Those searching for extra acting jobs have come to the right place. Each week, we update this roundup to include the latest gigs in the industry for background work. From an upcoming Netflix series ...

Finding the best monologues, whether it’s for auditions or for practice, can be a daunting endeavor. Despite the sheer amount of material to choose from, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to ...

Summer stock is a form of theater put on only during the summer months. Staging shows usually take place outdoors to take advantage of the warmer weather and use the resident theater’s stock scenic ...

A screen test is a filmed audition that helps determine whether an actor is right for a particular role. Screen tests are conducted during preproduction, after the first rounds of auditions have ...

Modeling agencies in Los Angeles are aplenty—but that can make it tricky to figure out which one is right for your L.A. modeling career, right now. The city is home to several of the top modeling ...

Peter Haskell, a veteran stage, screen and TV actor best known for his role as Kevin Grant in the prime-time drama, "Bracken's World," died April 12 in Northridge, California. He was 75.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to "Phantom of the Opera," filmed onstage in Melbourne, Australia, and broadcast to cinemas, is a melodramatic rehash.

For documentary fans, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are already household names. The husband-and-wife directing team established their bona fides with films like 2021’s “The Rescue” and ...

Welcome to Straight to Series, where Backstage takes a (very) deep dive into how some of the most successful television shows of this Golden Age got made—and, of course, how you can make one, too.

You stumble on a movie that doesn’t quite fit the studio mold. Maybe it plays around with form, experiments with narrative, or prioritizes symbolism and images over plot. A quick way to describe the ...

Look closely at the Golden Age of Hollywood, and you’ll see the darker, more complicated layers beneath all that glitz and glamour. The era coincided with the Motion Picture Production Code, also ...

For as long as masked maniacs have been mowing down horny teens onscreen, there has also been the final girl. One of horror’s most enduring, influential tropes, the evolution of this role has ...