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Sundance Institute is Calling All Playwrights!

The Sundance Institute is accepting submissions, now through Nov. 15, for its 2013 Theatre Lab, which helps aspiring playwrights develop their work.

Ed Begley Jr Reunites with David Mamet for Political Comedy ‘November’

The six-time Emmy nominee for his role on “St. Elsewhere” stars as the President of the United States in Mamet’s “November,” running at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

How to Connect Yourself to the Character

Peter Jensen, co-artistic director of the T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre, shares how actors can connect with their characters.

SLIDESHOW: Stage Stars Shucked by Screen Stars

While many great actors have set foot on both stage and screen, we couldn't help but notice the continual trend of the recasting stage stars for film adaptations.

Scarlett Johansson Leads Hollywood's Broadway Takeover

Just four years after the last revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Scarlett Johansson will tackle the iconic play—proving once again power of casting movie stars on Broadway.

2012 IT Awards Take Over Kaye Playhouse

Hundreds were in attendance when the 2012 New York Innovation Theater Awards took over the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Monday night. The IT Awards, now in their tenth year, were created in 2005 to celebrate New York City’s Off-Off-Broadway theater community.    Performer Sky Seals kicked off the ...

Passion and Dedication Wins at the NYIT Awards

The winners of the New York Innovative Theatre Awards share advice for aspiring actors at Monday night's awards ceremony.

Nora Ephron’s ‘Lucky Guy’ Begins Casting, Opening on Broadway in 2013

Casting directors Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths are holding auditions in early October for the late Ephron’s last play, set to open on Broadway in 2013 with Tom Hanks.

Katori Hall's Ambitious ‘Children of Killers’ Reaches High But Fails to Illuminate

The American premiere of Katori Hall’s “Children of Killers” at the Castillo Theatre examines the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath, but it doesn't add much to our understanding of the atrocities.

VIDEO: Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale on 'Glengarry Glen Ross'

The upcoming revival of the David Mamet play, scheduled to open Nov. 11 at the Schoenfeld Theater, marks the 30th anniversary of its first Broadway production.