8,501 stories from Backstage
The American Guild of Musical Artists is challenging Actors' Equity Association over performer jurisdiction in Broadway's new Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp musical "Movin' Out."
Restaurant and bar work is a natural fit for actors. That doesn't mean it's easy.
It may not be high art, but some dinner theatres are far from mediocre fare.
The North American performers unions have moved a step closer to forming a concrete international contract to globally protect actors in film, stage, and television productions.
The elegant--and decidedly mature--actress Sian Phillips insists that she has not experienced age discrimination in casting. "But then, I've always embraced age."
In today's tight economy, competition for entertainment dollars is extremely tight. Boston's Huntington Theatre is trying a new, innovative way to maintain and hopefully even expand their au…
B.A, B.F.A., M.F.A--Sifting Through the Alphabet Soup of Theatre Programs
When Debbie Allen couldn't find opportunities for herself, she made them--and now she's doing it for the next generation of dancers.
Following Chechen rebels' brutal siege of a Moscow theatre last week, both the League of American Theatres and Producers and Actors' Equity Association are remaining tightlipped about securi…
During October, as in other years, theatre-mad Dublin played host to the world, filling theatres, pubs, church halls, coffee houses, and even city squares with nearly 100 productions.
Okay, so you want to produce a show... but where?
Alfred Molina has made a living by transforming himself--but never into the typical actor.
Okay, so you want to produce a show... but where? It can be very difficult to find the right spot to showcase your play, musical, dance recital, or performance art piece--just ask someone who's tried.
Nederlander, Maxwell, Waxman Expand Reach
Symposium Examines Asian American Theatre, Present and Future
How Does a Company Respond?
Two nonprofit theatre companies long identified with a Broadway district office building will not have to abandon their premises under new lease agreements reached with their landlord, Back …
When one-person shows get interactive, the experience can be scary and empowering.
Changing one's appearance for a role can take its toll.
Plans to build the first modern replica of William Shakespeare's Rose Theater in the Berkshires have uncovered new clues about the stage and spurred brisk scholarly debate about the famed lo…
OOB Theatre Companies Discuss Sharing Resources and Strategies
In its 60th year and boasting a list of past performers that includes Katharine Hepburn, Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn, PFL stages interactive 30-minute dramas that attempt to engage the audie…
The terrorist attack of Sept. 11 had a devastating effect on all New York theatre, but particularly on Off-Broadway and especially those below 14th Street. Since that time, the scene has brightened.
