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HBO Adapting Broadway Play ‘Stick Fly’ for TV

Lydia R. Diamond’s family drama is moving from stage to screen, with a screenplay adaptation written by the playwright.

Broadway Dreams Foundation Puts Students in Front of CDs

Craig Burns and Rachel Hoffman of New York-based Telsey + Company are scheduled to be part of the Foundation’s week-long Summer Performing Arts Intensive programs.

Vanessa Williams on the Cover of Backstage!

"The Trip to Bountiful" star Vanessa Williams graces our cover this week. Look out for the story online and on newsstands on Thursday. Below, the actor shares some great advice for aspiring stars!

Ghost-Writer

An apt deathly calm informs International City Theatre’s staging of “Ghost-Writer,” Michael Hollinger’s otherworldly tale of a novelist and his secretary circa 1919.

Cirque du Soleil Goes to the Movies

Academy Award–nominated director Andrew Adamson (“Shrek”) on bringing Cirque du Soleil’s Vegas stage creations to big screens in his new 3D film “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away.”

'Cymbeline' Doesn't Settle for Just a Handful of Shakespearean Tropes

In spite of a weak design, solid performances still stand out in A Noise Within’s production of Shakespeare’s problem play.

What’s the Best Broadway Can Be?

Ted Talks turns to the Great White Way for the second TedxBroadway in January 2013.

'Triassic Parq' Needs to Go Further

“Triassic Parq,” a rock musical spoof of “Jurassic Park” at Chance Theater, is pleasingly wacky and off-kilter but only fitfully funny, requiring a more over-the-top approach.

'The Bird House' Doesn't Fly

There’s potential in Diane Glancy’s “The Bird House,” from Native Voices at the Autry, but predictability and a surfeit of characters curtail the play’s chances of success.

Theater Resources Unlimited Holds Audition Bonanza

Over 40 producers, theater companies, writers, and directors will be on hand in NYC April 6 and 7 for auditions at the People’s Improv Theater