The Originalist wants to challenge your perspective on the late Supreme Court Justice---Washington, D.C.-based stage actor Edward Gero has tackled a wide range of heavies in his career, from…
How Marcus Gardley reinvented Federico García Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba---Back in 2010, The New Yorker's Hilton Als described playwright Marcus Gardley as "an interesting hei…
Renée Taylor looks back on her life and her love, Joseph Bologna, in her solo memoir My Life on a Diet---After more than a half century of working on projects with her husband, actor-…
Stephanie Hsu on why her role in Be More Chill is so groundbreaking---Stephanie Hsu realized something was happening when she started getting tagged in fan art of her Be More Chill character…
Two veteran company members on working for visionary choreographer Moses Pendleton---The mesmerizing and fantastical visuals conjured by Momix come directly from founder Moses Pendleton's ex…
How Bonnie Milligan is breaking body stereotypes in Head Over Heels---From the very first reading of the Go-Go's musical Head Over Heels in 2014, Bonnie Milligan knew she was perfect for the…
How Joshua Bergasse is putting his own stamp on Smokey Joe's Cafe---At a recent matinee of the Off-Broadway revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, iconic numbers su…
Jewelle Gomez's new play examines the writer's dueling identities---What do you do when what's oppressing you also nurtures and sustains you? In Waiting for Giovanni, playwright Jewelle Gome…
How set designer Jason Sherwood put Studio 54, The Mudd Club and Andy Warhol's Factory all on one stage---How do you conjure three legendary hot spots from New York's past in an intimate Off…
You won't believe your eyes at these magic shows---At TDF, we're always touting the magic of theatre. But what about the magic of magic? If you truly want your mind blown the next time you b…
How Superstorm Sandy changed the trajectory of Fire in Dreamland---Playwright Rinne Groff is obsessed with the obsessed, whether it's an inventor's struggle to perfect an early version of te…
Trainspotting Live is giving audiences a rush Off-Broadway---Inspired by Irvine Welsh's eponymous novel about a motley crew of young drug users wreaking havoc in '80s Edinburgh, Trainspottin…
How Lex Liang transports Antigone into the future through costumes---Lex Liang had never seen a production of Antigone when director Carl Cofield invited him to design the costumes for the C…
Inside the unusual process of making Mary Page Marlowe---When Susan Pourfar was cast as the title character in Tracy Letts' Mary Page Marlowe, which traces seven decades of an ordinary woman…
Why all the shows in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity are raising funds for various charities---"This is the most important moment for art that we've had in the last 50 years," says …
Here are highlights at lauded out-of-town theatres in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond---While there are still plenty of productions to see in New York over the summer, this is the s…
Our guide to the 15th annual event---The New York Musical Festival kicks off next week with a slew of tuneful offerings in Midtown. Since its founding in 2004, NYMF has helped launch more th…
Timothy DuWhite's Neptune has its world premiere at the HOT! Festival---Throughout July, avant-garde hot spot Dixon Place hosts its 27th annual HOT! Festival: The NYC Celebration of Queer Cu…
David Carl uses Shakespeare to skewer politicos in Trump Lear---Late-night talk-show hosts write fresh bits every day to satirize the state of the union. But solo performer and playwright Da…
One veteran theatregoer pays tribute to a lost tradition---At least I didn't have to worry about forgetting the tickets. In my many decades of theatregoing, that had only happened once. But …
MaYaa Boateng talks about the challenges of her role in Fairview---Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview starts out like a naturalistic family dramedy, as a well-to-do African-American woman name…
MaYaa Boateng talks about the challenges of her role in Fairview---Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview starts out like a naturalistic family dramedy, as a well-to-do African-American woman name…
MaYaa Boateng talks about the challenges of her interactive role in Fairview---Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview starts out like a naturalistic family dramedy, as a well-to-do African-America…
See fresh takes on Fiddler on the Roof, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmen Jones---Off-Broadway is often a destination for adventurous theatre, free from the commercial constraint…
Writer-director Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj dramatizes a critical moment in our nation's history---It's long been said that history is written by the winners. But when those victors are people o…