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Stars and colleagues honor Broadway producer Stuart Thompson
The Tony-nominated actress discusses her starring role in George Bernard Shaw’s "Candida"
Designer Scott Pask creates the look of "A Behanding in Spokane"
A Step-By-Step Guide from Broadway’s Premier Poster Artist
Craig Wright Reimagines “Oedipus” as a Modern Political Drama
Red Bull Theater continues staging overlooked classics
How Connie Ray transferred her performance in “Next Fall” from Off Broadway to Broadway
TKTS and the New York theatre stay open during the "snowicane."
Yisrael Campbell’s many religions (and many careers).
Members of the "Yank!" family discuss their history with the musical.
The costumes in The Miracle Worker deliver a subtle message
A slightly cheeky step-by-step guide
"ReEntry" seeks the whole truth about Marines coming home
A performer finds the humor in the dark side of her life
Welcome to Building Character, TDF’s ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles.
Christian Camargo finds surprising similarities in two Shakespearean characters
Making Books Sing asks big questions with a children’s musical
Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf re-imagines a classic American play
Actor Keith Perry sets a record with Thornton Wilder’s classic play
Playwright Lucinda Coxon navigates life as a foreign woman in the New York theatre scene
A Silent Movie
Playwright and director Young Jean Lee puts her process on display
A look at the cheers, jeers, and conversation created by TDF’s first book
An orchestrator strikes a delicate balance in the current Broadway revival
All Grown Up
How Bill Heck created a seven-hour performance for The Orphans’ Home Cycle
An Accessible Performance With Audio Description
A popular theatre festival resists categorization
Why Jim Brochu brought Zero Mostel's life to the stage
Hip-Hop Dancers Stage Their Own Stories
How David Alan Grier mastered the language in "Race"
The award-winning playwright on the inspiration for "In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)"
An international festival bridges the cultural gap
Choreographer Randy Skinner brings throwback glamour to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.
Wasserstein Prize-winner Marisa Wegrzyn adjusts to her increasing notoriety
Directors Talk About Technology
I'm sticking with the Union
Watch as the stars of "Mamma Mia!" share their backstage secrets.
The Wingspace collective puts a new spin on design
Lowe Taylor is the biggest trouper in Off Broadway’s hit musical "The Marvelous Wonderettes"
Two directors navigate a trilogy at the Public Theater
"Xanadu’s" Tony-nominated leading lady goes back to the 80’s in "Rock of Ages"
Taylor Mac heads “The Lily’s Revenge”, a five-hour epic at HERE Arts Center
Bill T. Jones opens two works about famous men in New York this month.
The playwright and director of "What Once We Felt" listen to their script
After seven years, the actor returns to New York theatre with "The Understudy"
Why writer-performers Robert Stanton and Daniel Jenkins perform their new play without props, costumes, or sets.
For composer Adam Gwon, the tiniest changes to “Ordinary Days” have made all the difference
How Christopher Fitzgerald learned to play a leprechaun in “Finian’s Rainbow”
In her new solo show, Charlayne Woodard turns her audience into a scene partner.
Christopher Akerlind’s design philosophy illuminates “Superior Donuts”
The cast of "Vigil" wraps its head around unusual roles
Ars Nova’s experimental ANT FEST relies on a breathless pace
When he wrote his latest Broadway play, Patrick Marber was a different man
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The new musical balances considerable sorrow and considerable joy
How Jayne Houdyshell created her role in "Bye Bye Birdie"
An Irishman and an African-American both portray the same escaped slave
Michele Pawk learns to love her character in "Mahida’s Extra Key to Heaven"
Doug Hughes directs two Broadway plays at the same time
New York’s Asian-American theatre community is constantly evolving
Korean-language musicals bring the foreign and familiar to New York
Lucy Thurber Gets Another Shot at Producing Her First Play
How to Find Your Favorite Show at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Keith Huff probes the dark in "A Steady Rain"
The Foundry Theatre stages its new play on a bus
Ten dance shows to look forward to this fall
Colman Domingo turns his family into theatre
How "The Retributionists" turns vengeful Holocaust survivors into political theatre
September is bursting with free (and very public) events to usher in the new Broadway season
TDF's new ticketing program offers Off-Off Broadway tickets for $9 apiece to TDF members.
