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Talent is currently being sought for Broadway’s “Fish in the Dark” written by and starring “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David.
Several roles are being cast…
Even the most loyal theatergoer can only see a fraction of what’s on offer at the jam-packed New York International Fringe Festival. Luckily, the 2014 FringeNYC Encore Series will once…
The Lambs were a bunch of actors pretending to be gentlemen, the Players were gentlemen pretending to be actors, and the Friars were neither pretending to be both, goes an old adage about th…
Summer is coming to an end, but there’s still time catch an open-air showing of some of the Bard’s most popular works. Check out these outdoor Shakespeare performances from all o…
The 39th annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival has announced it’s six winners.
Thirty plays—selected out of an original submission pool of 1,385—we…
You enter through a back alley, whisper a password, and don a mask. Costumed actors sip whiskey, eat dinner, and mingle with the crowd. Suddenly, a flash of light, a blast of music or a Shak…
Tickets for this amazing opportunity are now available!
Backstage University is thrilled to welcome one of the biggest breakout stars of the Broadway season, Tony Award winner Lena Hall.
Tho…
In recent decades the population of Austin, Texas, has exploded almost as much as its craving for groundbreaking theater. Thanks to booming tech and entertainment industries, there is a high…
The winners for the 11th annual New York Musical Theatre Festival have been announced. “The Gig”—about a used car salesman, a dentist, a real estate agent, a financial advi…
While it may still be easier for New York dancers to break into the industry, the number of commercial jobs available in Los Angeles is rising, experts say.
Debbie Allen, a veteran performer…
Going away to summer camp is a time-honored tradition, offering kids and teens the chance to make new friends, see new places, and experience life away from home. But it’s not all bonf…
The Hollywood Fringe Festival took in a record haul as the arts event marked its fifth year. Organizers announced the theater festival, which closed June 29, filled 46,000 seats for its 290 …
While the Great White Way might be the ultimate ambition of many actors, it’s certainly not the only place to find work. Regional theaters across the country are hubs of actor employme…
Midtown erupts in song and dance July 7–27 when the New York Musical Theatre Festival returns! Each year NYMF celebrates the genre with productions, concerts, readings, and special eve…
Shakespeare is a revered linguistic master—so much so that centuries later, his stories are still being told on stages and screens across the world. While some films stick to the exact…
Paper Mill Playhouse doesn’t just produce works bound for Broadway (see: “Honeymoon in Vegas”) and revive classic musicals—the Millburn, N.J., theater also provides 1…
Since the 2007 recession, more than 95 percent of students in the United States are attending schools that have had arts program budgets slashed. The nationwide dip makes honoring the progra…
Ars Nova, the New York City–based theater development program, is currently accepting applications for their emerging writers collective, Play Group. Play members meet twice a month to…
Twenty years after escaping from Shawshank, Tim Robbins once again finds himself working behind bars.
This time he’s not doing tax returns for the guards or hiding a warden’s ill…
Blair Underwood is set to take the stage as Othello for the first time in his career this month—and many of his cast mates will be student actors.
No, Underwood isn’t doing summe…
This Friday, Broadway will be hitting the silver screen yet again as the Tony-award winning show for best musical, “Jersey Boys,” gets its release. The story of The Four Seasons …
Just days after hosting the Tony Awards, the artwpork for Hugh Jackman's upcoming return to Broadway has been released! Jackman will star in Jez Butterworth's play "The River," co-starring L…
Backstage was on the red carpet for the 67th Annual Tony Awards, talking to all of your favorite Broadway stars about their performances, what Broadway means to them, and what advice they ha…
With 16 musicals and 23 plays opening on Broadway in the 2013-2014 season, the 68th Annual Tony Awards was one of the most prosperous and reassuring in recent theater history. Not to mention…
The Repertory East Playhouse production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” that was shuttered last Saturday when its lead actor was fired for confronting a heckler is getting a revival&m…
