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Monday, January 9, 2012

Opera Star, Broadway Star, But Always In “Porgy” by Linda Buchwald

Once again, Phillip Boykin stars in “Porgy and Bess” At the curtain call of a recent preview of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, actor Phillip Boykin gave a dainty curtsy. Th…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:36PM
Friday, November 18, 2011

Projecting “The Blue Flower” by Linda Buchwald

Inside the new musical’s daring projection design The Blue Flower is not just a musical—it’s a collage. “The music and the words and the images and the stage movement…

SOURCE: TDF at 10:47AM
Monday, November 7, 2011

“Burning” for the New Group by Linda Buchwald

Provocative playwright Thomas Bradshaw makes his Off-Broadway debut Thomas Bradshaw’s plays always get a reaction. He doesn’t shy away from taboo subjects like incest, rape, raci…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:32PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Keen on “Lemon Sky” by Linda Buchwald

A new production honors the late Lanford Wilson When Carl Forsman, artistic director of Keen Company, was about 11 years old, his parents took him to see his first Broadway show— Lanfo…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:58AM
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Story of “Motherhood” by Linda Buchwald

How director Lisa Peterson molds the pieces of “Motherhood Out Loud” Motherhood Out Loud sounds simple enough: It’s a series of vignettes about the highs and lows of being …

SOURCE: TDF at 10:52AM
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Show Goes On (One Night a Week) by Linda Buchwald

How Off Broadway shows are thriving with limited performances Ed Gaynes manages the St. Luke’s Theatre, currently shared by five shows, and the Actors Temple Theatre, currently shared …

SOURCE: TDF at 01:30PM
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

“Rent” Returns by Linda Buchwald

  Director Michael Grief revisits the musical for its New York revival When Rent opened in 1996, AIDS was very much in the public eye. Time magazine’s “Person of the Year…

SOURCE: TDF at 01:20PM
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

“Death” Finally Takes A Holiday by Linda Buchwald

  After 14 years, “Death Takes a Holiday” hits the stage Shortly after the musical Titanic opened on Broadway in 1997, its composer-lyricist Maury Yeston and bookwriter Pete…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:33AM
Friday, May 6, 2011

The “Intelligent” Composer’s Guide To Scoring A Play by Linda Buchwald

Michael Friedman writes music for Tony Kushner’s latest epic. Michael Friedman has composed several major musicals, including Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Saved, but that’s only …

SOURCE: TDF at 11:52AM
Monday, April 25, 2011

A Chorus Girl’s Life by Linda Buchwald

Lisa Gajda and the hard-working ensemble of Catch Me If You Can — Lisa Gajda is constantly changing costumes. In the new Broadway musical Catch Me if You Can, she plays everything from…

SOURCE: TDF at 01:08PM
Monday, March 7, 2011

How Does a “Starcatcher” Move? by Linda Buchwald

Steven Hoggett creates evocative movement at New York Theatre Workshop – What’s the most surprising thing about the mermaids in Peter and the Starcatcher? It could be their bras,…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:21PM
Thursday, February 3, 2011

“Black Tie” Required by Linda Buchwald

Jess Goldstein designs costumes for A.R. Gurney’s new play When you think of costume designing, you might think of someone sketching clothes or sitting at a sewing machine, not shopping at…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:19PM
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Building Character: David Furr by Linda Buchwald

In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the actor relies on everything from his costars to 70s sitcoms. Welcome to Building Character, TDF STAGES´ ongoing series about actors and…

SOURCE: TDF at 11:37AM
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Turning A Punk Album Into A Broadway Score by Linda Buchwald

How Broadway pros adapted Green Day’s music for the stage. If you think of American Idiot as “the Green Day musical,” then you’re not exactly wrong. The score is made up …

SOURCE: TDF at 11:33AM
Friday, December 3, 2010

Jeanine Tesori Makes Music Without a Musical by Linda Buchwald

With A Free Man of Color, the composer opts for a play There is a scene in John Guare’s epic play A Free Man of Color, now playing on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beau…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:31PM
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Building Character: Judith Light by Linda Buchwald

How Judith Light transformed into Marie Lombardi Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles. – “It was like coming…

SOURCE: TDF at 12:26PM

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