The COIL Festival tells personal stories in new ways — Phrases like “experimental theatre” or “boundary-pushing multimedia presentation” might sound forbidding,…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:01AMThe Unusual Staging of Mike Bartlett’s “Bull” The title of Bull, Mike Bartlett’s latest play, has a double meaning. On one level, it’s shorthand for “bull…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:16PMThis little-known Noel Coward play about a group of island residents fails to generate any heat.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMQuite a few FringeNYC graduates have gone on to achieve further success, both on the New York stage and around the country.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:05AMSuch additional programs as FringeCLUB, FringeJR, and FringeHIGH create a greater sense of community at FringeNYC.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMNow in its ninth year, the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) continues to expand as it fulfills its mission of incubating fresh musical productions.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:26AMChad Kimball and Guy Burnet Take on Kevin Bacon’s and Christian Slater’s roles in the stage version of “Murder in the First,” which will open June 6 at 59E59 Theate…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:23AMOff-Off-Broadway acting school/theater T. Schreiber Studios will mount its first musical production with "Jack's Back!"
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:48AM“Die” Relies on Fate to Tell a Story — The thrill of live theatre is that anything can happen on a given night, and that concept is pushed to the extreme by Die: Roll to Pr…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:17AMThe New York Drama Critics’ Circle have announced the winners of the organization’s 77th annual awards on Monday night.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:08AMPerformers Hugh Jackman and Bernadette Peters and Actors’ Equity Association have been selected to receive special Tony awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:59AMA magician brings surprising true stories to his act The House of Ghostly Haunts, at Canal Park Playhouse in Tribeca, is a throwback to the traditional spook shows of the mid-twentieth centu…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:33AMProducers Steven C. Byrd and Alia M. Jones recruited composer Terence Blanchard to score the show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMWith his searing performance in the acclaimed “The Lyons,” it’s fair to say to say that Esper has graduated to playing That Guy.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMThe musical tale of a schoolgirl with special powers was the toast of the West End as “Matilda the Musical” walked away with seven Olivier Awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:54AMLong Wharf Theatre is the latest to aim for an architectural overhaul, alongside NYC's Signature and Public theaters.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:28AMTheatre Communications Group celebrates the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day with actor John Malkovich.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMThe Goodspeed Opera house in East Haddam, Connecticut recently opening the "Artists Village," with 17 homes and 65 fully furnished bedrooms.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PMBob Ari and Randy Harrison do fine work in John Logan's Tony Award-winning play about the artist Mark Rothko and his young apprentice.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMAustin has emerged as more than just a base for music. In fact, it has become a mecca for theatrical and visual arts as well. So what makes the city such a bastion of creative energy?
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:00AMRené Rivera delivers a galvanizing performance in this autobiographical show, written for him by his wife, Stacey Martino.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMBy Doug Strassler I really didn’t think there was any reason to remake the Prime Suspect series, that near-perfect septet of episodes in which Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Hele…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:46PMOn Wednesday at New World Stages in Manhattan, the New York Musical Theatre Festival offered a special preview of this year's slate of new musicals.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:43AMBy Doug Strassler This past July, I fully anticipated writing a laundry list of personally beloved – and meritorious – shows and performers that went without Emmy recognition. But when t…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 08:37AMBy Doug Strassler What with all the attention to recent earthquakes and hurricanes, I’d forgotten to pay attention to the coming of the fall movie season. Now, all of a sudden, it’s upon…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:44AMBy Doug Strassler Ever the masochist, I made it my mission to take in as much summer TV as I could over the last four months. Though I didn’t see all of the potential offerings, I did mana…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:37AMBy Doug Strassler Just like Mark did yesterday in his smart analysis of Tate Taylor’s film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, I too have been thinking about many elements of thi…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 12:13PMBy Doug Strassler I thought it was high time we take a trip down my musical memory lane and re-visit one of my all-time favorite songs. Do any of you out there remember the song “Joey,” …
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 02:18PMBy Doug Strassler Welcome to my second look at which overlooked film actors I believe to be overdue for a lifetime achievement Academy Award. For a look at the first entries on my list – a…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 03:05PMBy Doug Strassler This week, the Academy announced the recipients of its annual honorary awards, and none other than Darth Vadar himself, James Earl Jones, is this year’s winner. (The Jean…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 02:05PMBy Doug Strassler It’s been said (mostly by me) that the current crop of ensemble romantic comedies, fueled in large part by Love Actually early last decade, are this generation’s versio…
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