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Old Wicked Songs
Stephanie Vlahos directs Jon Marans' two-hander about a pianist and his professor, a 1996 Pulitzer Prize nominee, wi... More »

Rooms: A Rock Romance
Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon's 2009 Off-Broadway musical weaves a story that's sweet but not saccharine, qui... More »

The Berlin Film Festival: Why It Still Matters for Hollywood
The A-listers will be out in force, the films will go on to awards-season glory, and the European Film Market will b... More »

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Browse our exclusive list of Los Angeles film and television projects currently in production or in development. This valuable casting data can only be viewed by Back Stage subscribers. More »

LA Theatre Reviews

Yours, Isabel

Yours, Isabel
Based on real-life letters written by a pair of young lovers during World War II, Christy Hall's two-hander is best described as unremarkable, unable to make its epistolary form sufficiently dramatic. More »

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly
Director Aramazd Stepanian's production of David Belasco's 1900 Broadway melodrama is stylistically precise but moves at a glacial pace and offers a mixed bag of performances. More »

Sidetracked

Sidetracked
Billed as a "dramedy" but more closely resembling a zany film-noir spoof, Sharon Michaels' new play never commits to a cohesive style, and Ray A. Rochelle's flaccid direction doesn't help. More »

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National Theatre Live Broadcast of 'Traveling Light'
For those of you who like plays, movies, or silence, you're in luck. Nicholas Wright has a new play that imagines th... More »

    Who Got the Part

    Walter B. Smith

    Walter B. Smith...Got the Part
    Since getting his first professional review in Back Stage as a young man, "appropriately handsome with a fresh scrub... More »

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      Regional Auditions

      Spotlight on Regional Auditions
      Attending a regional combined audition can be like playing the cymbals in an orchestra: You sit patiently waiting for your big moment of crashing truth, and then, before you know it, it's over. More »

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