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“In the story over Shia La Beouf’s exit from “Orphans,” Michael Riedel in the New York Post reports a different version of events than the impression left by the rele…
A dramaturg is a murderer in “Icarus,” the episode of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” in which everybody thinks Cynthia Nixon playing a Julie Taymor-like figure…
This is a clip of the 1987 movie of “Orphans,” based on the 1983 play by Lyle Kessler that is being revived on Broadway this season.
Shia LaBeouf, the movie star (“Transformers”) who was to make his Broadway debut, has left Orphans, the three-character play co- starring Alec Baldwin and Tom Sturridge which was…
Will we have "Smash" to kick around any longer? Whatever else the backstage Broadway TV show has been, it's been an inspiration for many in the theater community " creating what you could al…
Adele, Rufus Wainwright and Lady Gaga were the singer/songwriters picked most often in answer to the questions:Â Â What singer/songwriter would you like to see writing a show for Broadwa…
A debate over whether actors and other artists must be narcissists and opportunists, sparked by yet another story about Lena Dunham of "Girls"; a new report on the racial make-up of performe…
Many people in Laramie, Wyoming don't think that Matthew Shepard was murdered in their town in 1998 because he was gay — that he wasn't the victim of a hate crime, according to the ext…
"No more rejection, rejection, rejection," the ex-actress tells Ivy and Sam in front of Amy's Bread in the second season premiere of Smash. She has left the theater and gone into "stationery…
It turns out that Marco Rubio has a HISTORY of drinking water.
Alan Cumming accompanied the installation of the marquee for “Macbeth” The stars were not present when Orphans went up All four shows are opening in April: &…
Should the stage reflect the demographics of the city in which it is located? That is the assumption of the second annual report from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, the AAPA…
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but …
Ticket Giveaway: Win two tickets to see “Kinky Boots,” the Broadway musical based on the 2005 film that tells the true story of a man who saves his family’s shoe factory by…
Best Musical Theater Album:Â Once: A Musical, Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, compos…
New York City was lucky this time. The blizzard that the Weather Channel dubbed Nemo saved the worst of its ire for other regions, allowing all Broadway and most Off-Broadway shows to remain…
I have just reviewed two plays for Backstage that could both be called Spanish plays, although they could not be more different. One, “Fuenteovejuna,” at Repertorio Espanol, w…
Some theaters are offering snow deals Roundabout Theater: Picnic and the Mystery of Edwin Drood, as well as Tally’s Folly at the Roundabout’s Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theater, wil…
Here is a picture of Father Duffy Square in Times Square at 6 a.m., February 9, 2013. Manhattan clearly was not the hardest-hit by Winter Storm Nemo (as the Weather Channel insists on callin…
‘Lucky Guy’: From left to right: Christopher McDonald, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks making his Broadway debut, Maura Tierney, Richard Masur, Courtney B. Vance and Peter Gerety. The l…
“….there is no end to this accursed snow…” “…until the snow is cleared, you must shovel…” “I dreamed a dream in time gone by when snow w…
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for New York City and the metropolitan region for today and tomorrow, predicting heavy snow of up to 14 inches and strong winds, an…
“These are the cookies my mom is serving at her #Smash party in Pittsburgh. She’s a diva, “Andy Mientus Tweeted before the premiere of  the second season of Sma…
Al Pacino stars with Helen Mirren in HBO film “Phil Spector,” written and directed by David Mamet, about the legendary music producer (Wall of Sound, the Beatles, Ike and Tina Tu…
If ever a TV series did not need professional reviews, it’s Smash, the backstage musical about Broadway that begins its second season tonight on NBC at 9 p.m. Eastern Time. I’d n…
