TDF Stages Archive

Turning ‘Casablanca’ Into Experimental Theatre

Designers Playwrights A new show stages the film's chaotic history — Did you know that little people were used during the final scene of Casablanca ? Or that fog had to be brought in to make that scene's iconic airplane appear more convincing? If so, then the new show CasablancaBOX might be for you. And […]

Her Parents Aren’t As Liberal As They Thought

Culture and religion clash in a new play

Why Klezmer Music Haunts Broadway’s ‘Indecent’

Inside the score for this fevered take on history

Just Say Yes, Onstage and Off

How an improv class improved my existence

On Broadway, His Designs Make Paris Magical

Even if you moved to the Left Bank, you’d never see the Paris that’s onstage in Amélie , and that’s entirely the point. Based on the Oscar-nominated French film from 2001, this follows a young woman whose imagination imbues every moment with magic. Whether she’s a child having conversations with her pet fish or a grown-up plotting an elaborate treasure hunt to meet a man she might love, she fills