Birdman: the best film about theatre ever made?
The backstage antics of Michael Keaton and his Broadway co-stars are the beating heart of this Oscar-tipped film, perfectly portraying the thrills and terrors of live theatre performanceRiggan Thomson " once the star of the Birdman films, now a big-name Broadway newbie " leaves his dressing room at the St James theatre in New York and winds through its labyrinth of backstage corridors. The paint is peeling, the pipes…