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A new 25th-anniversary touring version of "Les Miserables" has killed off one of the show's key characters even before the curtain is raised: The original production's iconic stage turnta…
Director-adaptor Tom Andolora's inspired site-specific staging of Edgar Lee Masters' penetrating study of small-town American life makes up in atmosphere whatever it may lack in polish.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced on Friday the Nominating Committee for the 2011-2012 Broadway season.
Hugh Jackman is in talks to star Universal and Working Title's big-screen musical adaptation of "Les Miserables," to be directed by "The King's Speech" helmer Tom Hooper.
The late producer talked to THR last fall in a never-before-published interview about her dreams, victories and challenges. "When I started, I was the only woman in the room."
Producers of the once trouble-plagued musical made good on their promise to right the $70-plus million ship, opening the reboot on time and happily watching the once-feuding creative team …
Back Stage asked Tony winners to reflect on their wins in the press room at the 65th annual Tony Awards. Check out our exclusive video here.
Site-specific theater is often gimmicky at best, but staging Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 classic poetry cycle "Spoon River Anthology" in a cemetery is such a natural, it's hard to believe it h…
Back Stage interviewed Tony nominees, winners, and presenters on the red carpet at the 65th Annual Tony Awards. Check out our exclusive coverage here.
This new play about the courtship of two residents of a nursing home follows a predictable course but is also fresh and lively, thanks to two veteran actors.
Julie Taymor may have been ousted as director of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," but she still was well received during the curtain call at the show's opening night T…
In 1973, Bob Fosse had quite a year. He won a Tony for directing "Pippin;" an Oscar doing the same with "Cabaret;" and "Liza With a Z" brought him a directing Emmy.
The 2011 ceremony marked the return of the Main Stem in a big way. Taking a page from "The Book of Mormon," the evening's biggest winner with nine awards, the ceremony didn't take itself t…
The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund has announced the 2011 recipients of the Tony Randall Grant.
"Critics are human. They're going to say what they want to say, and I can't control that," says the Broadway actress.
"If we thought it would take this long, there is not a chance on earth we'd have done it," says Bono, who composed the music with his bandmate.
Kristin Newbom and W. David Hancock's new play is yet another examination of dysfunctional siblings, a well-trodden path brightened by a superior cast.
The tangled plot threads that made this comic-book musical spectacle a sticky mess have been unraveled and rewoven into a web of wonder.
The emphasis is on straightforward shocks in this grisly but strangely inert anthology of Grand Guignol-style ripped-from-the-headlines horror tales, which lacks energy and ferocity.
'War Horse' and 'The Book of Mormon' dominated the Tony Awards on Sunday Back Stage’s exclusive coverage and a full story are coming soon.
The British-born actor won the leading actor Tony on Sunday for playing Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jez Butterworth's "Jerusalem."
Downtown drag queen Linda Simpson travels above 14th Street for the first time with her new comedy, which though ramshackle contains plenty of laughs and a memorable performance from Patri…
The creative team behind the musical and cast members are rallying behind a person often considered the comic book show's real villain — ousted director Julie Taymor.
Bono and The Edge, who wrote the music and lyrics for the $70 million Broadway musical, previewed the "Spider-Man" soundtrack Thursday night. The soundtrack will be released Tuesday.
Three years ago Rylance baffled the Tony audience at Radio City Music Hall when he went on stage to collect the top acting prize for his work in "Boeing-Boeing" and began talking about wha…
