How J. Smith-Cameron drew on personal experience for her part in Peace for Mary Frances---In the New Group's intense world-premiere drama Peace for Mary Frances, Obie winner J. Smith-Ca…
Attention modern dance lovers: Brooklyn-bred dancer, choreographer and teacher, Shamel Pitts, is bringing his multimedia piece Black Box: Little Black Book of Red to Gibney Dance Center May …
Hill Harper channels a dissatisfied deejay in Our Lady of 121st Street---Although the priest taking Rooftop's long-overdue, long-winded and profanity-peppered confession in Our Lady of 121st…
Experimental theatre-maker Erin Markey explores the nature of intimacy in Singlet---Erin Markey's Singlet is a wrestling match, both literally and figuratively. It features headlocks and tak…
Playwright Toshiki Okada examines the aftershocks of a disaster---The three characters in Time's Journey Through a Room, the latest collaboration between renowned Japanese playwright Toshiki…
Just bring your A game to our Tony Awards predictions game---The 2018 Tony Awards are shaping up to be a David and Goliath-style battle. Who will take home Best Musical: the small and subtle…
Clubbed Thumb's annual theatre festival is an incubator for up-and-coming playwrights---You probably won't recognize the names Trish Harnetiaux, Angela Hanks and Will Arbery, but if you're a…
In Operation Crucible, four men try to survive the Sheffield Blitz---When Kieran Knowles and his LAMDA drama school buddies couldn't get work, he decided to write a play for them to star in.…
Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance company performs in the Met Breuer this month---On an unseasonably gray afternoon earlier this month, I was one of a handful of visitors wandering the Met Breuer…
Obie-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau completes her Detroit Project trilogy with Paradise Blue---Earlier this month, Dominique Morisseau's Signature Theatre residency kicked off with a…
Off-Broadway vet Lucy Taylor unleashes her inner 13 year old in Dance Nation---In Clare Barron's new show Dance Nation at Playwrights Horizons, age isn't a number, it's a state of mind. The …
Philip Dawkins' new play offers a fictionalized take on the playwrights' early encounters---Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Philip Dawkins started doing theatre while still in elementary sch…
Why Adam Green is so gung ho about his latest David Ives' show---Even though he's playing a servant in The Metromaniacs, Adam Green is a master at speaking in rhyme, and he has Tony-nominate…
Meet New York Deaf Theatre, the longest-running company of its kind in New York City and the third oldest Deaf troupe in the U.S. Founded in 1979, NYDT provides an artistic home for actors, …
Luba Mason shatters ageist notions in the musical Unexpected Joy---The amazingly youthful-looking Luba Mason isn't a grandmother in real life, but she doesn't mind playing one onstage -- so …
Why Jack Cummings III took a minimalist approach to the Tennessee Williams classic---At first Classic Stage Company's revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke looks a little curious. …
A new play focuses on two friends who survived the Armenian genocide---Over a decade ago a stranger approached playwright Joyce Van Dyke in the lobby of a theatre. "My name is Martin Derania…
Seth Numrich plays a founder of the antiestablishment art movement in Travesties---Initially, actor Seth Numrich wasn't sure what to make of rehearsals for Roundabout Theatre Company's Broad…
The director helms a free production of the Shakespeare play at the Public Theater---When the Public Theater approached Robert O'Hara about doing a Shakespeare show for its Mobile Unit, he i…
The Tony Award nominations for the 2017-2018 Broadway season are out! The complete list is below, along with links to all of the articles we've written about these shows on TDF Stages. The 7…
The TV and film actor returns to his theatrical roots in Saint Joan---Although Jack Davenport is well-known to theatre fans for his performance as Tony-winning director Derek Wills on the TV…
Paterson Joseph's bio show spotlights a forgotten black pioneer---You've probably never heard of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first black Briton to vote back in 1774. Playwright/ performer P…
Working Theater's ambitious five-play series connects disparate NYC communities---Adam Kraar's new play Alternating Currents is set in a real housing complex in Flushing, Queens called Elect…
The theatre awards season kicks into high gear with the announcement of the 2018 Drama Desk nominations. Unlike the Tony Awards, which only honor Broadway productions, the Drama Desk conside…
The theatre awards season kicks into high gear with the announcement of the 2018 Drama Desk nominations. Unlike the Tony Awards, which only honor Broadway productions, the Drama Desk conside…