Backstage Drops Film and Theater Reviews from Print Edition

According to Deadline.com, Backstage has dropped its film and theater reviews as of Friday's April 11 print issue.

"An analysis of metric data by our executive team led to the conclusion that too few readers are engaging our reviews for Backstage to continue to invest resources in producing them," wrote Executive Editor Daniel Holloway, as quoted by the blog "Bitter Lemons".

Read the original report here.

Backstage started in December 1960 by Ira Eaker and Allen Zwerdling as a casting newspaper. A Los Angeles edition, BackStage West, was launched in 1994, and Backstage.com came to life in 1997. In late 2008, the two regional newspapers were synthesized into a single national edition, now known simply as Backstage, which is sold across the United States and Canada as a well known performing arts publication, both in print and online.

Backstage lists entertainment-industry job opportunities, college programs, acting schools and coaches and covers theater, film and more via original news stories, feature articles and reviews.

Image: Backstage Chicago issue, April 11, 2013