TDF Stages Archive
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Let’s Get Excited!
By Mark Blankenship You've got to love the start of Broadway's season season: It's the time when every show still has the potential to be sensational. In that spirit of anticipation, here's a look at fifteen plays and musicals that will open on the Great White Way between September and December. All of them give […]
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Time to Feast on the Fringe
By Isaac Butler It's that time of year again. The time when stepping out of an air-conditioned space makes you feel like a sno-cone under a radiator. That time when tempers flare and subways break down. The time that Cole Porter had in mind when he wrote the infamous Too Darn Hot . And, like […]
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Burning Up Broadway
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Oh Captain, My (Dance) Captain
By MARK BLANKENSHIP When people talk about dance as a universal language, they're generally speaking in metaphors. But not Gregory Butler. From Argentina to Spain to Korea, he has literally used movement to communicate with huge groups of performers. As the associate choreographer of Chicago , the Broadway musical revival that's been running since 1996, […]
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Taking New “Steps”
By MARK BLANKENSHIP If you've seen the documentary "Every Little Step," which follows a group of actors auditioning for the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line , then you probably remember Rachelle Rak. She's the one who gives the killer audition for Sheila, wowing the producers with her take on the sassy character. Or at […]
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Syncopated Stories
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Bringing the Funny
By Isaac Butler John Rando has eked out a niche directing madcap, high octane entertainments by writers such as David Ives and Greg Kotis. Having directed such shows as Dance of the Vampires , Urinetown , Pig Farm and more, he most recently lent his considerable talents to Toxic Avenger: The Musical , currently playing […]
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There’s No Business Like Show Business
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Beat The Heat
Looking for a way to stay cool this summer? From big Broadway shows to small venues in The Village, seeing a play provides a brief reprieve from the sun as well as a chance for you and your family to explore a new and exciting world. And it's never too early to be introduced to […]