Taking Steps
Although this Alan Ayckbourn farce is not exactly Noises Off, the misunderstandings and meanderings of the characters in a suburban home make for a goodly number of chuckles.
How the Other Half Loves
Director Barry Philips' direction is worth study for its highly choreographed blocking and attention to detail. Unfortunately, his actors have fallen into disparate acting styles, undoing much good he...
Intimate Exchanges
Here is the truest reward in Intimate Exchanges: From identical beginnings, these characters travel to exceedingly different and ultimately touching places.
Bedroom Farce
Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce makes a welcome return to the New York stage, looking quite agile after a 30-year absence.
Season's Greetings
Sexual frustration and attempted murder are the big items on the holiday menu in Alan Ayckbourn's black farce Season's Greetings.
Comic Potential
Alan Ayckbourn is not only our most prolific working playwright but he is often our most innovative in form as well.
Snake in the Grass
Nicola Bertram is chilling in a well-calibrated performance as Alice; what the actor must physically undergo is worthy of combat pay.
Taking Steps
As the novelty wears off, we begin to care about the characters. How rare that is for a farce.
Review: 'Stones in His Pockets'
With its current production of Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, Capital Stage ends its inaugural season on a high note.
Newman to Direct in Westport '08 Season
Paul Newman will direct Of Mice and Men in the upcoming season at the Westport County Playhouse.
Eddie, Kill the President
This one-act is over before anyone realizes it's over. There's no future for these people or, painfully, for this play.
MTC's Meadow to Take Sabbatical for '07-'08
Lynne Meadow, the longtime artistic director of Manhattan Theatre Club, will take a one-year sabbatical beginning this summer.
'Bedroom' Source
Here's a question worth considering: Do American actors donning British accents have more or less trouble than British actors donning American accents?
Performances to Remember
As the year draws to a close, Back Stage East critics look back at the shows they reviewed in these pages to choose the most memorable acting performances of 2007.
Trip to Mars
Sam Tyler and Ray Carling are, to a great extent, "men of their time,"
New York Production Listings
Back Stage lists major U.S. film, TV and theatre productions that are currently casting or accepting submissions. On this page you'll find productions occurring in the New York City area. Check for...
Southern California Theatre Guide 2009
Every day actors and other artists arrive in Los Angeles, lured by the prospect of employment in film and television. And every day, it seems, another of these folks discovers one of Southern...
Southern California Theatre Guide Listings 2008
Welcome to Back Stage's annual Southern California theatre guide, an indispensable listing of theatres, companies, and production services for theatre professionals: playwrights and composers,...