8,501 stories from Backstage
The lights were low and the beats were dirty last night in the basement of the Ace Hotel, as celebrities and press gathered to celebrate the launch of actor Alan Cumming's new fragrance.
Director Glenn De Kler showcases female comedians in his barebones production of Tom Stoppard's existential masterpiece, but his single-gender cast feels like a gimmick.
Before there was Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, there was Falstaff and his 'merry wives.' For one young troupe, there's a clear connection between them.
This clichéd thriller claims to satirize gay stereotypes but only presents them without satire or irony. The average episode of "Law & Order" has more suspense.
Despite a clever setup, some nice acting, and well-earned laughs, this multi-scene look at contemporary American life, priorities, and real estate could use updating to include more-curren…
When a three-character play is co-directed by two of the cast members and the third is the playwright, you know you're in trouble. A shallow examination of art and love.
The Antaeus Company, one of Los Angeles' preeminent theaters, has been undergoing upheaval for the past two weeks, with a group of company members ousting its artistic director.
Aizzah Fatima's solo show, "Dirty Paki Lingerie," slated to be presented at the Midtown Festival, explores the lives of six Pakistani-American women, each struggling to define herself whil…
The Gothic novel "Rebecca" that became a classic film by Alfred Hitchcock is coming to Broadway as a musical.
Despite being spruced up with gorgeous multimedia elements and undulating choreography, this production of Oscar Wilde's grisly Biblical tale feels bloodless and utterly without humor.
The touring company of the hit 2009 revival makes an electrifying summer stop on Broadway, with the largely new cast retaining the intensity and spontaneity of its predecessor.
Despite a backstage injury, the Royal Shakespeare Company's blazing production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy skillfully mixes time periods and conveys the brief, intense passion of its …
Kristoffer Diaz was presented yesterday with the 2011 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for his play "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity."
Former understudies, Steel Burkhardt and Paris Remillard get to go on together every night for the 2010–2011 "Hair" national tour, which makes a 10-week stop at Broadway's St. James …
His dark, 90-minute off-Broadway comedy, about four strangers in a beach house in the dead of winter, represents Braff's first piece of writing that's 100 percent original since he wrote a…
"Saturday Night Live" actor Will Forte is joining the all-star cast of "Rock of Ages," New Line's adaptation of the Broadway musical being directed by Adam Shankman.
Virtuoso a cappella singing combines with old-fashioned vaudeville in this appealing sci-fi–tinged entertainment that's equal parts Blue Man Group and Seven Dwarves.
Neal Bell's story of two death-haunted men has some of the attributes of a Hitchcock thriller but plays better as a stark, low-key psychological drama.
Intelligently acted but frustratingly opaque, the two short plays that make up Steven Dykes' "Territories" explore political and sexual issues with an unfortunate lack of specificity.
The unions that represent NYC Opera personnel held a joint press conference on Tuesday, July 12, to protest the company's newly announced performance schedule for next season.
Director Kathy Curtiss takes Shakespeare's mistaken identity comedy to Little Italy, and the casual comedy succeeds with its lighthearted nature and impeccable casting of the central twins.
This ravishing ballet, based on the Tolstoy novel, is ingeniously choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky and tells its tragic tale through efficient choreography, colorful music, and stunning s…
A runaway subplot that overwhelms a promising premise and some good casting is the chief problem in producer-playwright Joe Beck's virtually laugh-free farce.
This modern-day production has diverting gender-bender inclinations, but it soon gets swamped in busy-bee business and inconsistent performances as poetry and magic struggle to survive.
Kara Lee Corthron may be a promising playwright, but this ambitious two-and-a-half-hour work is too tonally erratic and in desperate need of a disciplined dramaturge.
