8,501 stories from Backstage
Jonathan Tolins has had a capital idea for a one-man show. After reading in Barbra Streisand’s 2010 book “My Passion for Design” that her basement is a re-creation of a str…
Packed with rich writing, full-blooded acting, taut direction, and even a bit of British politics, “Good With People” proves that a play needn’t sprawl over three hours to …
Ask anyone who is the grande dame of the singing and acting world and the likely answer would be Barbra Streisand. While her pipes have always been better known than her acting chops, Streis…
When the title page of a musical bears the credit “written and directed by,” a tiny throb of terror slices through me. That kind of hubris—believing that you are equally ta…
Actor-author Elisabeth Gray writes in a piece for Backstage.com that she created her solo show “Southern Discomfort” as “a chance to act and to commune with audiences.&rdqu…
Nora Ephron’s posthumously produced “Lucky Guy” is a breezy but thin account of the life and career of New York City reporter and columnist Mike McAlary. Film star Tom Hank…
Harold Prince has enjoyed a theater career few professionals could dream up. His hits as a director and producer included “Cabaret,” “Follies,” “Sweeney Todd,&r…
Colleen and Terry are in love. As they cuddle beneath a sheet, Terry tells Colleen that he loves her eyes, because they look like two reflectors on the back of a boat for him to follow home.…
Learn from your mistakes. My parents’ generation made them, grew, and moved on. My generation makes mistakes that cyber space captures and preserves in a living time capsule. A mistake…
Exquisitely acted, “Three Trees” puts forth beautiful ideas concerning the transformative power of creating and inspiring art, the notion of a portrait as the container of a huma…
A beguilingly surrealistic adaptation, by Sung Rno and Andrew Pang, of August Strindberg’s depressing 1907 play of the same title, “A Dream Play” leavens the drama’s …
Theater seasons routinely involve the repeated trumpeting of some new movie star come to Broadway, and this year has been no different. After Al Pacino and Scarlett Johansson revived trusty …
TRU, Theater Resources Unlimited, is holding their annual Combined Audition Event. Over 40 producers, theater companies, writers, and directors will be on hand April 6 and 7 for two days of …
In advance of the 2013 Tony Awards scheduled for this June, TonyAwards.com and IBM have partnered up to launch “Spotlight On,” which will feature content about and from all this …
The Broadway Green Alliance recently announced the launch of their College Captain program. The program will provide colleges with resources to green their theater productions. Currently, Br…
Los Angeles area high school students have another route to the Broadway stage.
The Pantages Theatre and Nederlander Organization are inviting local high schools to participate in an actors'…
Bernard Gersten, Ming Cho Lee, and Paul Libin will be this year’s recipients of the Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. The awards will be presented June 9 dur…
“F#%king Up Everything” does not fulfill the promise of its title. David Eric Davis and Sam Forman’s rock musical stays safely within the realm of musical comedy—hard…
Don’t expect to brush up your Shakespeare by seeing Arthur Phillips’ “The Tragedy of King Arthur by William Shakespeare.” This play within a play, which takes up most…
Back after a two-year hiatus Vampire Cowboys returns with a less-than-thrilling new play, Crystal Skillman’s “Geek!” The pop culture–obsessed company, which has given…
While giving voice lessons in Massachusetts, Michael Jacobs, director of the training programs NYCinLI and NYCinMA, was asked if he knew of any quality summer theater programs outside of New…
After watching S.R. Bindler’s 1997 documentary “Hands on a Hard Body”—about a 1994 Texas contest in which people stand around a Nissan truck while always keeping one …
It’s always dangerous to do a star vehicle without a star, and not just any star, but the right one, who is usually the luminary for whom said vehicle was crafted. Happily, in its revi…
Actor Bernadette Peters and director Jerry Mitchell will be honored for their achievements and contributions to the theater community at the 79th Annual Drama League Awards ceremony in …
If delightful songs, witty cultural satire, and intrepid superheroes are your thing, then fly to your computer, smartphone, or even the New York City Center box office and get your tickets n…
