived and seeing shows with your loved ones is a great way to celebrate. We've rounded up a dozen festive productions for different types of audiences, so…
Three participants in the TDF Veterans Theatregoing Program talk about the impact it's had on their lives---James Faulkner recalls his wife and daughter going to the theatre, but the Korean …
Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things---This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Juan Michael Porter II, a d…
Tony-winning scenic and costume designer Rob Howell discusses his nontraditional approach to the holiday staple---When director Matthew Warchus approached his longtime collaborator, scenic a…
Playwright Susan Lambert Hatem talks about her unconventional political history play---A young man wants to know how it really went down in "the room where it happened." No, it's not a scene…