8,501 stories from Backstage
"The Mad 7" retells the story of an 18th-century Hasidic leader who died before finishing his story of an encounter with seven mystics as a San Francisco office worker accosted by defo…
The downsizing of the workforce is one of the timeliest subjects around, but it's only given a light dusting over in "P.O.," Scott Klavan's two-hander about a pair of average-Joe postal work…
Writer-director Erik Zambrano's rumination on the cost of fame, the loss of identity, and the mystery of desire loses itself in a nontraditional style of presentation that never connects wit…
With her Texas lilt and gentle demeanor, writer-performer Faye Lane serves up a Southern-fried cabaret show that's sweeter than banana MoonPies and RC Cola.
Dylan Lamb's "Alligator Summer" celebrates racy situations and over-the-top characters of Southern Gothic drama while mocking it.
Every nails-on-a-chalkboard cliché inherent in adult actors playing children is in evidence in "Tiny Geniuses," a new comedy about first grade.
If you thought celebrity stalking was a recent phenomenon, meet Marla and Kate, two 22-year-olds with nothing better to do than have daily picnics on the grounds outside the gated estate of …
Michael López Sáenz's new play raises intriguing questions, but right now he's clearly not prepared to explore the answers.
Original, inventive, as touching as it is funny, actor-writer Joe Hutcheson's 90-minute one-man show is rich, wise, and deeply human.
Zehra Fazal's warm, wise, and very funny one-woman play with music is a welcome addition to the ongoing, often contentious conversation between Muslim and non-Muslim America.
Myriad are the pop-culture references in "Shine: A Burlesque Musical." How do you make them hold together? You don't.
Ambition overreaches ability in Jon Steinhagen's split-personality comedy about the backstage tribulations of a theater company attempting to perform a Dadaist biography of Erik Satie.
The precision of writer-director Patrick Harrison's "Butterfly, Butterfly, Kill Kill Kill!" rarely fails to impress, but the slight story never seems to merit the care th...
Arlene Hutton has written some good plays, but "Running," a two-hander about a late-night reunion between two 50-something ex-flatmates, is a yawn.
Parkour, also known as free running, has been gaining popularity since the mid-2000s, but Bulletrun's "Living on the Edge," the shift from the streets to the stage saps the sport of its vita…
How do you interpret Shakespeare's lengthy soliloquies, impassioned dialogue, and intricate plots without words? In "Hamlet Shut Up," the solution is a few strokes of wit, a reliance on phys…
Parkour, also known as free running, has been gaining popularity since the mid-2000s, but Bulletrun's "Living on the Edge," the shift from the streets to the stage saps the sport of its vita…
How do you interpret Shakespeare's lengthy soliloquies, impassioned dialogue, and intricate plots without words? In "Hamlet Shut Up," the solution is a few strokes of wit, a reliance on phys…
When Playwrights Horizons’ casting director Alaine Alldaffer began the casting process for Taylor Mac’s upcoming play “Hir,” she expected to do something similar to w…
There’s no denying it: Actors are a superstitious bunch. Maybe it’s the (obvious) flare for the dramatic, the nightly thrill of live performance, or the awareness that careers ca…
Amid sweeping views of Midtown Manhattan, the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is committing to its founder’s mission of bringing dance to the people with the Ailey Extension. May is Natio…
The winners of the 30th annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced in a festive ceremony at the NYU Skirball Center on May 10. The event, co-hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Fa…
The success of plays like Nick Payne’s “Constellations” and Jennifer Haley’s “The Nether”—both West End transfers—proves there’s a hunge…
Can people read your poker face? Well enough to square off in Texas Hold ’Em against some of the most talented stars on Broadway?
Roundabout Theatre Company will host its first-ever Ca…
Do you know the writers behind your favorite TV programs? Just like actors, many great playwrights split their time between theater and television. Here are eight well-known contemporary pla…
