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How to Handle Interviews as an Actor

Theatrical press agent Emily Owens on staying on the same page, the importance of having the facts about your show straight, and why connections are important.

‘Radiance’ Drops a Bomb

Cusi Cram's new world premiere play, about the horrors of the atom bomb, benefits from a good performance by Aaron Roman Weiner but suffers mightily from misguided direction.

Music Director Paul Gemignani Honored With Oscar Hammerstein Award

Gemignani is the first music director to receive the Hammerstein Award and has worked on 39 Broadway shows, including every one of Stephen Sondheim's musicals.

Jason Alexander’s Theatre Co. Hires Stephen Eich to Lead Comeback

Reprise Theatre Company announced it has hired veteran executive Stephen Eich as consulting producer to help it restart production in the New Year.

‘A Christmas Story: The Musical’ Doesn’t Need to Sing but You Don’t Mind

“A Christmas Story: The Musical,” based on Jean Shepherd’s short stories and their classic 1983 film version, is a cynical attempt to make money that surprisingly also has a soul.

TDF Launches Online Theater Dictionary

The Theatre Development Fund, best known for operating the TKTS Discount Booths, has developed an online theater dictionary that launched today.

'Annie' Star Anthony Warlow on Acting Instinct and His Broadway Debut

Anthony Warlow has played billionaire Oliver Warbucks Down Under before, but he sees this production as an opportunity to put a different stamp on the role.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Announces National Board

SDC completes board elections despite Hurricane Sandy disruption.

‘The Morini Strad’ Reminds Audiences of the Value of Art

The richly luminous performance of Mariette Hartley as real-life violin virtuoso Erica Morini enriches the West Coast debut of Willy Holtzman’s “The Morini Strad.”

‘Doesn’t Anyone Know What a Pancreas Is?’ Is Funny, But Not Fully Formed

The world premiere of Carol Real’s “Doesn’t Anyone Know What a Pancreas Is?” is extremely funny and well cast, but seems more appropriate for a network sitcom than for the stage of EST/LA.