8,501 stories from Backstage
How much do we love an after-hours "Willkommen," especially if it involves lingerie, men in makeup, and more than a few spankings?
David Auburn's adaptation of Langdon Mitchell's 1906 divorce comedy is undeniably entertaining, but it also makes fundamental changes both in what Mitchell wanted to say and how he said it.
Veteran British actress Judi Dench was honored at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards on Tuesday for a career that has spanned more than 50 years.
Though compellingly acted and handsomely staged, this rarely produced surrealistic play by Federico García Lorca remains frustratingly elusive in its meaning.
AFTRA's national board Saturday continued down the path towards merger with SAG, "overwhelmingly pass(ing) a resolution" to continue working with SAG for One Union.
A Mexican actress has agreed to plead guilty to lying in an immigration proceeding and will avoid a retrial on charges that she engaged in a sham marriage to remain in the United States.
Actress Kathleen Turner is set to return to Broadway this spring in "High," a new play written by Matthew Lombardo and directed by Rob Ruggiero.
There is both sexual and literary chemistry in this modest but effective Pearl Theatre Company production of Molière's classic.
Clint Eastwood is in early negotiations to direct the long-gestating remake of "A Star Is Born" for Warner Bros.
Shakespeare said all the world's a stage. Next spring, all the world will be on stage at Shakespeare's Globe theater.
He is not now, nor was he ever, a matinee idol. But Wallace Shawn has amassed an astonishing number of rich, varied credits—as an actor and as a writer.
Theoni V. Aldredge, award-winning costume designer of stage and film, has passed away in Stamford, Conn., at the age of 78.
Taylor Mac and the Talking Band's new play about failure feels as if it gives up way too easily.
Melissa Etheridge will play the role of St. Jimmy for a special one-week engagement in early February. The singer will be making her way to Broadway, along with newsman Anderson Cooper…
The 'Without A Trace' star will produce and star in the role for which he won a Tony Award in 1998.
Why open a theater company? Simple: So you can work. Starting a theater company can be an alternative to struggling as an aspiring actor.
Gallim Dance offered a stunning performance of its artistic director Andrea Miller’s intriguing "For Glenn Gould," while the talented performers of Sidra Bell Dance New York made all t…
Parallel Exit's new show is less narrative-oriented than before, but it's nevertheless a hysterical hour of masterfully performed physical comedy.
By March, "Spider-Man" will have had the longest preview period in Broadway history. Critics now have to decide whether they should review ahead of the opening or wait two months while …
Michael Langham, prominent director of North American theater, died Jan. 15 in Cranbrook, England. He contracted a chest infection before Christmas and never recovered, passing away at 91.
Melissa Etheridge will play the role of St. Jimmy for a special one-week engagement in early February. The singer will be making her way to Broadway, along with newsman Anderson Cooper…
It must be hard, even for a brilliant writer, to come up with new speeches when you're winning as many awards as Aaron Sorkin is these days.
Diana Amsterdam's touching dark comedy about death is a gloomy but lively circus of manners that urges audiences not to fear the reaper.
The breakup of the former Yugoslavia is weighed against the breakup of a high school rock band in this award-winning play.
This intimate, uneven staging of Shakespeare's late romance uses only six performers, two of whom deliver sterling turns.
