8,501 stories from Backstage
Even with an uneven production, this Yiddish play from the 1920s has the earmarks of a classic.
While effectively evoking another time and place (Arkansas, summer of 1953), playwright Dale Whisman's central wayfaring stranger lacks the credible menace and believable power necessary t…
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Katherine Oliver, commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment, honored six individuals and organizations at the "Made in NY…
"One day I will be a Broadway star. But for now I'm just a student at MS57," said one of the many students who had the opportunity to perform at NYC's Majestic Theatre on Monday.
Brooke Shields and Robin Williams will present at the Tony Awards. They join previously announced stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Al Pacino and Daniel Radcliffe.
Betty Taylor, who played Slue Foot Sue in Disney's long-running Golden Horseshoe Revue, passed away Saturday — one day after the death of Wally Boag, who played her character's sweet…
Despite fine performances and some well-conceived stagecraft, this adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film never has the impact of the masterwork that inspired it.
Director Jackson Gay's nurturing production of Rachel Crothers' 1918 drama flies by swimmingly for two acts but can't entirely overcome a sudden lurch into melodrama.
This misguided screwball comedy misses the mark, and the unruly number of clichés paints a horrible picture of writers everywhere and proves that some of them should probably remain d…
Carpio has managed to keep perspective amid the behind-the-scenes turmoil that saw Carpio's part of Arachne cut down from an epic villain with five songs to a guardian angel with just thr…
As he did with "Xanadu," Douglas Carter Beane mixes Greek legends with modern pop culture for a witty, fun show in this updating of an Aristophanes classic.
Tony Kushner's Corneille adaptation is a penetrating and poetic consideration of human desire told with a shimmering theatricality and a joy from start to finish.
Mario Fratti's four short "gay-themed" plays all end with a twist, but the biggest twist is how little any of them say about contemporary gay life.
Tim Intravia's intense performance in the title role highlights this absorbing, straightforward docudrama about the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Holly Hughes is as eloquent and sophisticated as ever as she traces the contradictions among her life, her passions, and her puppies in a poignant and endearing new solo show.
His soulful turn as an Iraqi gardener-turned-translator in Rajiv Joseph's rich and powerful play has earned him a featured actor Tony Award nomination in his Broadway debut.
Back Stage recently caught up with Stevens and discussed how she landed her role on "Greek," the differences between acting for the stage and TV, and filming the upcoming "Spider-Man" movi…
This touching portrait of the sex industry in the Spanish Caribbean evokes sympathy and introspection, but Roy Arias' deeply personal performance ultimately fumbles its execution.
Alessandra Prosperi and company artistic director Martin Løfsnes are exhilarating dancers, but unfortunately their choreography fails to reach the same high level of accomplishment.
"The first time that I fell in love with performing is when I went to go see theater in my hometown in Pennsylvania," Swift said after the performance at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Snapshots of love fill Lucas Kavner's moving drama, whose out-of-order scenes don't fit together perfectly, just as the remains of a broken heart never quite mend completely.
The good people over at Zurvived have an interview with Stuart Gordon, who wrote and directed the musical, based on his 1985 cult film of the same name (minus "The Musical" part, of course…
Broadway theaters increased gross revenues in the 2010/11 season, as the U.S. economy emerged from recession, while attendance figures have stayed relatively steady in the past five years.
The story of "Carrie," that weird high school girl who exacts revenge on bullies with her telekinetic powers, is coming back to a New York stage.
"H4," a mixed-media adaptation of both parts of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," struggles to reach its lofty ambitions, but "Shakespeare's Slave" proves to be an exciting new play about the Bard.
