TDF Stages Archive
An online theatre magazine
Read about NYC’s best theatre and dance productions and watch video interviews with innovative artists
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Humanity’s Future Depends on a Bamboo Dome
Buckminster Fuller inspires a loopy new comedy
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A Choreographer Asks About Black Men’s Lives
The urgency and beauty of Kyle Abraham’s program at the Joyce
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LISTEN: The directors of Hamilton and Allegiance discuss their work
We asked Kail to write a few sentences about this podcast… and the ongoing series of conversations he’s recording with important contemporary directors. Read his thoughts below and listen to the podcast here . Want more Masters of the Stage? Browse the podcast archive ! — One of the challenges of being a director is that you rarely get to work with other directors. Few people in the world rea
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What Makes ‘Misery’ Seem Scary On Stage?
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Arthur Miller Has Never Looked Like This Before
The audience knows the view is going to be fresh when the show begins with the four walls of Eddie Carbone’s home rising up in the air, revealing a stark white floor and pristine Lucite benches inside. Designer Jan Versweyveld intentionally wanted to give the impression of a house being lifted up by its roof so that we can peek on what’s happening inside.
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Can You Survive the Alien Cockroach Invasion?
“I basically designed the kind of invasion and occupation that I knew I wouldn’t survive for even two days,” he says.
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This Looks Like the End of the Patriarchy
Taylor Mac’s new play is a comedy to take seriously
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The Part of the Play I Didn’t Write
Why writer/performer Eliza Bent improvises a key moment in her new show Toilet Fire
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Darkness and Light in George Takei’s Life
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