8,501 stories from Backstage
A Spanish-language novel is adapted into a charming musical that celebrates no-frills sexuality.
Powerhouse singing and dancing and a star-making performance by Chad Kimball elevate "Memphis" beyond its simplistic book.
Five rare one-acts from Thornton Wilder are a mixed bag, from short, charming playlets on religious themes to longer works of varying quality.
Roger Rosenblatt's mordant 50-minute bon-bon of a play is a refreshingly astringent and often funny meditation on how we live our lives and whether or not we should control their end.
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"The Last Smoker in America" intends to be a comedic social commentary on political freedoms and individual differences in American society. Unfortunately, the show's excessively silly tone …
Devastatingly moving describes the theatrical experience of Andrew Carl Wilk and Allan Harris' "Cross That River."
J.M. Synge's comic, lyrical 1907 masterpiece about a man who enchants a village by claiming to have murdered his father shines in a solid production by the Pearl Theatre.
From the first downbeat of "Plagued: A Love Story," Casey L. Filiaci and Zak Sandler's orchestrations ring with enchantment, ushering in the aura of a land far, far away. The show, however, …
Despite excessive length, this intricate and beautiful musical movingly tells the story of a craftsman in a doomed town and a modern woman searching for herself.
Roundabout Theatre Company's misbegotten revival of this classic piece of Broadway Americana is dead on arrival at the new Henry Miller's Theatre.
For those who care about theatrical history, a rare opportunity to see the very first American play (1787), presented here in a modern, stripped-down production.
Thanks to innovative construction and the strength of the main players, and despite dialogue that tends toward melodrama, this play keeps you thinking after the curtain falls.
As Robert F. Kennedy, Brian Lee Franklin, who has an appropriately boyish face, mutters zippy comebacks and frustrated retorts with aplomb. As the author of the play "Good Bobby," he shows l…
A zany comedy about the theater that actually lands far more humorous punches than you would think.
David Rambo's one-woman play about Ann Landers offers the pleasure and affords the privilege of watching a great actor at work.
Annie Baker's splendidly sensitive new play is about the transience of meaningful connections.
This nostalgic boxing musical has a few good rounds but needs some work to go the distance.
This musical manages to insult its audience, logic, and good writing in just two hours.
This solo play about a fictional author who wrote a book about the Galveston hurricane becomes a journey into one woman's regrettable nonexistence.
In "Under Fire," writer Barry Harman attempts to look at gray areas in the realms of love, war, and journalism.
Inventive, consistent rock music and solid performances elevate this show above the quagmire of cliché.
"All Fall Down" depicts a moving struggle to understand and heal when a family's imperfection comes to light.
In "Under Fire," writer Barry Harman attempts to look at gray areas in the realms of love, war, and journalism.
