TDF Stages Archive

By MARK BLANKENSHIP Welcome to Building Character, TDF's ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles. — David Alan Grier isn't just starring in a new Broadway play. He's starring in Race , a new Broadway play by David Mamet, and that comes with a very specific set of demands. Grier plays Henry […]

By PATRICK LEE Sarah Ruhl's plays, which include The Clean House and Dead Man's Cell Phone , have made her one of the most distinctive and celebrated playwrights to emerge this decade. Already the winner of a MacArthur "genius" grant, she's currently making her Broadway debut with Lincoln Center Theater's production of In the Next […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP She likes us, but when it comes to being trashy, Dillie Keane says England trumps America every time. She should know: As the founder and co-star of Fascinating Aida , a British comedy cabaret trio, she's been skewering her native country for over twenty-five years. Her people have never failed to provide […]

By LAUREN KAY Now in its second year on Broadway, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is becoming a holiday tradition in New York City. The show’s popularity is based partly on its feel-good plot, which includes two love stories and a musical-within-a-musical, and partly on its score, which features Irving Berlin standards like “Blue Skies” and […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP How does your career change when other people take it as seriously as you do? Now that she’s been dubbed an “emerging playwright,” meaning an early-career writer whose plays are regularly workshopped or produced, Marisa Wegrzyn is finding out. If nothing else, her notoriety will give her more time to write. Tonight, […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP Welcome to Part II of TDF’s two-part feature on where theatre directors are and where they’re going. Today, we’ll hear from two prominent directors about how technology affects their work (and how it doesn’t.) (For Part I, about the changing role of the director’s union, go here.) ___________________________ At this point, there […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP What does it take to be a theatre director? The answer changes all the time. There’s always some new artistic trend or economic concern that requires directors to adjust their approach to their craft. With that in mind, TDF presents a two-part series on where directors are and where they’re going. Today, […]

This TDF Exclusive Video answers your burning questions about Mamma Mia! , the long-running Broadway musical featuring the songs of ABBA. How long did it take the cast to feel comfortable together? Do they have any backstage rituals? And what happens when an actor accidentally spits on her co-stars? To find out, we take you […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP Pop quiz: What connects Ordinary Days , the new musical playing in the Roundabout’s Underground Series, and Or , the inventive new comedy from Women’s Project (pictured above)? The answer is Wingspace , an ambitious collective of theatre artists that’s trying to change the way we think about design. The group includes […]