At age 10 Avi Hoffman (born Avrum Ber, in 1958) made his theatrical debut in a Yiddish Folksbiene Theater production called Bronx Express. In the decades that followed, the performer, a son …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:06PMSome stories linger in the incubation stage. Patiently—or not so patiently—they wait to be told, to make their way into the public consciousness. Then, uncannily, when they finally burst…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:51PMRashid and Leila, a young Egyptian-American couple, sit propped up in bed together. They smoke fake cigarettes while they analyze their own psyches and behavior. (It’s something one imagin…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:00PMBack Stage talked with some students recently about their experiences in several of New York's musical theater training programs.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMFor many of us, our lifelong love affair with the theater first blossomed in summer. Summer theaters provide on-the-job training for young actors.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMActors often talk about “dream roles,” but when Richard Kent Green says he’s longed for years to portray legendary thinker Albert Einstein, he’s not whistling “She Blinded Me with …
SOURCE: simply-showbiz.com at 11:48AMThe Mobile Shakespeare Unit's 90-minute condensation of Shakespeare's "Richard III," at the Public Theater, has Ron Cephas Jones as the murdering monarch.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AMSuave-voiced musical theatre actor Max von Essen is a hard worker with a string of impressive credits. He has appeared in productions in regional theaters (The Baker’s Wife, Mame). He’s …
SOURCE: simply-showbiz.com at 08:02AMThe composer of “Leap of Faith,” which opens on Broadway on Thursday, has three Main Stem shows this season. Here’s how to approach singing his songs.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMActors and directors flock to summer theater programs and camps, such as Stagedoor Manor and Idyllwild Arts Summer Program.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:40AMThe proliferation of film work in Boston has greatly benefited area stage actors, many of whom have been quietly toiling in theater companies for years.
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