8,501 stories from Backstage
An aspiring nebbish of a songwriter (Brance Cornelius) and an honest-to-goodness witch (Lauren Hoffmeier) find themselves entangled in a "Romeo and
Based on Oregon Trail, the computer game popularized in the 1980s and '90s, "Quest for the West: Adventures on the Oregon Trail!" is a musical—with a
"Love Death Brains: A Pete Rydberg Musical Meme" deserves props for its amusing concept about what happens when two scientists—a well-meaning human and
Not a show for the intellectually challenged, "The Art of Painting," written and performed by Mark Chrisler, is a masterful piece of heady writing. A 50-minute
Why don't middle-aged men understand that it's creepy to write the role of a middle-aged man who gets seduced by a sexy girl (or boy, for that matter) and then
Familiarity with "Pulp Fiction" and the works of William Shakespeare is required for anyone attending "Pulp Shakespeare," a nimbly funny play that gives ye
I have loved Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology" since I was cast in a high school production of the book of poetic epitaphs' 1963 Broadway stage
"Gay Camp" is an entertaining if erratic romp through the world of those who would like to, as the camp counselors put it, "steer clear of the queer." Chiefly
I'm going to sound like an awful grouch. "The Great Pie Robbery…or, We Really Knead the Dough" wants nothing more than to expose current audiences to
It's impossible to watch "Independents" without thinking about its book writer, Marina Keegan. After her tragic death in May, a few days after her Yale
Primary Stages has a quiet winner in "Harrison, TX: Three Plays by Horton Foote." Directed by Pam MacKinnon with lucid understatement and enacted with
Last year I was impressed by playwright Chris Phillips’ nerve and talent when I saw his Fringe Festival drama “Elysian Fields,” even though
The title says it all. What “Would” life have been like for imprisoned murderer Daniel if he had not, at age 14, been condemned to two life
“My father was a cop—and I’ll never forgive him for it.” So begins “Behind the Badge,” a vigorous expressionistic memoir
Lolcats—those silly pictures of felines that have snippets of text, often in fractured baby talk, PhotoShopped onto them—are the inspiration for
Mashing up “Rumpelstiltskin” and “Hansel and Gretel,” composer-lyricist Ken Kruper’s “Grimm” is a junior league
In a larger sense, Michael Knowles -- an actor-turned-playwright, playwright-turned-screenwriter, and screenwriter-turned-director -- looks like a winner.
Rob Ashford, Christopher Ashley, John Carrafa, and Gillian Lynne.
Now in its 28th season, the St. Louis Black Repertory Company has a new executive director, is moving into new offices in June and is trying to double its roughly 2,400 ticket subscribers.
Ask any number of acting teachers or aspiring thespians why it's important to carefully choose a class or coach, and you'll get a variety of apt analogies.
