The debate continues over whether it's time to get rid of the term new writing, and evidence mounts that fees have hit applications for drama degreesWhy making drama may be in crisisOne of t…
The advent of £9,000 tuition fees for higher education places has affected the numbers applying, but competition is still fierceApplications to higher education-level drama courses are do…
Gaines, who has played the Phantom more than 2,000 times is taking on the role of King Arthur in “Monty Python’s Spamalot” at Musical Theatre West.
Hallam Hall, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield: This poignant and important piece of theatre stems from Lucy Flack seeing pictures of suitcases on a website. Neatly stacked, but covered…
Crucible Theatre Studio, Sheffield: Having seen the members of the DugOut Theatre Company triumph so deservedly at last year's National Student Drama Festival, with their version of Pat…
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Stellar performances from some of the principal players give a considerable boost to this production of Sweeney Todd, from the Newcastle University Theatre Socie…
The Hubs, Sheffield Hallam University: A lorry-load of leather sofas is hijacked by a shotgun-wielding Kiwi in a cowboy hat, played by Joseph Murray. He finds out that there is something dod…
Theatre Workshop, University of Sheffield: Adapted from the cult book of the same name, this production of Zombie Haiku demonstrates commitment from the ensemble cast, but they are let down …
The Arts Desk has been voted Specialist Journalism Site of 2012 at the Online Media Awards. In a celebratory dinner at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium recognising "the best and boldest of online …
Drama Studio, University of Sheffield: While most of the cast have worked on a Howard Barker play previously, this staging is a world premiere of an unpublished play. Apparently a visiting l…
And the 1945 Pulitzer Prize in Drama goes to ... The Glass Menagerie wasn't the first non-musical that I saw, but it was the first one to pack a genuine wallop. I can't say for certain wh…
From the moment Bill Sterritt's play begins, with a maid character carefully pegging up the skirt of another female character to reveal lingerie, garter belt and stockings and then feather-d…
David Nichols, a Back Stage contributor, tapped for L.A. Drama Critics Circle's top spot.
Sky1 has unveiled a series of new drama and comedy commisions, including an eight-part drama series from Lucy Kirkwood.
There is much to admire in the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival's first-ever production of "Antony and Cleopatra," a story of love, seduction, conquest and folly in the turbulent years …
Perdita Weeks was tossed about on the television series Titanic. And now she’s going to suffer all manner of hellish indignities in the name of God in The Heretics.
Manhattan Theatre Club announced two additions to its 2012-13 season, including Sharr White's play The Other Place, acclaimed when it first appeared in an Off-Broadway production by MCC …
HBO’s eagerly awaited drama The Newsroom is a feast for theater lovers, packed with stage vets who perform the complicated dialogue of playwright-turned-Emmy and Oscar winner Aaron Sor…
TheStage 06/22/12
The New York Times reports this morning that the Vineyard Theatre has announced productions for its upcoming 2012-2013 season. Productions include Checkers, The North Pole, Somewhere Fun, a…
Tony Award-winning South Pacific and Light in the Piazza scenic designer Michael Yeargan has been appointed the co-chair of the Yale School of Drama's design department.
Applications to drama courses for the coming academic year have fallen by as much as 14% following the tuition fee hike, The Stage can reveal.
Acorn Media will release the 15-disc Costume Drama Classic Collection on July 31. The set will include four star-studded Masterpiece Theatre period dramas as well as the five-part documentar…
The L.A. Opera is on challenging ground as local groups like the L.A. Phil, The Industry and Jacaranda stage inventive productions of opera and opera-like music theater.This spring, opera in…