Thursday, April 26, 2012
Best known for her work in "Hair," "Wicked," and "Hairspray," Caissie Levy now stars in Broadway's "Ghost."
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PMMonday, April 23, 2012
In her second Broadway appearance, Grace Gummer plays Joseph Alsop's step-daughter in David Auburn's “The Columnist” starring John Lithgow.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PMTuesday, April 17, 2012
The Guinness Book of World Records inductee plays tough psychiatrist at the Snapple Theater Center.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:40AMFriday, April 13, 2012
Veteran actor Shirley Knight tackles Babe in world premiere of Tennessee Williams' 'In Mask Outrageous and Austere' Off-Broadway at the Culture Project.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:16AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
The Tony winner tackles a kinder, gentler Juan Peron in a reconceived version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:18AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
The Stratford veteran is a scene-stealer in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00AMWednesday, March 14, 2012
Ethan Lipton and his orchestra present an "ode to the unemployed" at Joe's Pub, as part of its NEA Funded New York Voices Series.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMMonday, March 12, 2012
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti take the independent film "Once" from screen to stage and land on Broadway on March 18.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:56AMThursday, March 1, 2012
The veteran actor takes on the title character in Albee's play, now running Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:09AMWednesday, February 29, 2012
After three years at New York City Center's Stage II, the Pearl Theatre Company plans move to Signature Theatre Company's old home.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:49PMThursday, February 23, 2012
Veteran actor Kathleen Chalfant stars in Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," a Keen Company production on Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMWednesday, February 22, 2012
Actors Conrad John Schuck, Lee Roy Reams, and Don Most discuss their summer stock experiences.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:45AMFriday, February 17, 2012
Jelena Stupljanin stars in a new film "Cirkus Columbia" and is a member of the Rising Phoenix Repertory.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:49AMMonday, February 13, 2012
The Arts NYS Coalition wants to partner with the New York State Legislature to rebuild the New York State Council on the Arts.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:22AMFriday, January 6, 2012
Perhaps it seems unexpected for Beau Bridges to be tackling a Broadway musical at this stage of his career, but for him it's the logical next step.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PMThursday, November 10, 2011
Jennifer Lim still can't quite believe her journey with David Henry Hwang's "Chinglish," which bowed at the Longacre Theater on Broadway on Oct. 27.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:52AMWednesday, October 5, 2011
Playing the unscrupulous international financier Gregor Antonescu in a revival of Terence Rattigan's "Man and Boy," Frank Langella vividly evokes a sly figure devoid of morality who revels…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:43AMThursday, August 18, 2011
Veteran actors Dan Butler, David Garrison, Julie Halston, Marcia Jean Kurtz, and Richard Masur say it's rare to find themselves in a play exploring the lives of mature people grappling wit…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:46AMThursday, August 11, 2011
Katharine Houghton is still most known for her role in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." But Houghton has spent most of her career on stage. Her heart is very much in the theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:00AMRehearsing Edith Wharton's "Autres Temps" in her 19th-century Massachusetts drawing room takes site-specific theater to a whole new level.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:00AMThursday, August 4, 2011
Always on the lookout for a new opportunity, Anderson reflects on his past efforts and the hurdles he faced.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:08AMWednesday, July 27, 2011
Entrepreneurial actors agree that they prefer running a business of their own to temping at law firms or waiting tables or tackling the many other jobs that actors typically take between a…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:32AMTuesday, July 26, 2011
Danny Aiello is excited to talk about his current project, Susan Charlotte's "The Shoemaker," in which he plays the title role, a character who reaches high emotional levels.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00AMThursday, July 14, 2011
Aizzah Fatima's solo show, "Dirty Paki Lingerie," slated to be presented at the Midtown Festival, explores the lives of six Pakistani-American women, each struggling to define herself whil…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:20AMThursday, June 16, 2011
Site-specific theater is often gimmicky at best, but staging Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 classic poetry cycle "Spoon River Anthology" in a cemetery is such a natural, it's hard to believe it h…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:55AMThursday, May 26, 2011
These four first-time Tony nominees are a pragmatic lot. They are deeply gratified to receive a Tony nod—and, with one exception, to be making their Broadway debut.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:42AMSutton Foster has earned a Tony Award and a host of other prizes to enhance bragging rights, but the thrill in being recognized yet again for a Tony has not diminished at all for the star …
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:20AMThursday, May 19, 2011
Michael Bonnabel's solo show "The Good Boy" is now running at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and it has been quite a journey for the writer-performer.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:29AMThursday, May 12, 2011
Iris Rainer Dart says she is relieved to be home on the West Coast following the grueling experience of writing her first Broadway musical, "The People in the Picture."
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:56AMThursday, April 28, 2011
Chester Gregory is quite serious when he says he won't sign on for any project without "integrity, heart, and a message that inspires."
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:00AMWednesday, April 20, 2011
Karen Mason seamlessly merges the worlds of cabaret and musical theater in the recently opened Broadway musical "Wonderland."
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:58AM 