Aftermath is the carefully curated result of thirty-seven interviews with Iraqi refugees
A sample of the shows in the fall Off Broadway season
High School theatre critics know just what to say
Love him or loathe him, Thomas Bradshaw is a playwright that everyone talks about.
15 Broadway Shows to anticipate this fall!
A look at some of what the New York International Fringe Festival has to offer
The international success "Burn the Floor" makes its Broadway debut.
From American pop stars to Korean chorus boys, Gregory Butler teaches everyone "Chicago's" moves
How a documentary film led to surprising new twists in actor-choreographer Rachelle Rak's career
TDF and TKTS fostered a lifelong love of theatre for playwright Meryl Cohn.
The idea of a fictional meeting between Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin became The Tin Pan Alley Rag.
Director John Rando talks Toxic Avenger with TDF
Jill Paice Juggles an International Career and a Uniquely Challenging Broadway Role
Family Friendly Theatre in the City this Summer
Jennifer Barnhart reflects on her six years in Avenue Q on Broadway.
Director David Cromer takes a fresh, clarifying look at "Our Town."
TAP Plus Makes Open Captioning Possible for Twelfth Night and Other Shows
The Summer Shorts Festival Piles on the Plays
Ryan Link covers multiple roles in Hair.
13P's Production of Lucy Thurber's "Monstrosity" Reaching Epic Proportions
Surprise is Key at the Undergroundzero Festival
Judith Ivey Enjoys a Successful Second Career
Stephanie J. Block is working 9 to 5 and loving every minute of it.
Producer Arielle Tepper Madover's SPF offers an outlet for emerging writers, directors, actors and designers to be able to work on their craft with an audience.
Actor John Glover spent a month parsing Lucky's seemingly impenetrable speech before rehearsals began for Broadway's "Waiting for Godot"
Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter Learn How Americans Like Their "Mary Stuart"
Jayne Atkinson finds the comic balance with a little help from her distinguished co-stars in the Broadway revival of “Blithe Spirit”.
RAP graduation gets student playwrights a look at their work onstage
Anne Kauffman adds "Stunning" to the list of new American plays she has directed.
200 students gather to reflect on how TDF Open Doors might affect their futures. >>
Playwright Anna Ziegler’s interest in understanding religious commitment led her to write "Dov and Ali."
Young producer, Orin Wolf brings South Africa’s “Groundswell” to NYC as the culmination of his T Edward Hambleton Fellowship >>
Craig Bierko Stays Grounded In His Long-Running Performance as Sky Masterson in "Guys and Dolls"
An Insiders Look at the making of Coraline
Pete Mannion’s parents taught him how to use the TKTS booth—and passed on their love of theatregoing, too.
Zakiyyah Alexander Digs Through the Past in "10 Things To Do Before I Die"
Rock of Ages and Other Broadway Shows All A-Twitter
Condola Rashad lends a resilient grace to the Pulitzer-winning drama “Ruined.”
Michi Barall looks for the in-between spaces where the comedy “American Hwangap” lives.
TDF’s new “Youth Theatre Initiative” fosters a passion for the theatre and encourages teamwork
Two Supreme Court clerks tangle over race and sex in Vern Thiessen’s “A More Perfect Union.”
Why are there so many plays on Broadway? The ever-busy Jeffrey Richards is one reason.
The Atlantic artistic director caps a busy year with a visit to Ethan Coen's "Offices."
With its first book,TDF sounds a battle cry for the new American play
Many great plays have educational value, surely, but the best of them “trick” us into learning by engaging our emotions, tickling our funny bones, and raising up goosebumps of fear and anticipation.
Many great plays have educational value, surely, but the best of them “trick” us into learning by engaging our emotions, tickling our funny bones, and raising up goosebumps of fear and anticipation.
Today’s theatre artists and audiences may take for granted that first-class professional theatre happens in every major city in America, not only in New York.
There are extroverts, and then there are actors who play extroverts well.
How Tom Kitt's score for "Next to Normal" rocks its characters' world.
