TDF Stages Archive

By MARK BLANKENSHIP It might be easy to sympathize with the characters in the The Retributionists, but should it be? That question runs through Daniel Goldfarb’s play as it follows a group of underground militants who are plotting to murder millions of people. You might wonder how you could ever root for such a plan, […]

If TDF’s newest ticketing service were an ABBA song, it would be “Take a Chance on Me.” That’s because the “off-Off  @ $9” program lets TDF members sample a wide variety of off-Off Broadway shows for only $9 per ticket, making it affordable and easy to take a chance on emerging artists and innovative productions. […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP The most obvious way to enjoy Broadway is to see a show, of course, but this fall, The Broadway League is giving theater lovers unique new ways to experience the Great White Way. From now until September 30, the League will sponsor Back2Broadway Month, a series of free events that will let […]

By Melissa F. Moschitto   Worried that the mainstream media war coverage was being “varnished for our consumption,” Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen set out to write a contemporary play from the civilian’s point of view.  Aftermath is the carefully curated result of thirty-seven interviews with Iraqi refugees exploring what happened after Americans arrived in […]

By Mark Blankenship New York’s Off Broadway companies are a crucial part of the city’s theatre scene. These are the troupes that bring us the next great actor, the hottest rising playwright, and the fresh new look at the classic play. Here’s a sample of the shows in the fall Off Broadway season, covering everything […]

By Julia Rosenfeld TDF’s education programsprovide hundreds of students each year with tickets to the best that New York theatre has to offer. Collaborating with classroom teachers and theatre professionals, high school students interested in theatre are provided with unique opportunities to experience live performance in an individual way. Another outlet for teenage theatre junkies […]

By MARK BLANKENSHIP At the moment, Thomas Bradshaw may be the most divisive playwright in New York. For every foundation that’s giving him an award, there’s a group of audience members who are walking out on his plays. For every critic praising him, there’s another who’s deriding him as a provocateur. But however they respond, […]

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 […]

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 the […]