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Previous winners Brian d'Arcy James of "Smash" and Donna Murphy make the announcement at Feinstein's at the Regency.
Lilla Crawford has been cast to play the title role in the new Broadway production of “Annie,” announced NBC’s Today show on Friday.
Theatre Without Borders members use theater to foster collaboration, inclusion, and reconciliation.
At the Drama Desk nomination announcement, the stars of "Smash" and "Passion" say pick up Back Stage and make your own opportunities.
"Mad Men" star and Back Stage subscriber Rich Sommer explains how improv helped his career and admits he's "freaking out" about his upcoming Broadway debut.
Best known for her work in "Hair," "Wicked," and "Hairspray," Caissie Levy now stars in Broadway's "Ghost."
The composer of “Leap of Faith,” which opens on Broadway on Thursday, has three Main Stem shows this season. Here’s how to approach singing his songs.
Leah Bachar and Merideth Edwards’ ambitious multimedia play “Degeneration X,” at the Living Theatre, leans too heavily on lengthy video segments.
Under Christopher Ashley's desperately meta direction and bathed in Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's generic score, "Leap of Faith" needs its own miracle.
This French farce from the author of 'Boeing-Boeing' and Roundabout Theatre Company is like being served a tray of meager appetizers instead of a full meal.
Veteran chanteuse Marilyn Maye defies the calendar with an energetic and versatile hour of vocalizing at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
"Once," "SILENCE," and "Tribes" among the nominees for the Off-Broadway award, Edward Albee and Kathleen Chalfant also honored.
David Auburn’s “The Columnist,” from Manhattan Theatre Club, offers a fascinating portrait of political writer Joseph Alsop. Star John Lithgow is riveting.
Aquila Theatre’s “Macbeth” is a respectable but unsurprising rendering of Shakespeare’s classic, lacking the outsized portraits that elevate the play to tragic stat…
See the revival of "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" featuring James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, Michael McKean and Jeffson Mays.
Transfers like "Clybourne Park," "Other Desert Cities," and "Peter and the Starcatcher" are eligible for 2011-12 awards, which will be presented May 18.
The Circle in the Square co-founder and Off-Broadway pioneer, who died Feb. 24 at age 87, will be honored with a public memorial service.
Despite a few bright spots, the presence of Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara, and evergreen Gershwin tunes, “Nice Work If You Can Get It” is hard labor.
In her second Broadway appearance, Grace Gummer plays Joseph Alsop's step-daughter in David Auburn's “The Columnist” starring John Lithgow.
Nicky Silver's savagely funny "The Lyons" roars its way onto Broadway after a run at the Vineyard Theatre; Linda Lavin gives a master class in comic timing.
Jake Gyllenhaal takes the stage, Chaz Bono and Josh Hutcherson win GLAAD awards, "Streetcar" opens on Broadway, and more news you might have missed.
Polish theater company TR Warszawa’s adaptation of the Danish film “Festen,” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, is too cold and calculating, blunting its impact.
Director Matthew Warchus turns the touching 1990 film “Ghost” into a showbiz musical extravaganza with a loud pop score from Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.
"The City Club," the new musical at the Minetta Lane Theatre, is really more of a concert draped around an unconvincing noir-inspired potboiler.