Colman Domingo directs Lisa Ramirez's "Exit Cuckoo," which asks the question: Who's raising our kids?
Nicholas Martin’s job is to keep thing fast and light, even—perhaps especially—with Durang’s “Why Torture Is Wrong.”
You could feel the love at the 15th annual TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards.
You could feel the love at the 15th annual TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards.
Tovah Feldshuh adds another indomitable heroine to an impressive pantheon in the Broadway hit “Irena’s Vow.”
Tovah Feldshuh adds another indomitable heroine to an impressive pantheon in the Broadway hit “Irena’s Vow.”
Zach Grenier holds his own as the irascible genius of “33 Variations.”
The role of “Billy Elliot” ‘s coal-mining dad has been uniquely gratifying for Gregory Jbara.
Jane Alexander returns to the stage to play a feisty aging painter who’s “Chasing Manet.”
In “Mandance Project,” choreographer Eliot Feld explores the indigenous and courts imbalance.
How to make the fast, funny “Shrek” accessible to audiences with hearing or vision loss? It’s all about set-up and punchline.
How to interpret the fast, funny “Shrek” for deaf and blind audiences? It’s all about set-up and punchline.
In "This Beautiful City," composer Michael Friedman followed his characters' words to get closer to their spirit.
Tempers flare in “The Savannah Disputation,” but Marylouise Burke stays stubbornly—and hilariously—sweet.
“Adding Machine” director David Cromer takes a fresh, clarifying look at “Our Town.”
Javier Muñoz, who put the “study” in “understudy,” moves on up “In the Heights.”
Darrell Dennis spins hilarious, harrowing, and increasingly relevant “Tales of an Urban Indian.”
Austin Pendleton avoids Uncle Vanya’s ennui by staying busy—in part by directing “Uncle Vanya.”
Playwright Itamar Moses looks behind the curtain of contemporary romance in “Love/Stories.”
Donald Margulies adopts a fresh style to tell a sweeping story in “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment.”
For Aaron Monaghan, the physical demands of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” aren’t his toughest challenge.
Best known for larger-than-life comic turns, Richard Kind comes down to earth in “Flyovers.”
In the cutting new comedy “Becky Shaw,” David Wilson Barnes wields the sharpest blade.
In “Cornbury: The Queen’s Governor,” David Greenspan pays tribute to the other America.
Broadway brings back the straight play, and the heavy-hitting actors.
Downtown darling Paul Sparks fires up Broadway’s new “Hedda Gabler.”
When the weather outside is frightful, the TKTS lines are so delightfully short. What are you waiting for?
Choreographer David Parsons wants dance audiences to have a good time. How’s that for fresh?
NY Performing Arts Library’s “Curtain Call” exhibit spotlight some of the stage’s most essential women designers.
In a way, the Irish Rep’s Ciaran O’Reilly owes his career to Brian Friel, whose play “The Aristocrats” is getting a revival.
The Public's Under The Radar Festival celebrates cutting-edge contemporary theatre from all over the world.
Because John Waldo made himself heard, Seattle theatregoers with hearing loss now have more access--and a trend-setting model.
Because John Waldo made himself heard, Seattle theatregoers with hearing loss now have more access--and a trend-setting model.
Whether in Sondheim or Ibsen or The Who, Michael Cerveris is comfortable walking, and blurring, the line between good guy and bad guy.
In a new interview with a young correspondent, Lin-Manuel brings “In the Heights” down to earth.
How many theatregoers did TDF bring to shows on one recent day? Try close to 10,000.
Audio Described! helps students with low vision and blindness imagine the visual storytelling of "The Lion King."
Audio Described! helps students with low vision and blindness imagine the visual storytelling of "The Lion King."
Audio Described! helps students with low vision and blindness imagine the visual storytelling of "The Lion King."
How did director Daniel Aukin, a Brit with only passing familiarity with baseball, hit “Back Back Back” out of the park?
"Shrek"'s Christopher Sieber delivers the goods, even when he's just a little evil.
For "Pal Joey" costume designer William Ivey Long, costumes are more about storytelling than style.
