8,501 stories from Backstage
Set to Sly & the Family Stone recordings, this work pays tribute to the music and contains only hints of the political choreography for which David Dorfman is best known.
Erin Browne’s drama takes its cue from other futuristic stories such as “Brave New World” and “1984,” but her commentary, though relevant, is too familiar.
Fostering creativity was one of many topics at the event, which brought together theater movers and shakers to present on a multitude of issues from audience development to ticketing at Ne…
Musical director and accompanist Paul Trueblood passed away on Jan. 16 in his hometown of Evansville, Ind., at the age of 76 after an illness of several months.
The production was slated to begin preview performances at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 27 in advance of an April 22 opening.
Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnik's disaster-movie spoof wrapped in a '70s songbook is amusing in a cheap way and helped immeasurably by a large, gifted cast.
This tribute to the work of Andy Warhol is a blend of live action, video, and improv that involves audience participation. Clever and fun, it's also woefully overextended.
The Pearl Theatre Company delivers a sparkling production of Shaw's rarely performed second play, a witty comedy satirizing then-scandalous views on the battle of the sexes in Victorian En…
This revival of SITI Company's piece about Robert Wilson is tiramisu for avant-gardists, a communion between the celebrated director and Will Bond, one of the smartest, most disciplined ac…
This hourlong children's musical blends bushels of laughs, a clever dramatization of why history matters, and a genuine emotional kick into a show that appeals to all ages.
In his first new work in more than a decade, avant-garde pioneer John Jesurun updates the stories of 17th-century writer Ihara Saikaku for a dreamlike look at our isolated modern world.
Darlene Craviotto's 1982 play is a preposterous concoction, so synthetic and phony that it makes "Three's Company" look like Molière, and Joan Kane's blaring direction doesn't mitigat…
Two one-acts from Israel explore the Jewish experience from different perspectives and meet with varying success. One is a comic fable, the other a sensuous dance of hunger and attraction.
The show is scheduled to start preview performances on March 28 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in advance of an April 15 opening.
Andrew Rannells would play one of the three stars in the blended family comedy from Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler should the project receive a pilot order.
New York City Opera's board of directors approved two separate labor contracts on Thursday, pushing a drawn-out labor dispute toward resolution.
Center Theatre Group has imported Rashad's acclaimed Ebony Repertory Theatre production to its Kirk Douglas Theatre season, and Rashad again helms.
The beloved screen transfer of the legendary Broadway musical won 10 Oscars in 1961, including best picture and best director for Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins.
The actor, known for his work Broadway's "Next to Normal" and "Catch Me If You Can," has signed a deal to join the cast of Universal and Working Title's big-screen adaptation of the classic…
In a filing Tuesday, Taymor is blamed for the show's troubles as producers say they made "superhuman efforts" to save the production. "The show is a success despite Taymor, not because of …
It may have taken nearly three seasons, but Rachel's (Lea Michele) gay dads will finally make an appearance on Fox's Glee.
The New York City Opera and the union representing its orchestra have reached a tentative contract agreement.
Deborah Hedwall steals Joel Drake Johnson's generally intriguing play in a powerhouse performance as a mentally unstable woman coping with loss.
Scientific research and subjective domesticity clash in a race to find a cure for an epidemic in Matthew Maguire's deadly play, whose stakes, public or private, aren't high.
Kevin Spacey is a fit candidate for the Royal Hospital for Overacting in a way-over-the-top interpretation of Shakespeare's blackest villain. Luckily, Sam Mendes' muscular production compe…
