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When it comes to musical theater, sometimes it’s good to be bad! Sinister, cruel, or just plain creepy, here are 15 musical theater bad guys who we simply love to hate.
Javert, …
Broadway fanatics, your newest must-read book has arrived.
Seth Rudetsky—writer, actor, librettist, conductor, pianist, producer, and host on the SiriusXM Broadway channel—has fo…
The Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., is about to get a $25 million facelift, and construction teams broke ground yesterday, Oct. 26, to commemorate the step.
In attendance was A…
Do you consider yourself a Great White Way fanatic? Are you interested in all things Broadway on social media?
The Broadway League is quenching your theater thirst with their new platform Bw…
Since its founding in 1947, Houston’s Alley Theatre has been a leading arts organization, winning a Tony award for excellence in regional theater in 1996 for its artistic vision. In ad…
Since its founding in 1947, Houston’s Alley Theatre has been a leading arts organization, winning a Tony award for excellence in regional theater in 1996 for its artistic vision. In ad…
Theater fans and industry professionals now have their own recycling event to look forward to tomorrow, Oct. 21 in New York City’s Duffy Square. Broadway Green Alliance will be accepti…
She’s the Cher to his Sonny, he the Jay-Z to her Beyoncé. Broadway power couple Kelli Barrett and Jarrod Spector is hitting the 54 Below stage next week, October 20–23, to…
If the 2015–16 Broadway season is bursting at the seams with exciting new talent, it’s nothing compared to what’s happening on Off-Broadway stages. Bundle up and check out …
Mobile ticketing app TodayTix is in the business of westward expansion. Specializing exclusively in mobile ticketing for theatrical hits of Broadway and beyond, coordinating day-of rush…
If you were planning the 50th anniversary season of one of New York’s leading nonprofit theater companies, how would you go about commemorating that much stellar work? By achieving jus…
Theater-makers Mimi Lien, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Basil Twist were among the 24 2015 MacArthur Fellowship, or “genius grant,” recipients announced Sept. 29, by the MacArthur…
The era of podcasts and audio storytelling is upon us, and it’s about time that theater got into the game.
Playing On Air, a series of one-act plays by accomplished playwrights read by…
Are you an actor looking to write yourself onto the stage? Or perhaps a playwright who benefits from performing live? Either way, there’s a lot to be learned from studying today’…
On Aug. 26, actor Rosie Perez sat down with Backstage Editor-in-Chief Mark Peikert to discuss her recent advocacy work with Urban Arts Partnership, an arts education program that “hack…
Theater artists and enthusiasts in Los Angeles are rejoicing for the first annual L.A. Theater Festival. The inaugural event runs through Oct. 11 at Hollywood’s famed Theater Row.
A mo…
From musical revivals (“Fiddler on the Roof”! “The Color Purple”!) to new fare (“China Doll”! “King Charles III”!) here are the shows NYC thea…
Few New York theater companies can boast quite as impressive a roster of outstanding playwrights as Signature Theatre, which this season celebrates its 25th anniversary with a mix of retrosp…
Bodies be bangin’ all over Pinebrook—and on the set of “Playing House,” where creators and stars Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham aren’t shy about showing th…
Do you know the choreographers behind your favorite Broadway shows? From the early days of the Great White Way to the greatest hits of the past ten years, here are 12 legendary choreographer…
Sam Houston State University’s theater department produces working actors, even before the students receive their degrees.
Located 70 miles north of Houston, in Huntsville, Texas, the …
If anyone loves the theater...it’s theater folks! Over the years creatives have written some incredible musicals and melodies about what it’s like to be in this business. Here ar…
Emerging musical theater artists have one more organization on their side.
The American Theatre Wing’s Jonathan Larson Grant program, formed in honor of the “Rent” wri…
The New York International Fringe Festival is back and weirder than ever. This year’s crop of 200 shows will run Aug. 14–30 in theaters all over Manhattan. Whether it’s car…
NBC has announced their casting of newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy in the upcoming live rendition of “The Wiz.” The decision was announced Wednesday morning on “Today.…
