8,501 stories from Backstage
Duncan Pflaster's "The Empress of Sex," in the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, is an amusing exploration of the relationship between love and sex.
The Broadway League reports that as an industry, Broadway generated over $11 billion in revenue for New York City and supported more than 86,000 jobs.
Nina Arianda, Diane Paulus, Katori Hall, and Estelle Parsons were among the winners at the Lilly Awards, which honor women working in the theater.
Liza Minnelli was awarded the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards.
“Where is this going?” is not just a dating question. It also applies to this series of monologues that never becomes more than a sum of its parts.
The Tony winner on auditioning for everything and why she left "Other Desert Cities" and "Follies" for "The Lyons."
Inside Broadway honored Christie Brinkley, Nick Jonas, IATSE Local One President James J. Claffey Jr., and the Millennium Broadway Hotel.
On Monday, Jonas was honored at Inside Broadway’s 2012 Broadway Beacon Awards for his contributions to the theater community.
Study shows that winning a Tony Award can extend a show's run by 50 percent; New York Times reviews less influential than Daily News.
"One Man,Two Guvnors," "Nice Work," and "Follies" also took home Drama Desk Awards, which honor Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Playwright Alena Smith aims for explosive dramatic fireworks in “The Bad Guys,” at Second Stage Theatre Uptown, but succeeds only in achieving a punchy bleariness.
Jaime Salom’s play pairing the lives of Medea and Maria Callas gets the production it deserves at Thalia Spanish Theatre, full of passion and panache.
Acclaimed actor Jonathan Pryce now on stage in Harold Pinter's classic and on movie screens in period comedy.
The Arthur Miller classic earns $1 million for its final week of performances, breaking the Barrymore house record for the eighth time.
Casey Cleverly’s shallow modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” set on Wall Street, diminishes both the original work and its reconception.
Written and performed by Alicia Barnatchez and Erin Leigh Schmoyer, "Ye Elizabeths" is a teasingly short musical about history that leaves you wanting more.
Ingratiating performances can't rescue "A Dance for Rylie," a naive musical in the Planet Connections Festivity about the death of an HIV-positive gay man.
Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner's zaniness makes "Potted Potter," the daffy send-up of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series at the Little Shubert Theatre, a howl-inducing joy.
Fernanda Coppel's overstuffed "Chimichangas and Zoloft," at Atlantic Stage 2, has enough plot for a full season of a telenovela but also zestful performances and rich dialogue.
This La MaMa revival of H.M. Koutoukas' odd tale of three clowns menaced by a panther-baboon is surreal and often soporific yet redeemed by its language.
Preparing a solo show for the New York international Fringe Festival and experience casting from the other side of the table.
New intimate cabaret space below the former Studio 54 will feature Patti LuPone, Victor Garber, Brian d'Arcy James, and others.
The MTC revival of Ibsen will star Boyd Gaines and Richard Thomas and the musical co-authored by Phish band member is currently at La Jolla Playhouse.
Joy Dewing Casting will take over all clients and projects from Clemmons/Dewing Casting, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tour, and regional productions.
Scott Wittman's bio-musical of Andy Warhol star Jackie Curtis, starring Mx. Justin Vivian Bond at La MaMa, errs by sanitizing Curtis' provocative style.
