TDF Stages Archive

Two months into the shutdown, playwrights are trying different ways of telling stories, and the experiments have just begun. We spoke with four of them, including Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire

Pioneering avant-garde theatre troupe The Wooster Group is posting recordings of some of its seminal works online, including Rumstick Road , Spalding Gray ‘s response to his mother’s suicide; To You, the Birdie! , the company’s riff on Racine’s Phèdre ; and House/Lights , a mash-up of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights and the 1964 B-movie Olga’s House of Shame . If you’ve never see

If you’ve been missing the thrill of live performance, you’re not alone. We asked members who use our TDF Accessibility Programs to email us their most cherished theatre experiences, and their stories warmed our hearts. Some anecdotes are amusing, others are moving, but every one is a testament to the power of the performing arts. TDF runs a variety of programs that help make theatre and dance eve

Earlier this week, New York City Ballet kicked off its digital spring season, streaming performances from its archives every Tuesday and Friday. This weekend, you can catch Justin Peck’s Rotunda , a work for a dozen dancers that had its world premiere earlier this year, set to a score by composer Nico Muhly. Watch for free on NYCB’s YouTube channel through Monday at 8 p.m. ET

Dave Malloy , the Tony-nominated creator of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 , keeps sharing recordings of his early musicals online, and we are so thankful for his generosity. In addition to videos of Ghost Quartet from 2015 and Beardo from 2011, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage , a raucous musical riff on the epic poem, is now online. The show was mounted by Berkeley’s Shotgun Playe

You don’t have to wait until evening to see the Metropolitan Opera’s latest treasure from its archives. Its 2015 mounting of Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow , helmed by Tony-winning director Susan Stroman , and starring Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara and opera legend Renée Fleming , is available to stream right now on the Met’s website . The production was filmed for the company’s Live in HD series,

One of the last productions TDF Stages covered before the shutdown began , Hilary Bettis’ 72 Miles to Go… at Roundabout Theatre Company, was filmed before it prematurely closed, and it’s now available to watch online. A drama about a decade in the life of a Mexican-American family whose matriarch has been deported, the play is streaming on the theatre’s website for $20 through Friday.

Here are the Drama Desk nominees for the truncated 2019-2020 season, plus links to the articles we’ve written about them at TDF Stages. Winners will be announced on Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. on NY1 as well as the Drama Desk’s website .

At 7 p.m. ET, go avant-garde with Café La MaMa Live: Take 3 , a smorgasbord of short performances that experiment with form. This week, catch work by puppeteer Leah Ogawa, dancers Zui Gomez and Ryan Szelong, composer Sugar Vendil, pianist Adam Narimatsu and singer Jazmin Yvonne. Watch for free on La MaMa’s website , though donations are encouraged.