8,501 stories from Backstage
The hunky Australian actor's one-man Broadway concert show closed on Sunday afternoon at the Broadhurst Theatre after having earned $2,057,354 in its final week.
Andrew Lloyd Webber says London's Olympic Games will force most of the capital's theaters to close for the summer.
Jeremy Irvine, the 21-year-old star and acting newcomer from the Steven Spielberg-directed Disney film "War Horse," spoke with THR's Stephen Galloway about his big break.
Under the ever-enterprising Albert Bergeret, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players delivers a cheery account of this classic comic operetta, strong on song and good-natured humor.
Here's a list of the upcoming combined regional auditions for 2012. Make the most of your opportunities by first reviewing this information.
Notable passings in the entertainment industry in 2011 include Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Falk, Betty Garrett, Farley Granger, and Harry Morgan, and playwright Lanford Wilson.
From building a future for the soap opera to preparing for union merger, the biggest stories of 2011 were about paving the way for 2012 (and beyond).
Clifford Street's convoluted and contrived comedy about a gay actor whose sudden A-list status forces him back into the closet is the theatrical equivalent of an artist's sketch.
Go inside the staging of a Broadway musical with cast and crew including Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Steven Spielberg, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
The off-Broadway show, produced by Daryl Roth and written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, and supplemented with their friends' stories, features a rotating cast of five actors, who perfor…
Crackerjack Jon Robin Baitz play is now on Broadway and "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has (gasp!) turned into a respectable tenant, making its rent each month, not injuring people, keepi…
David Hyde Pierce and company try their level best to pull Molly Smith Metzler's unfunny play about a harried book editor up from sitcom level, but they're only human.
Though perfectly professional and generally well acted, Grant James Varjas' new play brings nothing new to either of the genres it occupies: the alcohol-soaked-group-in-a-bar drama and the…
Two fine actors bailing as hard as they can aren't able to keep Robert Farquhar's awkward two-hander, detailing a disastrous weekend fling, from sinking with all hands on board.
An undeniably unique display of physical daring, this show presents extreme athletic feats involving bungee cords, zip lines, springboards, and a rotating ladder yet is both exhilarating a…
As the boy who wouldn't grow up, the ageless Cathy Rigby soars into our hearts as easily as she flies over our heads in this warm and cheering yuletide treat.
Audiences at Wednesday's matinee performance of "War Horse" likely never noticed a very special actor who was making his Lincoln Center stage debut.
Robert Brustein's 1994 musical adaptation of a 1974 Isaac Bashevis Singer play could be shorter and tighter, but it's still a quiet charmer well-suited to the holiday season.
The actor takes a strong position in favor of marriage equality by joining the cast of "8" for a one-night showing in Los Angeles.
The play, which stars Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross, began previews on Nov. 6 and intended to run through Feb. 5. But producers, citing poor ticket sales, said Tuesday that it will close on …
This nifty little musical update of Aristophanes' classic comedy makes the leap from off Broadway to on without missing a funky step. It's a sassy, sexy, funny treat.
Steven Spielberg's latest epic, "War Horse," was screened for an audience of Back Stage readers and SAG members at the Pacific Design Center on Dec. 11.
Regional theater has always been a breeding ground for Broadway hits, especially in recent years, and this season shows such as "Chinglish" and "Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway" started out…
Mike Myers will write the story for the stage production, which will act as a prequel to the movies.
The off-Broadway company Playwrights Horizons said Monday it will produce D'Amour's "Detroit" next fall. The offbeat work was expected to land this fall on Broadway.
