In Ken Kaissar’s daring new satire, A Modest Suggestion, four yes-men weigh the pros and cons of some pretty tough questions: What does it mean to be Jewish?

Have you ever thought about when the first beauty contest might have been held? I mean, there’s a first time for everything.

Three women come together one afternoon for a reading at the Middletown, New Jersey, home of a psychic, trying to come to terms with the loss of a loved one.

What strange things could befall theatergoers who enter a play called Sophie Gets the Horns?

The Flea Theater offers up its New Play Festival beginning April 20, with three world premieres set to hit the boards.

This may not be your grandmother’s Midsummer, but its one for 21st century New York City, with Hermia and Lysander re-imagined as lesbian lovers.

The always intriguing LAByrinth Theater Company is set to premiere Brett C. Leonard’s play Ninth and Joanie, about a South Philadelphia Italian-American family in crisis.

What actor doesn’t remember the thrill of being cast in your first or second or third play, and being handed your very own Samuel French script?

He will forever be known for a handful of some of the greatest American plays ever written, but Tennessee Williams’s output for the theater was deep and vast.

Our theatrical literature is full of plays about wartime and servicemen, from Journey’s End to South Pacific, from On The Town to Mister Roberts, from Streamers to Biloxi Blues… the list goes on.

A large part of choosing an acting school depends on finding the right fit with the technique the school emphasizes, but which technique is right for you?

In theater, finding a job is all about who you know. So exactly who is worth knowing?

Summer is not a time to relax for serious actors.

Do unions work to solve the problems of today's performers, or are unions themselves the problem?

Vital statistics for all the off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theater companies in New York City.

Melissa Caolo, managing director of Camp Broadway, recently spoke with Show Business about the Gershwin Awards and where they are heading.

From its humble but ambitious origins in 2004 as a showcase for budding tuners, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has emerged as the go-to event for top-notch musical theater creators.

An Evening of Awkward Romance, a new play from the actress and playwright Wendy Herlich, introduces a collection of oddball characters on their quest to find love.

For more than 60 years, actors have turned to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting for theater training that teaches the acting philosophy of its renowned founder.

This year, Skidmore College celebrates two decades of collaboration with the SITI Company.

Opening in March, Brother Russia is set in a desolate potato field north of Omsk, where a fourth-rate theater troupe sets up tents and wows the local farmers with rock-fueled adaptations of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.

Andrew Gerle, a classical pianist who studied music at Yale University before becoming a professional accompanist, has a unique perspective when it comes to casting for musical theater.

Ever wonder what it’s like to have more than 10,000 people follow you? Sure, celebrities and large corporations might be used to that, but what if you were anonymous?

Once upon a time, actress Sandy Faison landed a dream role, originating the part of Grace Farrell in the 1977 Broadway production of Annie. Now, she’s helping a new generation of performers make their dreams come true as the technical theater coordinator at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival burst on to the scene just seven years ago, but the event quickly made a name for itself.

Playing at the Comic Book Theater Festival at The Brick, Captain Moonbeam & Lynchpin tells the story of Alex, who, as an adolescent, dealt with his father killing himself while dressed in a superhero costume.

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Upper East Side Once Bitten 59E59 Theaters welcomes the return of Kids With Guns with the world premiere of Wolves, writt

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College presents Sound and Vision: At War. Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist Chris Hondros, of Getty Images, and musical director Kenneth Hamrick

Three-time Tony-winning musical Avenue Q’s same-sex puppets, Rod and Ricky, will join many others in officially tying the knot on Sunday, July 24--the day same-sex marriage will be legal in the State of New York!

Love TV, but not big on LA? Well grab your headshots, because now the cameras are coming to you in the Big Apple!

Conventional wisdom may dictate that children should be seen and not heard, but MCC Theater doesn’t believe in putting a muzzle on artistically promising teenagers.

Next year, ABC will replace the long-running soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live with unscripted lifestyle and cooking programs.

“There are too many theaters,” barked Rocco Landesman, the eternally rambunctious chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, at a conference held at Arena Stage last month.

Consumers today are just as likely to seek entertainment with a mouse as they are with a remote control. Research continues to point toward a decline in cable and satellite TV services, a trend dubbed

For years, bullying in public schools tended to get swept under the carpet by teachers, parents, administrators and even lawmakers, but the issue has become a topic of increased interest in recent months.

Downtown theatergoers will soon mourn the loss of the local gem Cherry Lane Theater, which is closing due to dwindling funds and ticket sales.

Maybe it’s a sign of the times — or just the latest example of a media company appealing to the lowest common denominator — but any way you look at it, the Reality Rocks Expo is another slap in the face for trained actors.