Luis Alfaro rewrites Oedipus Rex for our multicultural era---In Oedipus El Rey, Luis Alfaro's contemporary take on Sophocles's tragedy of patricide and incest currently playing at the Public…
Ping Chong + Company's new multimedia work spotlights the 49th state---Gary Upay'aq Beaver was raised in a remote village in Alaska called Kasigluk, population 560. It's home to the Yup'ik t…
Why a longtime critic hates to let any show pass her by---I have a habit of reviewing in bulk. I started out, back in the pre-digital era, as a restaurant critic. I'm happy to report that co…
A new Dance/NYC initiative is championing integrated performances---In 2015, Dance/NYC -- a nonprofit dedicated to promoting dance performance and appreciation in the metropolitan area -- re…
Multihyphenate Diana Oh bares almost all in her latest performance piece---Lingerie as liberation; lingerie as imprisonment. Lingerie as a tool of the patriarchy and as an expression of quee…
Belarus Free Theatre teams up with a member of Pussy Riot for a visceral new show---In Burning Doors, the latest politically charged play from Belarus Free Theatre about state-sponsored brut…
Elevator Repair Service deconstructs the Bard's problem play---In 2013, Nicholas Hytner, the then artistic director of London's National Theatre, wrote an op-ed in which he confessed that Sh…
A new play explores the personal toll of fighting for civil rights---Emerging dramatist Jiréh Breon Holder wrote his new play because of his grandmother. The 2016 Yale School of Drama…
How director John Doyle is making a classic sing---As a theatre-maker, Tony-winning director John Doyle isn't afraid to make big changes to suit his vision, whether it's cutting songs or dia…
A new dramedy mines history and religion for laughter and enlightenment---In 1987, Scott Carter suffered a severe asthma attack that landed him in the hospital for a week. When he was finall…
A young dancer embodies Bill T. Jones's kin in A Letter to My Nephew---Lance T. Briggs is a muse for Bill T. Jones. The nephew of the MacArthur "Genius Grant"-winning choreographer, Briggs i…
How director Alexandra Spencer-Jones' love of Shakespeare led to A Clockwork Orange---"If you walk away in love with a raping murderer, well, I've done my job," jokes Alexandra Spencer-Jones…
Harlem Repertory Theatre presents Jamaica as part of its Yip Harburg series---Most theatre artists can point to the show that served as their gateway drug. For Broadway performer turned Harl…
The Tony-winning director returns to Broadway with Time and the Conways---Fresh off winning a 2017 Tony Award for her Broadway debut Indecent, director Rebecca Taichman is helming another pe…
Penguin Rep's comedy about making art explores some serious themes---Disney's 1940 movie Fantasia is widely considered a cinematic masterpiece. In addition to being one of those classics par…
A new solo show fills you with food, information, and empathy---During a run-through of Amir Nizar Zuabi's one-woman play Oh My Sweet Land, star Nadine Malouf was stirring a sizzling pan of …
Tony winner Deanna Dunagan plays a struggling widow in The Treasurer---Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their rolesChicago-based actres…
Mary Jane reunites an Obie-winning director with her favorite set designer---Laura Jellinek was working as a model maker in set designer Mimi Lien's studio when she first met Anne Kauffman, …
Dancer Matthew Dibble discusses working on the choreographer's latest premiere---Matthew Dibble is a technical powerhouse. As one of Twyla Tharp's longtime go-to dancers he has to be. Not on…
MCC Theater's new drama focuses on a one-of-a-kind charm school---Northlight Theatre's artistic director, BJ Jones, was so taken with a 2012 Chicago Tribune story about Gloria Allen, an Afri…
Signature Theatre mounts a pair of shows by Suzan-Lori Parks---During In the Blood -- the first of Suzan-Lori Parks' two plays inspired by The Scarlet Letter -- the main character Hester rem…
Kathleen Chalfant and Sarah Ruhl kick off TDF's new live chat series---We know TDF Stages readers have a lot of thoughts and opinions about theatre. That's why we're so excited to announce o…
Meet Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, an organization that produces concerts, facilitates educational programs, and creates site-specific performances, often outdoors, with diverse communities…
How a multimedia artist is bringing a Long Island family back to life---Alison S. M. Kobayashi has an offbeat hobby. "For the past 11 years, I've been collecting found audio recordings, lett…
The Tony winner returns to the stage in a pair of consecutive plays---Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages' ongoing series on actors and how they create their rolesBlair Brown may be be…