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Columbia University MFA Students to Get Equity Status

Thanks to a new agreement, students of the Theatre Program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and the Classic Stage Company (CSC) will be eligible to join Equity.

'Dirty Filthy Love Story' Takes a Comic Look at Hoarders

Rob Mersola’s ultra-black comedy “Dirty Filthy Love Story,” getting its world premiere from Rogue Machine Theatre, lands a load of guffaws, though the gory denouement is a cop-out.

Lanford Wilson's Uneven 'Angels Fall' Gets Rare Revival

The Production Company’s revival of Lanford Wilson’s seldom-performed 1982 drama “Angels Fall” is filled with exceptional, heartfelt performances under Alex Egan’s direction.

O'Neill's 'Hughie' Proves a Potent if Imperfect Two-Hander

Open Fist Theatre Company’s account of Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie,” a one-act dating to the early 1940s that was first staged after the playwright’s death, is spare but compelling.

Religion Takes the Stage On and Off-Broadway (Slideshow)

With new shows like "Scandalous" and "My Name is Asher Lev" on and Off-Broadway, faith is still taking center stage.

'Newsies' Wins Actors' Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus

Actors’ Equity Association will honor the original ensemble of Disney’s “Newsies the Musical” with its sixth annual ACCA Award, the only industry honor for Broadway chorus members.

'The Last Romance' Is Affectionately Written but Awfully Thin

Joe DiPietro’s bittersweet romantic comedy about love among the geriatric set, “The Last Romance,” at Theatre 40, is well-acted but also slight, bland, and predictable.

Tara Battani, Good Listener (Slideshow)

Backstage member Tara Battani is a SAG-AFTRA actor who earned her B.A. in theater from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Tex., and has since booked several roles as a result of reading Backstage.

1911 'The Boss' Still Relevant Today

The intrepid Metropolitan Playhouse excavates another gem, “The Boss,” by Edward Sheldon, a 1911 study of rugged individualism run amok that resounds with contemporary echoes.

‘The Coarse Acting Show’ Presents the Best Worst Night of Theater Imaginable

In the assured hands of director Paul Plunkett and a deft ensemble headed by Ruth Silveira’s soused theatrical doyenne, “The Coarse Acting Show” at Sacred Fools is a riotous satiric romp.