8,501 stories from Backstage
Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Noah Robbins will star in The Flea Theater’s benefit reading of Hamish Linklater’s "The Vandal."
Barbra Streisand’s “Gypsy” is now a go at Universal. Streisand will play Momma Rose and is also producing the film with Joel Silver.
Begonya Plaza can’t balance her roles of playwright and actor in the muddled “Teresa’s Ecstasy,” an opposites-attract romance at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
CollaborationTown’s riotous parody of Brecht and Shakespeare is sharper than it was in 2006 at the New York Fringe Festival, but it’s still too long.
The Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “Rebecca” is scheduled to open at the Broadhurst Theatre in Fall 2012.
American Repertory Theater's new production of "Pippin" could have its Leading Player enacted by a woman.
The singer-actor will reprise his guest-starring role as Lyle West in the May 14 season finale of the NBC musical drama.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the University of Massachusetts Lowell will produce "Beat Generation" in the novelist's hometown.
Metropolitan Playhouse's production of Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow's hit 1945 drama about racial bigotry, "Deep Are the Roots," is a corker.
In "All Hands" at Incubator Arts Project, Hoi Polloi's first-rate ensemble explores the notion of community in a smart and refreshingly theatrical evening.
"The Last Ship," set in a shipyard in Newcastle, England, was inspired by Sting's childhood and will feature new music by the former Police frontman.
The musicians union Local 802 will voice their disapproval of the Paul Taylor Dance Company's use of pre-recorded music.
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti take the independent film "Once" from screen to stage and land on Broadway on March 18.
Freddie Gershon, Artie Siccardi, and TDF Open Doors will receive Tony Honors.
Julia Roberts talks with director Mike Nichols for Vanity Fair's April issue about performing onstage and her upcoming film, "Mirror Mirror."
In “The Maria Project,” Marcella Goheen’s odyssey to uncover her family’s horrific long-suppressed secret ought to be more moving and humorous than it is.
While "Wicked" remains at the top of the box office, "Mormon" and "Lion King" continue to fight for the number two spot.
As "Linsanity" remains, one film producer is using the attention on Jeremy Lin to shine a spotlight on an actor: Carla Gugino.
With Dermot Crowley and Dearbhla Molloy as guides, poet Paul Durcan's playful stroll through London's National Gallery, at the Irish Rep, is enlightening.
The Gate Theatre's adaptation of Tolstoy's great short story "The Kreutzer Sonata," now at La MaMa, puts the astonishing Hilton McRae in the driver's seat.
Tennessee Williams' 1969 one-act drama "In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel" is in good hands in actor-directors Charles Schick and Regina Bartkoff's production.
Vocalist Napua Davoy's one-woman autobiographical show "Stella Rising," at Pan Asian Rep, might work better as a cabaret evening than as a musical play.
American Bard Theater Company's production of the rarely seen part-Shakespearean "Pericles" gets high marks for invention but lower for spoken delivery.
The Los Angeles Festival of New American Musicals has named "Glee" cast member Darren Criss as the spokesperson of its new competition.
New York University, Northwestern University, and University of California at Los Angeles professors discuss balancing their acting and teaching careers.
