TDF Stages Archive
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When You Talk to God, Plug the Microphone In
Why Lucas Hnath wants everyone in The Christians on a mic
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Want to Play Hamlet? Write Him For Yourself.
Michael Laurence’s new play features Shakespeare’s tortured prince —
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Embrace Your Inner Drag Queen
The Legend of Georgia McBride delivers a how-to of drag — The most fabulous presence in The Legend of Georgia McBride isn’t the straight man who becomes a drag queen, his pregnant wife, or his drag mother (though all three are pretty awe-inspiring). No, that honor goes to a clothing rack.
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Is It a Woman’s Duty to Tell People Off?
Set on a houseboat that’s floating in the Thames in 1911, it uses wry epigrams, a feisty heroine, and a drunken dinner party scene to make a progressive argument about the social role of women. Though playwright Harold Chapin died in 1915, it’s easy to imagine his insights being used as rebuttals against certain political candidates who have recently made headlines for taking cheap shots at the la
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Hey Playwrights: Make American History as Diverse as America
A few thoughts on making plays more inclusive
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Finding Two Takes on Neverland
Welcome to On the Record, our brand-new series celebrating original cast albums.
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You’ll Never Forget This, So Don’t Even Try
Anna Ziegler’s new play stages inescapable memories
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A Part Close to His Heart
How Chris Myers’ latest gig merged his professional, political and personal life
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She Wrote In English and Thought in Chinese
A new dance-play evokes the remarkable life of Pearl S. Buck — Daniel Ezralow’s career has gone global in recent years, so it seems appropriate that he’s directing and choreographing Pearl , a “multicultural dance-play” that’s inspired by the life of Pearl S. Buck – the Nobel Prize-winning author whose enlightened ideas and global perspective were well ahead of their time.