Clowning Around
Bill Irwin makes the impossible look easy. Using nothing but a baggy coat, he can shrink inches before your eyes. Setting a top hat upside down, he can maneuver it onto his head by cartwheeling into...
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee's career breakthrough came in 1962 with this lacerating portrait of self-delusion within a toxic marriage, graced with brilliant dialogue and eloquent literary allusions.
Chenoweth Joins New School Master Classes
Kristin Chenoweth will join the New School for Drama's summer master classes that feature top Broadway talent.
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married is the latest in a long line of movies about weddings at which a troublesome guest stirs up repressed familial and social tensions.
A Trip to Zany 'Boo'
"I'm not a Method guy and I don't live Boo 24/7," says Christopher Evan Welch, who is co-starring in the Off-Broadway revival of The Marriage of Bette and Boo.
Notes to the Motherland
As a boy in 1950s New York, first generation Lithuanian American Paulius Bombalytus grows up hearing about his mother's bravery during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania.
How to Be 'In the Moment' Without Really Trying
Once you've been told how important it is to be in the moment, it immediately becomes harder to achieve, because it cannot be achieved by trying. Welcome to the actor's Catch-22.
Rachel Getting Married
Bernard Telsey was delighted when he got word that Jonathan Demme wanted him to cast Rachel Getting Married, which marks the director's return to fictional independent film.
Ahmanson Season Will Follow Tried and True
The Ahmanson Theatre has announced the line-up of its 2006-07 season, the second under the helm of artistic director Michael Ritchie.
The Quirky Leading Man
The need to act, however, has been a constant. The young Harbour's interest in performing morphed from being an energetic teen's healthy outlet into something else.
Five Fringers to Count On
The annual New York International Fringe Festival is in full swing, so we wanted to cast a spotlight on some Fringy actors: among them, a one-armed woman with a one-woman show, a first generation...
Turnabouts of Toronto
Back Stage profiles breakout actors at this year's Toronto Film Festival, including Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married) and Kat Dennings (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist).
Dance Gems on YouTube
From Bob Fosse song-and-dance numbers to Chita Rivera's steamy steps, YouTube offers dancers clips a plenty.
Without Limits
Debra Winger's life has enough stories to fill a dozen movies. She has a story about overcoming adversary, a great discovery story, and a tale with a surprise twist.
Porter and Gershwin Lead LA's Ovations
If there was an unplanned theme at LA's annual theatre honors, it was a salute to 1930s and '40s Broadway composers.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
All the women SAG nominees for 'Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role' have delivered risky, star worthy performances.
Choice Cuts
This year's potential SAG nominees appeared in a wide array of projects: biopics, family dramas, quirky films, bona fide blockbusters. But the shuttering of indie companies has resulted in fewer great...
Teaching & Doing
With these veteran instructors, the cliché "Those who can't, teach" transforms into the mantra "Those who can teach, do." The atmosphere they create in the classroom is of risk-taking and imagination.
Capital Campaign
There's one thing actors need to know about the Washington, D.C., theatre scene: It doesn't work the same as New York and L.A. So how do actors in the nation's capital get in on the action?
Capital Campaign
How do actors considering living in D.C. or just beginning to notice the extraordinary level of theatre production in the nation's capital get in on the action?