8,501 stories from Backstage
José Rivera’s “Massacre,” at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, can’t escape its shallow premise or director Brian Mertes’ reliance on stereotypical scares.
Blair Underwood makes his Broadway debut as Stanley in the revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Rock Week sent "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd rolling out of the contest on the popular ABC competition show.
The actor on Joss Whedon's delayed "Cabin in the Woods" and making his Broadway debut in "Death of a Salesman."
The Acting Company’s modern-dress “Julius Caesar” is a speedy, well-spoken Shakespearean production, strong on clarity but less so on emotion.
Eric Simonson and Thomas Kail unsuccessfully translate basketball to the stage with “Magic/Bird,” based on the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
Actor-author-director Gerda Stevenson pulls off an impressive hat trick in “Federer Versus Murray,” a moving one-act about loss, denial, blame, and escape.
Choreographed by Ji?í Kylián and Michael Schumacher and performed by former members of Nederlands Dans Theater, “Last Touch First” is a triumph.
See the Obie-winning director and author Anne Bogart discuss her new book "Conversations with Anne Bogart," at the Drama Book Shop April 17 at 4 p.m.
if you really understand how that works step by step, it helps you fit in that slot, stay in your lane, if you will.
Super Bowl star Donald Driver borrowed from Gene Simmons' playbook to emerge victorious on Rock Week. Melissa Gilbert suffers an injury.
A mounting debt forced the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, Florida to pay the actors in their production of “Working” out of the Equity Bond.
Organizers of the awards announced on Tuesday that Azenberg will be this year’s recipient for the distinguished honor.
"Talking Heads" band founder David Byrne is teaming up with Fatboy Slim, the British electronic music DJ, for The Public Theater's 2012-2013 season.
Blair Underwood and "A Streetcar Named Desire" make the cover of Back Stage this week, and actor Michelle Yeoh talks to us about "The Lady."
Photos from opening night of "Evita" on Broadway, the "Three Stooges" Los Angeles premiere, and more appear in this week's gallery.
Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire brings "Good People" to the Geffen Playhouse.
Meg Sturiano capably directs a large cast in “Your Boyfriend May Be Imaginary,” at Under St. Marks, but Larry Kunofsky’s words can’t escape cliché.
"The Lion King" last week swiped the title of Broadway's all-time highest grossing show from "The Phantom of the Opera."
"Wicked" soars to first place, while “Book of Mormon” and “Death of a Salesman” shatter records for their Broadway theaters.
Actors’ Equity Association will honor Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre Company with the 2012 Rosetta LeNoire Award on April 13.
Dixon Place's "Lunatic Cunning," by the multitalented James Godwin, is for adults who want to regain puppetry's illusionary wonder without being patronized.
Simon Callow delivers a fascinating combination of history lecture and dynamic Shakespearean survey at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The second installment of Mac Rogers’ “Honeycomb Trilogy,” from Gideon Productions, directed by Jordana Williams, is almost as thrilling as the first.
Ever wonder how to raise a family, maintain the fast-paced life of Broadway, and look cool doing eight shows a week?
