8,501 stories from Backstage
Chinese puppeteer Yeung Faï's "Hand Stories" jarringly alternates delightful sequences of traditional hand puppetry with weighty autobiographical drama.
Holmes will star as Lorna in playwright Theresa Rebeck's new comedy, which will open on Broadway this fall directed by Jack O'Brien.
A few too many characters and themes lessen the impact of Otho Eskin's "Final Analysis," a well-acted one-act in the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
George Wendt from "Cheers" provides some laughs in "Re-Animator: The Musical," a gory, guts-spilling offering at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Bekah Brunstetter ventures into absurdism in "Miss Lilly Gets Boned," part of Ice Factory 2012, but never compromises the authenticity of her characters.
The stars of "Bring It On" discuss making their Broadway debuts in the musical written by Jeff Whitty, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, and Amanda Green.
"The Hunger Games" director is in talks to direct a film based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's Peter Pan prequel, which was also adapted for Broadway.
Michael Ogborn's frantic "Baby Case," a New York Musical Theatre Festival entry about the infamous 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping case, trivializes tragedy.
Riley Thomas' navigates clichéd controversies with emotional sucker punches in "Stuck," a somewhat pleasing show in the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Artistic Director Christopher Ashley will host a public forum to discuss the casting process for its new musical.
Steve Bost's imaginative, vigorously intellectual "The Minervae," a free production in Astoria's Athens Square Park, has fun with deposed Greco-Roman gods.
"Tiny Bubbles," Richard Willett's new alcoholic comedy from New Directions Theater, raises some interesting questions but seems afraid to explore them.
Now through August 19, "Evita" percussionist Dave Roth asks for donations of used iPods, to give Alzheimer's patients the healing power of music.
Sibling writing duo Pia and Peter Cincotti's "How Deep Is the Ocean?," at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, is derivative and predictable.
The hit Off-Broadway run of Nina Raine's "Tribes" has been extended into 2013 at Barrow Street Theatre.
Broadway stars, including Steve Kazee, Angela Lansbury, Michael Cerveris, and Megan Hilty, presented animals to the audience.
Gratifyingly intelligent, richly observant, and immensely enjoyable, the new musical "Dogfight," at Second Stage, directed by Joe Mantello, is a stunner.
The Drilling Company's crowd-pleasing production of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is played as a gentrification battle on the Lower East Side.
Paris Opera Ballet's enchanting performance of "Giselle" features humor, eloquent footwork, realistic acting, and a definitive interpretation of the Wilis.
Michael Alvarez and Ella Grace's teenage rock musical "Trouble," at NYMF, has promising songs and actors, but the repetitive storytelling needs work.
"Arnie the Doughnut" is a well-executed children's musical, but there's not enough magic in this NYMF show to keep its hero from straining credulity.
In playwright-director Yoshvani Medina's "Probation," at Repertorio Español, first-rate acting rescues a half-baked plot about Cuban immigration to America.
Forty years after becoming a star in "Pippin," Ben Vereen still shines and struts with dazzling appeal, at 54 Below.
Director-author-actor Seth Panitch's comedy "Hell: Paradise Found," at 59E59 Theaters, is perhaps too clever but has an undeniable huckster charm.
Prospect Theater Company's production of Rob Urbinati's adaptation of Cole Porter's "lost" musical, "Nymph Errant," directed by Will Pomerantz, doesn't fly.
