TDF Stages Archive
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We Think You’re Marrying the Wrong Guy
Broadway Songwriters Inside the creation of Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You — Musical theatre songwriters have been known to drive themselves crazy seeking suitable source material for shows. They rack their imaginations, plunder public-domain literature titles, ask studios for rights to movie scripts, and track down playwrights or their heirs. It was somewhat easier […]
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How to Be a Courtesan (on Broadway, At Least)
Performance secrets from Gigi ‘s female ensemble
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How TDF Member Teresa Coico Met Hugh Jackman’s Dog
Member Stories Welcome to Meet the Member , where TDF members let you know which shows they love Today's member : Teresa Coico, who joined TDF in 2005. She currently lives in New Jersey and works at Community Education Centers, which runs programs to help prisoners reenter society. — Mark Blankenship, Editor of TDF Stages […]
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That Evil Sock Puppet is Just So Cute!
Broadway Designers Inside the puppetry design of Broadway's Hand to God — Even when he's possessed by Satan, Tyrone the sock puppet is still pretty cute. And that's no accident. Just ask Marte Johanne Ekhougen, the puppetry designer for Hand to God . In Robert Askins's giddily dark comedy, now on Broadway at the Booth […]
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An MS Diagnosis Becomes a Sci-Fi Lounge Act
Lisa R. Clair turns her medical condition into a trippy musical performance — For playwright/actor Lisa R.Clair , receiving a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was an oddly enlightening artistic moment. "I thought, 'At least now I have an ending for my show,'" she deadpans. Clair's What's YOUR Problem? A Deep Space Lounge Act , which […]
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Can Any Musician Avoid Selling Out?
Playwrights Laura Eason's latest play channels the indie rock spirit — Of the two old-guard creative types grumbling their way toward obsolescence in Laura Eason's most recent plays — the world-weary (female) writer in Sex With Strangers and the mulish (male) rock-club owner in The Undeniable Sound of Right Now — the former would seem […]
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Do You Belong In Your Neighborhood?
Playwrights Tracey Scott Wilson looks at gentrification from all sides — In Tracey Scott Wilson's Buzzer , the days and weeks just slide together. Take the first few minutes of the play, which is now at the Public Theater. In the opening scene, Jackson, a successful lawyer, talks to a real estate agent about the […]
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Partly True Stories About a Forgotten Hollywood Star
Performers Playwrights David Greenspan explores the legacy of Helen Twelvetrees — In some ways, David Greenspan found his play I'm Looking for HelenTwelvetrees in a photo of the 1930s actress . Included on the cover of the program for the production , which runs through April 4 at Abrons Arts Center, the image finds Twelvetrees […]
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Telling the Story of Black Broadway
Broadway Off-Broadway Inside Broadway producer Stewart Lane's major new book — It's funny how some names stick: The Great White Way, for instance, became the moniker for New York's theatre district because Broadway was the first major thoroughfare to get electric lighting, so that even at night, it was "lit up like daytime," says Stewart […]