8,501 stories from Backstage
Almost entirely missing through the entire program is any sense of genuine fun, passion, or, really, interest.
Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson's likeably profane comedy about the fantasy life of a working-class slacker has been transplanted to an anonymous American town and otherwise tweaked for …
An absolutely bewitching production designed for family audiences ages 12 and up, Macbeth puts forth an abridged version of the gruesome Shakespeare play, using mesmerizing marionettes.
In this interesting and unsettling Australian melodrama, each member of the largely Australian and New Zealander cast is spot on.
NPR personality Peter Sagal's thought-provoking 1995 drama, now in revival at Metropolitan Playhouse, is apt theatrical fare for Holocaust Remembrance Week.
Though David Frost and Richard Nixon get equal billing in the title of Peter Morgan's fascinating play -- and Frost achieves the final victory -- the heavyweight acting honors go to Frank La…
The well-chosen pieces all present substantially different takes on conflict.
Musicals Tonight! has again hit the nostalgic bull's-eye with its perfectly pruned production.
Now we know why Archibald MacLeish's 1958 award-winning drama is so rarely revived.
This visually compelling dance-theatre collage mixes linear and nonlinear scenes to explore Jerusalem syndrome.
Cory Kahaney has created a winner with The J.A.P. Show.
John Fugelsang finally allows authenticity to overtake him late in this one-man show.
The astonishing Tammy Grimes still has mesmerizing powers.
The show's coquettish charm appeals.
Not your mother's female clowns, Kendall Cornell's Soon-to-Be-World-Famous Women's Clown Troupe makes Ball and Burnett look tame.
In this not-quite-digestible smorgasbord, there is one component that is strikingly original: a play written by Sarah Bernhardt.
The Naked Angels Issues Projects have slowly become the gold standard for the 10-minute play festival in New York.
Not only does the production stir, with its many fine performances, it also frightens.
Ken Urban's latest play is a mishmash of awkward scenes and go-nowhere technological noodling.
The technology is terrific, but there's no play there.
Director Benjamin Mosse's production fails to measure up to Saviana Stanescu's unique take on the immigrant experience.
The enterprising theatre company Woman Seeking... provides the first New York revival of Rachel Crothers' play.
Few experiences are more uncomfortable than watching a bad play about racism.
