8,501 stories from Backstage
Working in educational theatre gives actors a purpose and a paycheck.
Theatregoers are accustomed to being admonished to disable their cell phones before a performance begins. Yet these things that ring in the night continue doing so, invariably right at the m…
PCPA offers theatre artists the opportunity-- and the responsibility-- to practice what they preach.
News on a new movie musical, "Camp" (fifth item).
How, in as little as 15 minutes, can the set for one show magically be transformed into the set for next show? It looks so easy, but it isn't.
Actors recall their most fearful moments onstage and on-screen.
Though hit by the aftermath of 9/11 and the dot-com fallout, theatre actors are surviving and in some cases thriving.
One of a Kind
Phylicia Rashad is poised, thoughtful, and strong. She had to be to get this far.
In light of the events of Sept. 11, it's almost stunning that the six-year-old NY Int'l Fringe Festival has surpassed itself, bringing in a record $100,000 in advance ticket sales.
Based on the last two years of history, the late-July release of Theatre Facts 2001 might seem unintentionally outdated.
Equity's Eisenberg Criticizes Producer; Roundabout's Haimes Shrugs
"We will definitely be playing two shows--matinee and evening--on Sept. 11," asserts Adam Epstein, one of the producers of "Hairspray."
Over 150 major writers, actors, and directors have joined forces to commemorate, through new and original material, last year's terrorist attacks on the United States.
AEA, SSDC Capitulate on Service Fees; Dramatists Guild Still Firm
Imagine sword swallowers, aerialists, and jugglers--all housed in a "Palace of Variety" on Times Square. Actually, it's not all that extraordinary.
When you are just one of the 195 shows in the sixth annual NY Int'l Fringe Festival, it's imperative to find memorable ways to attract attention.
Producers of the New York International Fringe Festival have revealed a taste of wild things to come at the city's increasingly popular performance and theater arts event.
The International Festival of Musical Theatre, which launches this fall (Oct. 14-Nov. 3) in Cardiff, Wales, will showcase nine musicals selected by a panel of 80 theatre practitioners from nearly 200 submissions from 16 countries.
Eclecticism is what unifies the six new musicals that will be presented at this year's New York City-based National Alliance of Musical Theatre.
Theatre, film, and TV producer Bonnie Nelson Schwartz has been named a Fellow by the College of Fellows of the American Theatre.
Musical Theatre Works wrapped up its "Intimate Conversations" series when composer-lyricist William Finn ("Falsettos," "A New Brain") was interviewed by MTW Artistic Director Lonny Price.
