8,501 stories from Backstage
Submitting to ticket lotteries is not the only way to catch some of the hottest theater around. For the third consecutive week, Broadway’s best are taking over Bryant Park in New York …
Get ready! The Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is now accepting applications.
Broadcast Music Inc. is the global leader in music rights management and its workshop fea…
In today’s Backstage casting notices, you have a chance to be in the room where it happens, on the stage where it’s happening. Yup, we’ve got a “Hamilton” oppor…
The Broadway production of “Cats” is hoping for as much success with its online lottery as “Hamilton” received. The Andrew Lloyd Webber revival, opening at the Neil S…
Excited to see Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones in the new “Ghostbusters”? The buzzy blockbuster—out in theaters today!—is one of sever…
As if the Chicago production of “Hamilton” wasn’t buzzy enough, several new casting additions have made the show a can’t-miss event for theatergoers in the Windy City…
Theaters in Los Angeles with under 100 seats are still facing the potential for a serious financial overhaul after months of negotiations.
For well over a year, the Actors’ Equity Asso…
For these performers, taking their careers into their own hands was as simple as “Testing, 1, 2, 3...”
“Denzel Washington Is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period”The…
The only reason Patrick Hinds launched “Theater People,” his biweekly podcast of one-on-one interviews with Broadway’s biggest stars, was that he wanted a podcast like that…
Man, the musical is non-stop!
Lin-Manuel Miranda may be stepping down from starring as the titular Founding Father in “Hamilton”—not to mention Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa So…
Actors’ Equity Foundation, the organization responsible for giving grants to over 150 nonprofit theaters and other arts institutions, as well as awards to deserving actors, just announ…
History is happening—in Chicago! The award-winning hit musical “Hamilton” will travel to the Windy City and is now casting its lead characters through Backstage. Check out …
Tony winners, theater makers, and the Great White Way’s newest additions gathered on June 15 to record a special rendition of “What the World Needs Now” to benefit the vict…
The nominees for this year’s National High School Musical Theatre Awards were announced June 16. Representing 31 theaters across the United States, the 62 students set to compete for t…
This year marks a quarter century of groundbreaking theater at Moisés Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project, and the celebrated theater-maker and friends are ringing it in with sty…
“Look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now!” said producer Jeffrey Seller at the end of the 70th annual Tony Awards, presented by the Broadway League and t…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will be taking his last bow in his Broadway hit “Hamilton” come summertime. But the prolific writer-actor will not be sitting on his laurels.
In addition to hi…
If there was ever any doubt that New York City is one of the greatest hubs for actors and entertainers of all kinds, June 8’s 50th anniversary commemoration of the Mayor’s Office…
Craig Bettendorf may not have an entertainment industry background, but that didn’t stop him from creating and producing his own web series, “Treading Yesterday,” premierin…
As any professional stage manager will tell you, there’s no single, right way to navigate the road to success. But the USC School of Dramatic Arts just made it a little easier for aspi…
Celebrating excellence in Chicago’s nonunion theater scene, the 43rd annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards gave top honors to Griffin Theatre Company’s production of John Van Druten&rsqu…
Selected out of 1,000 auditioning hopefuls, Maddie Baillio, 20, has landed the role of Tracy Turnblad for the NBC telecast of “Hairspray Live!” It was announced Tuesday morning.
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Just you wait, just you wait. The Broadway community is abuzz with excitement for the 70th annual Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden at the Beacon Theatre. To fuel the excitement, the &ldqu…
In a celebration of Broadway and Off-Broadway hosted by Michael Urie at The Town Hall June 5, the 61st annual Drama Desk Awards recognized some of the most talented artists of the 2015&ndash…
The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, better known among Broadway aficionados as the Tonys, have been around since 1947. How is it, then, that these 14 terrifically talented…
