8,501 stories from Backstage
Monologuist Mike Daisey talks about no scripts, no rehearsals, no barriers.
The artistic director for New York Stage and Film talks about how a small company thrives in the big city.
Overwhelmed with good intentions, playwright Roman Feeser has let his sympathy for his title character's plight blind him.
It's unclear why Theater Breaking Through Barriers has chosen a play that can feel at times as expired as its subject, but the company can't be faulted for giving it a fine production.
Perusing the 1963 reviews for the Broadway musical "Tovarich," now being given a concert-reading airing by Mel Miller's Musicals Tonight!, one gets a feeling well articulated by one of its s…
Of all the evening's many characters, I'm not sure I liked any. Most are too sharp or too silly to care about - and few are sufficiently established.
In this musical's L.A. debut, director Michael Mayer's superlative touring edition received a rapturous response from the opening-night crowd, demonstrating that the show's appeal extends fa…
The press material for "Mad Fags and Englishmen" claims it represents "another slice of gay cabaret in London." If that's so, the quality has sunk to such a louche level that it warrants lit…
Whether or not you are interested in Eastern philosophy, "Meeting With Bodhisattva" is enlightening. The effect is as rousing and exhilarating as the grand finale in the fireworks on the Fou…
While the intentions of this well-spoken production are commendable, each play suffers from its imposed brevity, for in the compression of each, much of an essential ingredient - passion - s…
Justine Moore, the writer and performer of this 80-minute solo piece, had a horrific adolescence that she survived to talk about - vividly.
Steven Leigh Morris unfolds a police case study that is a truly chilling cautionary tale. The drama, unfortunately, has a much too leisurely beginning.
Never once during the 90-minute running time of "The Language of Trees" did I believe the characters or care for them.
The cachet here is the Peter Brook name, particularly as we see his work so rarely on these shores. Even a potentially dry evening such as this one is in his hands thoughtful and shrewd.
John Patrick Shanley may ultimately find himself at home in the world of musical theatre. But for now, his mess runneth over.
Ever wonder what a revue about New York City written by Stephen Sondheim might sound like? Wonder no longer. Tim Di Pasqua has supplied the answer. Sorta.
Kevin Dozier is worth keeping on your radar.
Jane Monheit's voice comes to you as if from deep within the heart of an ancient myth about beauty. It's a stunning sound entirely her own.
Half of the show was heartily devoted to rock ballads Adam Pascal has written with Larry Edoff. With one exception, they aren't his strength.
Without a hint of boastful heroics or self-aggrandizement, the four actors in "The Files" vividly recount their days of doing political theatre during the Communist era in Poland. Simply but…
Grab your Metrocards, because this season's best new musical isn't on the Great White Way - it's in Brooklyn.
Though well executed, "The Doll Sisters" sadly just can't seem to find a common language.
As with many uprisings, theatrical and otherwise, "Lord Oxford Brings You the Second American Revolution, Live!" has noble intentions, but it is all at once too heavy-handed, too vague, and …
It's presented as theatre for children, but this adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel is filled with formidable puppetry (the puppets come in all sizes), stunning stage imagery, lots of eye-gra…