Anne Phelan is hooked on theatergoing, so a TDF membership helps her see more of what she loves--and loves to hate.
In "Sleepwalk with Me," comic Mike Birbiglia tells the story of his dreams—literally.
For 100 NYC seniors, last spring's visits to Broadway, co-sponsored by TDF, were their first such outings in decades.
Ivan Hernandez is a lover and a fighter--and a poet--in John Patrick Shanley's new musical "Romantic Poetry."
"Sweeney Todd" star Donna Lynne Champlin keeps her non-musical career alive in "Bury the Dead."
How "American Idol" Clay Aiken became a Broadway knight.
In "Capture Now," Josh Jonas finds the youthful joy in a sad tale.
Pan Asian Rep’s “Shogun Macbeth” sets the Scottish play in 12th-century Japan.
Two rowdy audience members inspired Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton to create the wacky but warm backstage comedy "Love Child."
The new Duffy Square and TKTS Discount Booth give New York its newest landmark destination.
A couple wakes up together with nothing in common but a mystery in Lee Blessing's "A Body of Water."
Anna Camp isn't horsing around with her fun-loving character in "Equus."
Jo Strømgren Kompani brings its zany "Society" to New York. Seriously.
The theatre troupe in "To Be or Not To Be" beats a Nazi occupation with the tools of the stage trade.
In searching for a journalist's soul in "The Atheist," playwright Ronan Noone is looking out for contradictions.
The eighth annual Hip-Hop Theatre Festival kicks off with "the break/s" and explores a still-growing form.
Playwright Steven Levenson translates the real into the magical, and vice versa, in "The Language of Trees."
Among the highlights of the new Duffy Square are glowing red steps that will provide a landmark centerpiece for Times Square.
This fall, you can't beat the ticket deals on and Off-Broadway.
This fall, you can't beat the ticket deals on and Off-Broadway.
From horses to Poles, ogres to saints, crooks to cads, this Broadway season has something for everyone.
The veterans of "In Conflict" teach young actors, and audiences, about the human cost of war.
Broadway maven Seth Rudetsky tells tales out of school on the tribal love-rock musical.
Jim True-Frost steps from “The Wire” into the family firestorm of “August: Osage County.”
Kelly Sullivan leaps into the role of sex kitten Inga in "Young Frankenstein."
Eugene Rodriguez and his wife Jane like to make a day trip of theatregoing, and TDF is there to help.
Eddie Mekka brings his pre-PC sensibility to "My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy."
Anita Gillette plays three very different women of a certain age in the comedy "Flamingo Court."
A child prodigy with a genius for origami is the subject of Rajiv Joseph’s “Animals Out of Paper.”
With TDF Vouchers, you can choose from hundreds of Fringe Fest shows at the friendliest price around.
How a pair of lovable musical-theatre dorks brought their self-referential "[title of show]" to Broadway.
Lenelle Moïse's new play explores the special relationship between African-American artists and France.
TDF opens TKTS Downtown Brooklyn, expanding its ticket outreach and shining a light on the borough's cultural vibrancy.
Christopher Evan Welch enjoys a challenge. Acting in Durang's "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" amply qualifies.
The groundbreaking "Passing Strange" is exactly the kind of musical de'Adre Aziza has always been looking for.
The circus makes a theatrical entrance in "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy."
For actor/singer Amy Warren, the offbeat musical hit "Adding Machine" is all in the plus column.
In directing Conor McPherson's "Port Authority," Henry Wishcamper wove singular journeys into a shared experience.
Katrina Lindsay's Tony-nominated costumes loom large in the layered world of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses."
Jeremy Lawrence honors Tennessee Williams' complications in "Everyone Expects Me To Write Another Streetcar."
With his Tony-nominated turn in "A Catered Affair," one-time leading man Tom Wopat plays a hard-working Everyman.
From "Birdie" and "Annie" to "Marty" and "Minsky's," composer Charles Strouse writes the songs that put on a happy face.
June leaps forward with four French-flavored dance programs set to music by Ravel, Stravinsky, de Falla--and Bach
For "Saved," a musical about Christian teens, playwright Rinne Groff worked to burst her own secular bubble.
