Thursday, April 12, 2012
“You Better Sit Down,” the Civilians’ documentary theater piece at the Flea based on the dysfunctional marriages of its casts’ parents, is funny/sad.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMFriday, April 6, 2012
Simon Callow delivers a fascinating combination of history lecture and dynamic Shakespearean survey at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:19AMThursday, April 5, 2012
This is a softer, gentler take on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s hit, with uneven performances from Elena Roger, Ricky Martin, and Michael Cerveris.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMThe Tony winner joins calls for Shakespeare's Globe to revoke an invitation to Israel's Habima company for a theater festival.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:27AMMonday, April 2, 2012
Tracie Bennett goes far beyond impersonation with an indelible performance as the legendary Judy Garland in Peter Quilter’s “End of the Rainbow.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMThursday, March 29, 2012
The film-based musical tops the list for the Off-Broadway awards with seven noms; "Tribes" follows with six.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:46AMWednesday, March 28, 2012
The author of "Brothers of the Dust" is honored with the prize from the American Theatre Critics Association.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:15AMThe cast and creators of “[title of show]” reunite for a musical self-help seminar at the Vineyard Theatre that’s more lecture than musical revue.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMMonday, March 26, 2012
The Humana Festival of New American Plays wraps up with a discussion of dream theaters and a fresh and fly work on the impact of rap.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:39AMSunday, March 25, 2012
“Death Tax,” “The Veri**on Play,” “Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards,” and “The Hour of Feeling” open at Humana Festival.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:32AMThursday, March 22, 2012
Des McAnuff delivers a flashy but empty staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera about the last seven days of Christ, from Stratford.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
"My Occasion of Sin," Monica Bauer's drama of strained race relations in 1960s Omaha, at Urban Stages, suffers from a bad case of split personality.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMSunday, March 18, 2012
The Pearl Theatre Company offers an intimate staging of Eugene O'Neill's oft-produced romantic tragedy that is more like a caress than a knockout blow.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30AMEnda Walsh's intimate romantic tuner based on the Oscar-winning film survives the transfer to Broadway. Cristin Milioti and Steve Kazee are heartbreaking.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMFriday, March 16, 2012
The lyricist for "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Evita," and "The Lion King" will be honored in London for his contributions to musical theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:06AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
CollaborationTown’s riotous parody of Brecht and Shakespeare is sharper than it was in 2006 at the New York Fringe Festival, but it’s still too long.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:55AMWednesday, March 7, 2012
Denis O'Hare and Stephen Spinella take distinct yet equally thrilling approaches to Homer's ageless classic in repertory solo performances at New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMTuesday, March 6, 2012
Kathleen Chalfant delivers a multilayered and moving performance in Tina Howe's 1983 drama of a family of artists, revived by Keen Company.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMMonday, March 5, 2012
A musical version of the ultimate frat-house comedy "Animal House" is in development with music by the Barenaked Ladies.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:21AMMonday, February 27, 2012
Katori Hall creates a vibrant community in this Signature Theatre production, but "Hurt Village" seems more of a political statement than a slice of life.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMSunday, February 26, 2012
The Irish Repertory Theatre blows the dust off Eugene O'Neill's 1920 Pulitzer Prize winner, "Beyond the Horizon," in this fresh and challenging production.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMFriday, February 24, 2012
David Stallings' "The Stranger to Kindess," part of Frigid New York, employs too many clichés in its depiction of the loneliness of the urban jungle.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:44AMFour New Yorkers bounce in and out of bed in Elephant Run District's "Rabbit Island," Chris Harcum's raucous comedy in the Frigid New York festival.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:26AMThursday, February 23, 2012
F. Murray Abraham is too tentative as the great astronomer Galileo in an otherwise worthy CSC revival of Bertolt Brecht's epic biography.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMRob Ackerman seeks to evoke the spirit of Emerson in "Call Me Waldo" but delivers a ramshackle comedy in this Working Theater production.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:35AMSaturday, February 18, 2012
David Drake creates a kooky, lovable drag version of a drugged-up D-lister who happens to be Joey Heatherton's niece in "My Tawny Valentine."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:31AMThursday, February 16, 2012
Tony Award nominee Josie De Guzman stars as Arkadina in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" at Houston's Alley Theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:24AMTuesday, February 7, 2012
You'll get more laughs by watching clips from classic TV sitcoms on YouTube than you will from 90 minutes of misery at Frank Strausser's flimsy excuse for a play.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMPlaywright Kate Fodor mixes strong dosages of satire and pathos in this piercing new comedy about our overmedicated society. It's the perfect prescription for an anemic theater season.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMFriday, February 3, 2012
Taking a note from Vidal's 1960 drama about a presidential convention, the event was held like a press conference with cast member Donna Hanover, a reporter and TV host as well as an actor…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:44AMThursday, February 2, 2012
This revival of a short-lived 1974 revue derived from the absurdist oeuvre of Eugene Ionesco provides a few giggles but lacks the danger of the author's best works.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30AM 
