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Celebration Theatre opened its 30th season last week with a world premiere musical that gets to the core of the LGBT playhouse’s mission.
“Justin
Opening night of “An Enemy of the People” on Broadway, Nick Offerman’s “American Ham” at UCLA, a history of movie extras, the
Before it bows on Broadway, an upcoming musical adaptation of “Big Fish” will debut with a five-week out-of-town tryout in Chicago next spring. New
Donating to charity gives you personal satisfaction, but what if it also gave you a chance to appear on Broadway?
Starting on Wednesday, anyone can visit
Are you an aspiring playwright looking to workshop your newest piece? The Sundance Institute might be the place for you.
The Sundance Institute began
For Renee Claire Bergeron, winner of the 2012 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role, the reason is simple why actors devote
Hundreds were in attendance when the 2012 New York Innovation Theater Awards took over the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Monday night. The IT Awards, now
Maggie the Cat will clamber onto that scorching roof for the third time in a decade, it was announced last week. Tennessee Williams’ “Cat on a Hot
When Academy Award-nominated writer, director, and producer Nora Ephron died earlier this summer, she left behind “Lucky Guy,” her new play about
Al Pacino says he's "crazier" than other Hollywood actors for returning to Broadway.
"I started on stage," the acting icon said at a press conference for
Despite being based on the concept of long-held family secrets, very little is surprising about Alexander Dinelaris’s drama “Red Dog Howls.”
The Castillo Theatre has scored a coup with the American premiere of “Children of Killers,” Katori Hall’s examination of the Rwandan genocide
When audiences arrive at the Essex Street Market for Jason Grote’s “Habit,” they encounter the frame of a one-story house (created by Marsha
Jessica was 17 when she died. She was Paul’s whole life, and now he can’t go on without her. His co-workers at the security office feel like they
While Chris Pine and Jeremy Renner were considered for the role of Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Broadway favorite Benjamin Walker landed the
The lost women of Tennessee Williams come to quivering life in “Something Wild…,” a program of three one-acts by the greatest of American
If you've seen "Glee" or "High School Musical" you must know everything about kids and musical theater, right? No way. "Broadway or Bust'," a new three-hour
The Civil War draft riots aren’t exactly the first historical event you might think of when seeking the basis for a musical. In 1863, when the conflict
It’s clear that Nick Payne has a keen understanding of the minefield that is the human heart. His “If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet”
"The Exonerated" is one of the most viscerally moving nights in the theater I have ever experienced. From the moment the lights come up on the dimly lit stage
Three years ago, Jacqueline Rivera realized she wanted to pursue theater, but her family couldn’t afford acting classes. A quick Google search led her to
When it returns for its second season early next year, the growing cast of NBC’s Broadway-themed musical drama "Smash" will include new additions Jesse
Kelli O'Hara, currently on Broadway in "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (and a Backstage cover star earlier this year), will be honored for her work in the
Broadway star Richard Thomas (pictured) has been named honorary chair of the National Corporate Theatre Fund, in time for the launching of “Impact
The Book of Job, which depicts the trials and suffering of Job that test his faith in God, is a well-known Biblical story. But in Thomas Bradshaw's shocking,