The theatre is where TDF member Ravelle Brickman has made some of her best friends and fondest memories.
Michael O. Smith pounds "The Bully Pulpit" as Teddy Roosevelt, in a show that's decades in the making.
Tony nominee Rondi Reed relishes unlovable, complicated characters. Her latest: Mattie Fae in "August: Osage County."
When it comes to awards-nominated shows on and Off-Broadway, TDF members are the real winners.
Mary Beth Hurt finds the right notes for Caryl Churchill's resonant 1982 classic "Top Girls."
Actress Lori Wilner has watched "A Catered Affair" bloom into a sepia-toned drama that packs a wallop.
A star-studded reading of "Pamela's First Musical" gives new life to a final effort by two theatre greats.
The Joyce hosts innovative and intimate second companies of New York's dance giants.
Actor Gideon Banner hasn't missed a beat between Blue Man Group and the acclaimed "The Four of Us."
Julie White finds the humor in most situations, even the disturbing family troubles of "From Up Here."
Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" signifies something new for Elevator Repair Service.
Boyd Gaines' wry, tender turn in "Gypsy" shines a fresh light on the show's glories--and his co-star's.
As Luther Billis in the new "South Pacific" revival, Danny Burstein wants his scheming Seabee to be seriously funny.
First Karen D. Taylor fell in love with the theatre. Then she found TDF--and fell in love all over again.
Joanna Gleason has a blast from the 1960s past in "Something You Did."
How do you put a "Drunken City" onstage? Director Trip Cullman explains.
Austin Pendleton plays an artist whose most famous painting was a forgery in "Another Vermeer."
Robert L.B. Tobin let his passion for theatrical design guide his collecting career--and left behind an invaluable legacy.
High schoolers from way uptown give enthusiastic rave reviews to "In the Heights."
In "The Seafarer," Irish actor Ciarán Hinds plays a very human Devil--which somehow makes him all more chilling.
What's the sign for "Hakuna matata"? With skilled interpreters and open-captioning, no worries.
Until the Mint Theatre took up the cause, Hemingway's play about the Spanish Civil War, "The Fifth Column," had never been staged as he wrote it.
At 80, our resident provocateur revisits two of his absurdist classics: "The American Dream" and "The Sandbox."
Michael McKean has created a gallery of memorable characters. His latest is Sam, the docile chauffeur of "The Homecoming."
TDF’s new Play by Play blog, or “Plog,” puts smart young critics on the theatre beat.
In more ways than one, S. Epatha Merkerson plays against type in "Come Back, Little Sheba."
These days rock musicals are practically the norm--or at least, "Next to Normal." Composer Tom Kitt explains.
The Iraq-themed "Betrayed" may be journalist George Packer's first play, but he's a natural dramatist, according to director Pippin Parker.
Super-busy scenic designer Anna Louizos has five shows currently running in New York. The newest: "In the Heights."
We can partly thank Beth Henley’s “Crimes” heroine that Lily Rabe became an actress at all.
Press agent Irene Gandy brings decades of publicity savvy, and fashion sense, to the Broadway shows she represents.
Iris Bahr's powerful solo show faces horror with a full range of emotions, including humor and rancor.
Two TDF members met one "Enchanted" matinee, and they've been sharing adjacent seats ever since.
The new rock musical "Slug-Bearers of Kayrol Island" puts the absurd inside the real--or is that vice versa?
How Laurie Metcalf keeps a straight face (most of the time) in David Mamet's new political farce "November."
British philosopher A.C. Grayling brings contemporary arguments over God, faith and secularism to the stage.
Director Leigh Silverman is busier than ever helping new plays come to life, from "Hunting and Gathering" to "Beebo Brinker."
How does this Off-Broadway company bridge an ocean? With a common storytelling ethic and a pared-down aesthetic.
Stew and Heidi Rodewald's "Passing Strange" may be the first Broadway musical to find its feet at Joe's Pub.
Paul Taylor’s new season samples works old and new, including two inspired by a youthful Mexican adventure.
Adam Natale fondly remembers standing in the TKTS line, but now he finds deals online as a TDF member.
