8,501 stories from Backstage
With summer upon us, can theatre festivals be far behind? This season there are more than 300 events. Here's a sampling.
The roots of improvisation are in listening, not being clever.
Are New York City's "cabaret laws" -- ordinances enacted at the height of Prohibition and considered archaic by much of the nightlife industry -- in for a rewrite?
Undoubtedly, romance was in the air, but, no, this is not a scene from a foolish play or sitcom. It's business theatre -- or live industrials, as it's known.
L.A. actors have found Interstate 5 to be the path to juicy regional theatre roles, and some have even started traveling during--gasp--pilot season.
Know what to expect, regardless of the medium.
Plays with complex concepts and scientific jargon sometimes require substitution.
French Stewart is back home on the stage, playing the title role in Larry Shue's The Nerd, The Colony Theatre's current production.
Meg Ryan is attached to star in Escape Artists' "Wedlock," which will mark the feature directorial debut of British helmer Adrian Noble, the distinguished outgoing head of the Royal Shakespe…
"God, that is so gay." It's a phrase one hears spoken with increasing frequency these days, both in delight and derision. But what does it actually mean?
Includes interviews with Howard McGillin and Craig Lucas.
Two More Theatres Also Comment on Shakespeare Project
One of the more exciting things about the 2002-03 theatre season was the plethora of original Off-Broadway book musicals announced for production at NYC's various nonprofit institutions.
When accomplished actors are asked what the most difficult performance experience has been thus far, on or off stage, a gallery of fretful memories are dredged up.
Annual Summary of Nonprofit Fiscal Health Offers Mixed Statistics
Many theatre companies form in New York every year. Less common is one group emerging as the natural outgrowth of another, and for both to exist in harmony a few blocks apart.
For the Bottle Factory Theatre Company, located on East 3rd Street, and the Paradise Theatre Company, found on East 4th Street, however, that's the state of the art.
The American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre Seminars
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's annual weekend-long symposiums have become vital, season-ending industry events: one part networking session, one part professional think tank.
Although performer-producer Michelle Stern insists that the demise of GAle GAtes et al., the Brooklyn-based experimental theatre company, is "an opportunity to move on," disappointment is ev…
Performing Chekhov requires its own set of special considerations. More
Matthew Ashford explains the ins and out of performing in daytime drama.
A late-night collection of off-beat comedians, musicians, performance artists, and merely strange acts, the Deep Dish Cabaret offers up what one performer calls "a secret scene" where he fee…
