8,501 stories from Backstage
A gripping history lesson comprising reconstructions of three of the earliest Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane works, this two-hour program offers an illuminating rearview mirror.
Playwright James Haigney attacks the thorny issues of religious extremism with commendable seriousness and smarts, but his overly complicated plotting delivers too much of a good thing.
To helm its production of "Cabaret," Reprise Theatre Company turned to director Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Would she be able to overcome the legendary stamps put on the John Kander and Fred Ebb…
Although problems abound in this staging of Shakespeare's rarely seen history play, the lucid production features several notable performances, particularly from Vince Gatton in the title …
Spectacle rules the day in drag diva Joey Arias' and puppetry master Basil Twist's whirlwind tour of new worlds ending in Big Band–era New York and a decidedly modern interpretation …
This true-life ghost story of a lost modernist heroine is a set piece for the aged but fiery Ruth Maleczech, whose performance is not to be missed.
Christopher Kipiniak is still excellent, but C.S. Hanson's extension of a one-act about a Russian emigrant investor traffics in needless detail and wild coincidence.
The "How I Met Your Mother" star told "THR" about the director he'd like to work with, and which TV show revival would be "kick-ass."
Fourteen-year-old actor Khadim Diop makes this 'Seed' grow to its full potential, and while the play drags at points, playwright Radha Blank's Harlem-set drama grabs the heart.
Ripe Time delivers a breathtaking fusion of text, dance, and design in this insightful adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic stream-of-consciousness novel.
Playwright Sharyn Rothstein delivers a subtly engaging drama, and she doesn't patronize her audience with her intellectual topical content, while director Ron Canada keeps the action churn…
Inspired by the Japanese myth of the crane wife, this play about ghosts is rescued by its self-aware sense of humor as well as sensational stage flourishes and some deftly operated puppets.
In an interview, playwright Dan Klores notes that his maiden effort, last season's "Little Doc," was "a disaster" and "a great learning experience." I'd say the learning curve was not a sh…
While it's refreshing to see women working in the male-dominated political world, playwright Victor L. Cahn still resorts to gender stereotypes, and Eric Parness' rickety direction inhibit…
Most of the actors in Michael West's tonally confused comedy make no further effort at an Irish accent than applying a lilt to a word or two in each sentence.
A plethora of flavorful jazz and Sally Mayes' exceptional vocals can't compensate for Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris' sketchy book, which ultimately undermines this tuner.
Rita Gardner's tribute to the venue that nurtured her cuts its nostalgia with a lightly acerbic wit and mint-fresh song stylings, making for a marvelous hour.
Hoary jokes, a forgettable score, and frantic performances make this musical about famous women performing in a floorshow in hell a trial to sit through.
Producers will broadcast a special performance of "The Phantom of the Opera" from London's Royal Albert Hall to movie houses in America, the UK, Europe, Japan and Australia.
The title says it all — "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway." The Tony Award-winner plans to bring his one-man show to the Broadhurst Theatre on 44th Street from Oct. 25 to Jan. 1.
Dustin Lance Black will unveil his play "8," based on what happened at the Prop 8 trial, next week. A one-night-only staged reading on Broadway has already attracted an all-star cast.
Despite complicated scientific jargon and a cheap theatrical ploy in the second act, Itamar Moses' modern romantic comedy earns laughs and touches the heart.
Swedish playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri's witty satire plays with common perceptions of the Arabic male and has theatrical and political ideas bouncing off each other like pinballs.
Susana Cook's new play is a nonsensical, childish mess that tries to be a critique of right-wing Christianity but only manages to bore and exasperate.
Director Eric Schaeffer deserves credit for working hard to address the numerous problems with his Kennedy Center production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's towering musical classi…