David Henry Hwang's new satire stirs fact, fiction and identity politics into a heady and remarkably relevant brew.
Jimmi Simpson freaked out when he got the Olympic-sized title role in The Farnsworth Invention, but he's glad he took on the challenge.
How do you put a Hitchcock thriller onstage? It helps to hire a certified chameleon like Arnie Burton.
Broadway is alive with the sound of great, big, meaty plays--and you don’t have to wait in line for great seats.
Broadway is alive with the sound of great, big, meaty plays--and you don’t have to wait in line for great seats.
How Norbert Leo Butz made Daisy, the drag heroine of Mark Twain's "Is He Dead?," a liberated woman.
Broadway songwriter William Finn doesn’t look back on his own work. That’s where the revue “Make Me a Song” comes in.
Broadway songwriter William Finn doesn’t look back on his own work. That’s where the revue “Make Me a Song” comes in.
In approaching the daunting topic of genocide, J.T. Rogers wrote his play first, then sought out expert help and advice.
Her Broadway debut happened to fall during the stagehands' strike, so Sarah Stiles patiently waited to bow as Kate Monster in "Avenue Q."
Disney producer Thomas Schumacher's new book gives kids a deluxe backstage tour of the state of theatre art.
Tourists and locals alike get back in the ticket line as Broadway revs up again.
When writer/performer Danny Hoch leads a day-long workshop on playwriting, the lessons aren't just theatrical.
In his new musical play "Queens Boulevard," playwright Chuck Mee finds a global canvas in New York's backyard.
In his new musical play "Queens Boulevard," playwright Chuck Mee finds a global canvas in New York's backyard.
The "Bronx Tale" star shares a would-be matinee afternoon with New York-area high school students.
Whether you're looking for a musical, a drama, a comedy or something further afield, New York bustles with options.
Shuler Hensley is having the time of his life as the misunderstood monster in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein."
If any actor could go straight from Cliff Odets to Monty Python's "Spamalot," it would be the versatile Jonathan Hadary.
Kathleen Chalfant is attracted to political plays and writers, and the feeling is mutual. To wit: Howard Barker's epic "A Hard Heart."
Nothing stops some theatre lovers from getting to the show, but as Anita Gomez-Palacio explains, TDF makes being a theatre buff easy.
Why wait? TKTS' "Play Only" window in Times Square delivers discount tickets in no time at all.
From dinette to diva, Debra Monk has created her share of memorable characters. At last, with "Curtains," she's settled into a role in a long-running hit.
With "The Receptionist," playwright Adam Bock uses his own experiences less for autobiography than for exploration.
For Halloween, the TDF Costume Collection opens its doors with a discount for TDF members.
Seasoned Everyman actor Michael Badalucco plays a doorman in the art-history mystery "The Rise of Dorothy Hale."
Fittingly enough, old friendships and family ties are what led Gerald McRaney to appear in Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate."
Unlike her character in "Walmartopia," Cheryl Freeman fishes for adventure outside the comfort zone.
CTI's new seminar program offers tips to up-and-coming theatre producers from pros who hit "In the Heights," teed up "Radio Golf" and painted "The Color Purple."
Carole Shelley, who created Madame Morrible, returns to the only truly wicked role in "Wicked."
Danny Hoch may be the theatrical voice of the hip-hop generation, but with "Till the Break of Dawn," he's speaking through a straight play.
In designing costumes for "Grease," Martin Pakledinaz channeled the individuality of teenagers--and tried not to think too much.
As TDF's Costume Collection made its summer rounds, it helped move one famous theatre closer to revival.
In her new play "Rock Doves," Marie Jones depicts some tough Belfasters who've stayed alive by their wits. She knows whereof she writes.
Lucy Thurber's "Scarcity" and Kate Fodor's "100 Saints" kick off an exciting season of new plays Off-Broadway.
George Lee Andrews has been in "Phantom of the Opera" for 20 years straight. How does Broadway's longest-running performer do it?
Xanthe Elbrick played a pair of lads in "Coram Boy." As Vivie in "Mrs. Warren's Profession," she's still wearing the pants.
"Iphigenia 2.0" recalls the origins of drama--and starring in it has reminded Kate Mulgrew of why she's onstage.
