TDF Stages Archive

Shakespearean actor Simon Callow steps into high heels for the latest Brits Off Broadway fest

Off-Off Broadway Blood Red Roses revives swashbuckling legends — What's the best way to spell "arrrgh?" When you're producing a pirate show, that's not an idle question. Just ask Drama of Works, the Brooklyn-based company behind Blood Red Roses: The Female Pirate Project . "Is there a 'u'? An 'e'?" asks performer Emily Hartford, sitting […]

Dance Choreographers Wendy Whelan pushes her own boundaries — The dance world knows Wendy Whelan as a dazzling principal for New York City Ballet. For three decades, she has been celebrated for her classical performances, which showcase her expert lines and committed control. She's also been lauded for her consistent ability to reinvent herself, so […]

Directors The Other Thing is never the play you expect — It seems so innocent at first. Just three folks outside a barn in rural Virginia. Over in the folding chairs, Kim, a reporter, interviews Carl about his work as a professional ghost hunter, and in the background, Carl's son Brady sets up equipment to […]

Broadway Playwrights The unlikely life of the new comedy An Act of God — In the beginning, there was the Producer. Or so sayeth playwright David Javerbaum, who credits Jeffrey Finn as the primary shepherd behind An Act of God , the  Broadway adaptation of Javerbaum's 2011 humor collection The Last Testament: A Memoir by […]

Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.

Meet Urban Stages, where every culture’s story gets told. This video features Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins, Tony Award nominee Trazana Beverley, Urban Stages’ Founding Artistic Director Frances Hill, and Urban Stages staff members Peter Napolitano, Rachel Sullivan, and Antoinette Mullins.

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