8,501 stories from Backstage
'Everything is shut down; life is at a standstill,' one producer says as U.S. movies get pulled and Egyptian stars take part in protests.
Except for one hokey device, Nathan Louis Jackson avoids death row clichés in this simple, powerful play featuring strong performances from Chris Chalk and David Patrick Kelly.
Employing Spalding Gray's basic template, Zach Helm uses the recollections and observations of audience members to create a rewarding and memorable experience.
Canada sees foreign location shooting rebound as Los Angeles producers seek stability as tax credits shrink or end in rival U.S. states and Europe.
All the inside information you need to live, work, and succeed as a performer in the bustling Big Apple.
Though hardly a musical for the ages, this dated but dizzy satire of President Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal still scores points.
Harlem's The Apollo Theater is famed for helping launch some of the most successful figures in U.S. black entertainment and marking their influence in popular culture.
In Lake Simons' solo clown piece "Etiquette Unraveled," the artist conjures a plethora of wistful scenarios using only a few props.
Wryly witty and warmly embracing of its characters' eccentricities and foibles, A.R. Gurney's generation-gap tale is a charmer—funny, observant, and altogether winning.
Some theater critics are weighing in on the $65 million musical even though it doesn't officially open until March 15, violating the time-honored agreement between producers and journalists.
The Tony Award–winning hit musical "Chicago" is getting a supermodel makeover: Christie Brinkley is joining the Broadway cast.
The Society of London Theatre today announced the nominations for its 2011 Olivier Awards. "Love Never Dies," a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera," garnered the most nominations with seven.
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is hoping to foster dramatic talent in the Middle East with a new theater arts academy.
As it stands, "Spider-Man" runs 165 minutes, of which only about 25 really work.
It's Aristophanes by way of "Avenue Q" in this entertainingly lewd but somewhat clunky puppet adaptation of the ancient Greek play.
Playwright Susan Mosakowski's imagination of a contemporary Abelard and Heloise story unfortunately strains credulity.
Thomas Kilroy's absorbing picture of Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde's lover, is a must for Wilde fans, even if Oscar remains offstage much of the time.
Lynn Rosen's new play is a confused portrayal of a woman's self-discovery that combines camp with convention to little effect.
The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," a popular program that mocks self-important pundits, will auction off "Portrait 5, Stephen(s)" next month.
Soldiers during World War II line up to visit a prostitute, and one eventually does, in this intermittently intriguing but underdeveloped exercise.
More than 20 years after its premiere, this examination of contemporary politics, media, and clashing cultures makes a vital case for the relevancy of modern opera.
Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's searing musical tragedy about apartheid in South Africa falls hopelessly flat in this uncomprehending concert version from Encores!
Susan Stroman's new work for New York City Ballet fails to captivate, though it features a beguiling performance from Sara Mearns.
This shaggy-dog story about a musical written to premiere in a Middle Eastern soccer stadium is better suited for an anecdote than a full-fledged tuner.
Director Austin Pendleton makes more than a few odd staging choices but also elicits some heartbreaking performances in the CSC production of the Chekhov classic.