TDF's Voucher Program now allows all theatregoers to sample Off-Off-Broadway, including the NY Fringe, for just $9 a ticket.
The Civilians' Off-Broadway hit show "Gone Missing" takes a whimsical, often profound look at lost and found objects.
How do you make a bad movie into a hit musical? "Xanadu" skates by on the wit of Douglas Carter Beane.
Unlike the retired athlete she plays in "Deuce," Marian Seldes doesn't compete at her craft, and she has no intention to leave the arena.
The festival train has left the station, but you can still hop on board for the summer's farflung theatrical adventures.
Unlike the successful second-rate author she plays in "Old Acquaintance," Harriet Harris has both talent and respect for her peers.
Alison Fraser relishes the role, and the company, in Encores! staging of the classic “Gypsy.”
Linda Hamilton, no shrinking violet, finds a challenge in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
TDF’s Interpreting for Theatre institute teaches the state of the art to interpreters nationwide and beyond.
With "Eurydice," playwright Sarah Ruhl makes the familiar seem strange, and vice versa.
Graduations for TDF's education programs show where theatre lives now.
TDF's annual tour to the land of plaid samples the best of Edinburgh, Glasgow and other Highland highlights.
In "LoveMusik," Michael Cerveris finds the key to Kurt Weill's complications in his music.
Along with its transfer of "A Moon for the Misbegotten," London's Old Vic has brought its passion for education.
This week's Tony nominations prove that Broadway is still a place where today's most pressing issues find dramatic expression.
Charlotte D'Amboise's bravura role in "A Chorus Line" is closer to home--and harder--than anything she's done before.
Pablo Schreiber plays two sides of a family trauma in the moving new play "Dying City."
The Tony-winning actor takes over the lead in "The Drowsy Chaperone." If the chair fits, why not sit in it?
Once a year, the TDF Costume Collection opens its doors to some special families--and treats them like royalty.
He's one of theater's busiest actors. The "Inherit the Wind" star got there role by role, reading by reading.
This year's Sharaff Award honorees have been influenced by movies, theater, puppets--and each other.
Karen Ziemba brings all her talents--plus a dash of Betty Comden--to Kander & Ebb's "Curtains."
Meet the thousands of audience members TDF helps bring to the theatre on a busy Wednesday.
Chicago-based director Robert Falls mounts the Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's prescient 20-year-old play "Talk Radio."
Priscilla Lopez returns to musicals--and to her roots--in the rousing "In the Heights."
Modern dance's preeminent innovator, and his pathbreaking company, put their best feet forward for an exciting 54rd season.
Modern dance's preeminent innovator, and his pathbreaking company, put their best feet forward for an exciting 54rd season.
By day, Sarah Aziz works with TDF's Accessibility Solutions. By night, she accesses her characters' emotions.
Capathia Jenkins' new show looks at the groundbreaking, and embattled, black film star Hattie McDaniel.
For native New Yorker John Palumbo, the TKTS Discount Booth is the place to go when he's not plying the acting trade.
The late-night sensation “Don’t Quit Your Night Job” returns at the Zipper.
Judy Gold didn’t know she was maternal, let alone typically so, until she found herself channeling her own mother.
Her characters may have an appetite for destruction, but Theresa Rebeck still gets invested in their fortunes.
Reviewing theatre is more an art than a science, says Howard Kissel. So is reading the reviews.
The TKTS Discount Booth and Duffy Square are getting a makeover. Take a peek behind the barricades.
As producer of the hot new Broadway musical, Tom Hulce has followed a tune called by the material.
It's standing room only in teaching artist Nilaja Sun's newest classroom
One NYC teacher comes full circle with TDF's Open Doors mentoring program
Open captioning reaches more, and says more, than traditional sign language interpretation by itself. That's why TDF's Accessibility Membership has made it a key program.
Revivals galore? Check. Musicals adapted from movies? Check. Edgy Off-Broadway transfers? Double-check. This is shaping up to be an especially exciting season on the Main Stem.
Our new online look is more than a cosmetic change—it’s designed to spotlight the many live-performance resources at your fingertips.