8,501 stories from Backstage
This silly, somewhat random layover in the fictional Eastern European country of Lapsburgh is theatrical cotton candy. It's undeniably funny but also a tad unruly, and there's little subst…
While the performers' comic interpretations of O'Neill's stage cues please at points, the gags become stale, as none of the plays make sense without the playwright's sharp dialogue.
Despite its exemplary precision Irish dance routines, this naive show is marred by its creators' lack of imagination and inability to capture an audience's interest.
The Apple family from Richard Nelson's "That Hopey Changey Thing" last season returns in a reflective, subtle rumination on the state of the nation 10 years after Sept. 11.
Producers said Sunday that "Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays" will be brought from Los Angeles and staged at the Minetta Lane Theatre starting Oct. 18.
Ten years ago, "Saturday Night Live" gave a grieving America permission to laugh again. Certainly, no sane person could find humor in the horror that was Sept. 11, 2001.
This provocative interactive theater event walks a fine line between utopian sincerity and liberal critique as it makes audiences audition for a place in a supposed democratic utopia.
Enjoying your vegetables was never easier with this wildly funny two-person clown act. Nancy Trotter Landry is goofily engaging, thanks to her expressive eyes and uninhibited physicality.
Elevator Repair Service transforms Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel of expatriates in Europe into a riotous, drunken party where everyone is putting on a performance.
Two superb central performances plus stunning yet subtle visual and sound design transform Deirdre Kinahan's radio play into a stageworthy evocation of a long-past dark secret and a misfir…
Peters plays Sally Durant Plummer, a former Ziegfeld-style showgirl now wasting away in an unhappy marriage in the revival of Sondheim's 1971 musical "Follies." It's her sixth Sondheim mus…
Sept. 11 affects a New Jersey Muslim family in this play by Rehana Lew Mirza, which, originally mounted on the first anniversary of that event, doesn't compel in revival.
The Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles has announced a thrilling slate of productions for this venerable venue's 45th season in 2012.
Mark Weston's historical docudrama has its heart in the right place but fails to convey the passions behind the founding of the Jewish homeland.
Non-Irish audience members will have to slog through some odd lingo and pronunciations, but it's well worth it for this impassioned and touching monologue about one woman's lower-middle-cl…
Two soul-baring performances and vivid writing elevate this story of boy meets girl in the slums of Dublin into theater that has both power and charm.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan are joined by Isla Fisher and Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan in the 3D version of the American classic.
Producers of the rhythm 'n' blues musical said Tuesday that Adam Pascal will take over the role of Huey Calhoun from Chad Kimball on Oct. 25.
Books and birds flood J. Stephen Brantley's action-packed drama with unnecessary metaphor, while sharp dialogue and some standout performances can't save the play from its own allegory.
Saturday night's performance of "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway will be perhaps most memorable for someone who's seen the show a lot.
If Broadway last season was dominated by a glitzy Spider-Man, Broadway's new season seems to be shaping up more like his workaday alter ego Peter Parker.
Oscar-nominated actor James Franco will not be making his Broadway debut this fall, it turns out. The actor was set to star opposite Nicole Kidman in this fall's "Sweet Bird of Youth."
Ginnifer Goodwin has made a career of playing likable ladies—women the audience is willing to follow on a journey even when their actions are questionable.
After the approaching hurricane prompted producers to cancel matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday, every show lost money because they were mostly limited to five or six …
The actor's "Our Idiot Brother" tanked in its opening weekend, but he won't have to wait long for another shot at box office gold.
