8,501 stories from Backstage
New York City’s LGBT community is getting a little backwards come Monday.
The 11th annual Broadway Backwards event will take place March 21 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (the current ho…
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is setting the stage for its annual summer intensive, and is working with the Broadway Dreams Foundation to bring opportunities to mu…
If you’ve ever left home at 6 a.m. with three pairs of shoes, a makeup kit, a song binder, and your survival job uniform (only to return in the wee hours of the morning), you know the …
Even as a teacher, it’s never too late to learn! Atlantic Theater Company co-founder and multi-hyphenate theater-maker Karen Kohlhaas is inviting experienced middle school, high s…
“Les Misérables,” “The Secret Garden,” a feature film, and a fun commercial are all available for the auditioning this weekend. Check them out below!
“LE…
History-loving musical theater buffs rejoice: These hit shows (including one super-hot Grammy winner) offer more than entertainment value. Get thee to a theater for these eight musicals base…
Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith named Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “Hamilton” the recipient of the 2016 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by …
Theater lovers convened at New World Stages in New York City for the fifth annual TEDxBroadway earlier this week.
Curated for the TED Talks format to inspire artists, shed light on pressing …
For better or worse, casting notices often call for an actor with specific physical features: hair color, height, weight, race, etc. And while determining these casting restrictions is usual…
The sheer amount of acting schools across the country can be overwhelming to the aspiring theater star. By investing in a training program that is also tied to a professional company produci…
Today’s top casting notices will have you tackling Shakespeare and getting flirty. Check them out below!
“MACBETH”Old Hat Theatre Company is taking the Bard to Brooklyn May…
Diversity in casting extends beyond ethnicity, age, and gender orientation. These nine theater companies create opportunities for artists with a variety of physical, intellectual, and emotio…
Love comes and goes, but belting is forever.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are eight musical theater songs (in no particular order) that will certainly break your heart in two. Th…
The cold never bothered Broadway anyway.
Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and the rest of the “Frozen” gang are now officially slated to join its Disney brethren “Aladdin” and &ldqu…
Aaron Sorkin is bringing Scout Finch to the spotlight. The Academy Award–winning screenwriter behind “The Social Network” and “Steve Jobs” is reteaming with pro…
Two premieres. One big night. “American Masters – Carole King: Natural Woman” and “Stargate Theatre: A Defining Act” are two singular documentaries observing tw…
Wondering what to do with that old computer keyboard? Or your out-of-date smartphone? Considering it is illegal in the state of New York to dispose of any items classified as electronic wast…
One of New York City’s top theater nightclubs is shifting its spotlight to up-and-coming writers this month. Feinstein’s/54 Below and its programming director Jennifer Ashley Tep…
The Great White Way had a very special event Jan. 22–24 in the New York Hilton Midtown, and we’re not talking about Winter Storm Jonas.
The inaugural BroadwayCon, a weekend of pa…
The hit Broadway show “Finding Neverland” and the Weinstein Company have released the official music video for “Neverland,” off the production’s album.
Up-and-c…
One of the greatest American playwrights and the foundation bearing his name will honor the past and invest in the future come Jan. 25. Celebrating the centennial of Arthur Miller’s bi…
One thing all performers can agree on: We’d be nowhere without our teachers. Triple threats have flocked to New York City for over a century to seek work on Broadway and beyond, and gr…
As they say, if the glass slipper fits! There was more than just one fairytale unfolding in a recent Manchester Royal Exchange production of “Into the Woods” when audience member…
Some very good news for filmmakers and theater artists emerged in December 2015—and from our nation’s capital, no less.
Section 181 of the Internal Revenue Service tax code was r…
Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon have been immortalized on the big screen, but not quite like this.
“Elvis & Nixon” is a semi-fictional account of Presley’s visit to the…
