8,501 stories from Backstage
The “Gilmore Girls” star discusses the difference between theater and film and how she overcame her shyness.
The author of "Brothers of the Dust" is honored with the prize from the American Theatre Critics Association.
Tennis great Martina Navratilova is the first to get the boot on ABC's popular competition show.
“Elephant Room,” the final show at St. Ann’s Warehouse’s current location, works well as comedy while amazing in the execution of its magic tricks.
The cast and creators of “[title of show]” reunite for a musical self-help seminar at the Vineyard Theatre that’s more lecture than musical revue.
Multilingual chanteuse Ute Lemper has always shown an affinity for the dark and mysterious, particularly the songs of Kurt Weill.
Judge Len Goodman admitted he was wrong to give such a low score last week to Donald Driver.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Monday that the studio is expanding to meet record film & TV production demand in the city.
Contract talks between IATSE and the AMPTP have gone into recess, with resumption to occur at an unspecified date, according to a joint statement.
Actor-author Brandt Johnson’s “Just Sex,” at Theater for the New City, was first seen as part of 2011’s Dream Up Festival—and it shows.
Matt Charman’s gerrymandered drama-with-a-big-secret, “Regrets,” from Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center, is a bad end to a lousy season for the company.
The New York Philharmonic's one-night salute to songwriter Frank Loesser, featuring a starry cast including Bryn Terfel and Victoria Clark, is sensational.
The "American Idol" finalist and star of Broadway's of "Rock of Ages" takes on a new role in the show based on the music of the 80s balladeers.
Greg Mullavey stars in National Jewish Theater’s “The Soap Myth,” Jeff Cohen’s Holocaust drama, which has intelligence but seems too much a lecture.
The Humana Festival of New American Plays wraps up with a discussion of dream theaters and a fresh and fly work on the impact of rap.
In “Restless Eye,” modern choreographer David Neumann puts the responsibility for making meaning out of his dances squarely on the audience’s shoulders.
The magical musical continues to dominate, while "Newsies" joins the top ten and "Death of a Salesman" breaks a house record.
Philadelphia-based theater company New Paradise Laboratories incorporates the internet and social networks as an interactive introduction to productions.
NY Post’s Michael Riedel and producer Susan Haskins have been gathering the best of Broadway on PBS’ “Theater Talk” since 1992.
Using striking puppetry, dance, video, and Elizabeth Swados' lovely score, Federico Restrepo and his Loco7 troupe present the American immigrant experience.
“Death Tax,” “The Veri**on Play,” “Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards,” and “The Hour of Feeling” open at Humana Festival.
Pan Asian Rep's "Baudelaire: La Mort" is an impressionistic dance-theater mix of recitation, butoh, flamenco, and atmospheric music, with a beguiling cast.
Theresa Rebeck will step down as showrunner on NBC's Broadway drama but will still serve as an executive producer, and could continue to pen scripts.
The parties in the dispute over the expensive Broadway musical argue why the cases are bogus.
The Royal Shakespeare Company says it has appointed Gregory Doran as its new artistic director.
