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Kate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany on playing two remarkable women in science---If Marie Curie is just a name to you, you're not alone. Francesca Faridany admits she didn't know much about …
The lauded theatre company puts its singular stamp on the Arthur Miller classic ---Even before it begins, Bedlam's take on Arthur Miller's The Crucible is meant to jar. The sparse Connelly T…
Cady Huffman on why she had to play the title character in Marguerite---Cady Huffman may be best known to theatre lovers for her work on Broadway, particularly her Tony-winning turn as the v…
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 Christina Trivigno, TDF's D…
The beloved Swiss mime troupe makes its belated New Victory Theater debut---The only sounds you hear at a Mummenschanz performance are laughs coming from the audience. Using masks, props, pu…
The unusual development of Broadbend, Arkansas---It's ironic that Broadbend, Arkansas -- the new two-person musical about an African-American father and daughter grappling with the personal …
The immersive Black History Museum takes a satirical look at 400 years of the African-American experience---Regardless of how you identify, The Black History Museum…According to the U…
After almost a quarter century, Migdalia Cruz's FUR has its belated New York premiere---Migdalia Cruz, who turns 61 this week, wrote FUR when she was in a very different place in her life. F…
Four new dance programmers talk about their respective visions for the Joyce, BAM and other cultural institutions---New York's dance scene has some fresh movers and shakers. At a striking nu…
How the musical Tina reveals new facets of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll---When Tony-nominated playwright Katori Hall was approached about penning the book for Tina, the new Broadway musical ab…
For weeks we've been flipping our fins in anticipation of ABC's The Little Mermaid Live!, especially since this live TV musical was clearly a departure from its predecessors. Now that's it's…
The star of the solo play A Woman of the World chats about her illustrious stage career---As her Lifetime Achievement Obie Award last year reaffirmed, Kathleen Chalfant has long been Off-Bro…
Marga Gomez sparks a queer awakening in a new play at Ars Nova---Marga Gomez isn't used to playing with others. Over the course of her 35-year career as an actor and stand-up comic, she's wr…
Richard Nelson continues his poignant exploration of a changing America with his latest Rhinebeck Panorama play---Don't come to The Michaels hungry -- at least not for food. As with the prev…
Catch international companies, Broadway choreographers and politically minded pieces---This month's roundup of intriguing dance events includes pieces from three choreographers who've worked…
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 Christina Trivigno, TDF's D…
The veteran British stage actor talks about making his Broadway debut in The Inheritance---Paul Hilton can hear people crying when his character, Walter Poole, tries to explain to his thirty…
A tribute to its late founder, the lineup includes dances that haven't been seen in decades, and farewell performances by four longtime company members---Paul Taylor American Modern Dance le…
This season, a striking number of new (and returning) plays are exploring the plight of the displaced---Arian Moayed, who was only five years old when he and his family left post-revolutiona…
A Latinx theatre fan recounts the barriers she had to break through in order to attend shows---I first fell in love with Broadway musicals listening to the original cast recording of Lin-Man…
Krysta Rodriguez talks about her fiery role in the new comedy Seared at MCC Theater---Although other characters Krysta Rodriguez has portrayed may have seemed more likable, the 35-year-old a…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's freestyle love supreme ends in January, but its sister school is here to stay and open to all---Don't be surprised if you find yourself tearing up at Broadway's freestyl…
I was unprepared for how the current revival would affect me---From the moment I heard about Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I knew I had to see it. Just as rereading a favorite book reveals…
Performer and playwright Edgar Oliver conjures a lost friend and a lost city in VICTOR---Over the summer I ran into playwright, poet and performer Edgar Oliver on the street. We'd met a few …
Will Hochman talks about making his Broadway debut in the two-character play The Sound Inside---Will Hochman had only appeared in two professional stage productions before he found himself s…