Monday, May 25, 2015
"Finally, a 'bromance' for the stage," reads the press release describing "Fucking Girls," as if the idiotic genre that has invaded feature films was a desirable element for the theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMDirector Barry Edelstein deftly draws parallels to the current financial crisis in a modern-dress version of this obscure Shakespearean curio, featuring finely shaded work from star Richard…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMIn the second major production of William Shakespeare's classic this season, F. Murray Abraham gives us a subtler Shylock than Al Pacino's.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMIn this prequel to "Peter Pan," directors Alex Timbers and Roger Rees and playwright Rick Elice create an imaginative and wildly entertaining Victorian-music-hall spoof.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThis romantic comedy may have been a riot in 1965, when it was a hit on Broadway, but today it's a broken-down clunker.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMOne has to admire the Belarus Free Theatre for its dedication and courage, but its offstage story of getting to the Under the Radar festival is more gripping than its Harold Pinter program.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMElizabeth Ashley is one of 20 actors saluted by Back Stage critics David Sheward and Erik Haagensen for delivering memorable performances on New York stages in 2010.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThursday, May 29, 2014
FUN HOME, the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel which played at the Public Theater, continued its winning ways, taking the prize for Best Musical from the Off Broadway Allian…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 09:53AMWednesday, May 14, 2014
Nominees have been chosen for the fourth annual Off-Broadway Alliance Awards. Winners will be announced on May 27. The alliance is an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, genera…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:01PMSaturday, June 29, 2013
The sun will come out for two young actresses when Annie gets a pair of new leading ladies. Taylor Richardson and Sadie Sink, both 11, will share the title role of the scrappy orphan in the …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:00AMSunday, July 22, 2012
This two-dimensional work by veteran playwright Robert Patrick, presented by the Fresh Fruit Festival, feels like an old episode of "All in the Family."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:03AMThursday, July 19, 2012
George Wendt from "Cheers" provides some laughs in "Re-Animator: The Musical," a gory, guts-spilling offering at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:29AMSaturday, July 14, 2012
Forty years after becoming a star in "Pippin," Ben Vereen still shines and struts with dazzling appeal, at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:36AMThursday, July 12, 2012
he national touring production of Bill T. Jones' exuberant "Fela!" is slightly less involving than the Broadway original but still packs a wallop.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMWednesday, July 11, 2012
"Serious Money," Caryl Churchill's satire of the ruthless 1980s international financial market, is a mad circus in Potomac Theatre Project's production.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:46AMTuesday, July 10, 2012
Potomac Theatre Project, at Atlantic Stage 2, is not up to the challenge of Neal Bell's bracing stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic "Frankenstein."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:45AMFriday, June 29, 2012
Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh will produce the stage version of "Magic Mike"; "30 Rock" star headlines "Orphans"
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:32AMThursday, June 28, 2012
Jess Barbagallo and Chris Giarmio's "Good Year for Hunters," about a gay brother and sister, part of Ice Factory 2012, is confusing yet has a certain charm.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:45AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
"Triassic Parq," an 80-minute musical spoof of "Jurassic Park" is as nutritious and forgettable as a bag of chips, but "Lysistrata Jones" vets stand out.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMSunday, June 24, 2012
"And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," Paul Zindel's rarely seen 1971 play about three unhappy sisters, gets a workmanlike production from Long View Theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:21AMFriday, June 22, 2012
Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, and Laurie Metcalfe will star in upcoming Broadway shows; Brooke Shields may come to New York with "The Exorcist."
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:51AMThursday, June 21, 2012
Lily Rabe literally throws herself into the role of Rosalind in a foot-stomping production in Central Park featuring twangy music by Steve Martin.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMMonday, June 11, 2012
John Patrick Shanley lays on the symbolism too thickly in "Storefront Church," part three of his "Church and State" trilogy, but there's still much to like.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMAudra McDonald, James Corden, Nina Arianda, Steve Kazee, and others tell newcomers to say yes to every opportunity and enjoy the struggle.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:32AMSunday, June 10, 2012
"Peter and the Starcatcher," "Porgy and Bess," and "Death of a Salesman" also among winners.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:59AMFriday, June 8, 2012
Kate Arrington and Ed Asner also headline new Craig Wright play. David West Read's play about the porn industry will be auditioning.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:49AMThursday, June 7, 2012
The Green Goblin of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" discusses the challenges of creating a character underneath makeup and believing in yourself.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:16AM“Food and Fadwa,” a co-production of New York Theatre Workshop and Noor Theatre about a troubled Palestinian family, is a bland meal unimaginatively served.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
The Tony winner on auditioning for everything and why she left "Other Desert Cities" and "Follies" for "The Lyons."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:54AMMonday, June 4, 2012
"One Man,Two Guvnors," "Nice Work," and "Follies" also took home Drama Desk Awards, which honor Broadway and Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMFriday, June 1, 2012
The MTC revival of Ibsen will star Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas and the musical co-authored by Phish band member is currently at La Jolla Playhouse.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:34AM 
