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6 NYC Training Programs for Child and Teen Actors

Kids and teenagers in New York looking for acting schools and coaches can check out these options.

The Backstage Guide to Pilot Season

Preparing for pilot season? Backstage has your insider scoop for how to navigate the crazy time whether you're a newbie or an old hack. Check out our exclusive guide to pilot season below, and check Backstage.com for regular pilot season updates!

The Major Players in Pilot Season Auditions

When you get to the studio and network tests, these are the faces you’ll be seeing before you—hopefully—get the role.

What and How Networks Order During Pilot Season

From put pilot to cast-contingent order, we break down the pilot ordering categories.

Backstage’s Guide to Getting to—and Around—the Major Studio Lots

PDF maps of the back lots and a custom Google map to help you navigate Sony, Paramount, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Fox, and CBS Studio Center.

How To Survive the Sundance Film Festival

Five tips aimed to keep the experienced and newbie festival goer alike safe and sane.

How Sundance Affected the Oscar Race

2012 Sundance favorite “Beasts of the Southern Wild” stormed the Academy Award nominations, even as other Sundance faves—“Middle of Nowhere,” John Hawkes in “The Sessions”—were left out in the cold.

5 Traveling Tips For Sundance Attendees

Travel to Sundance is not for the weak of heart, so here are some tips to weather the storm.

5 Hotly Anticipated Sundance Films (Slideshow)

We're gearing up for Sundance! Here are five of the films premiering at this year's festival that we can't wait to see.

SAG Noms: Female Actor In a Television Movie or Miniseries (Slideshow)

Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Charlotte Rampling, Sigourney Weaver, and Alfre Woodard are this year's SAG Award nominees for Female Actor In a Television Movie or Miniseries. Learn more about them and their shows in the slideshow.