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Staged readings of six new plays currently in development by IAMA Theatre Company will be presented over the course of one weekend, November 11 through 14, as part of the company's annual New Works Festival.

From Coming to America to Crazy Rich Asians, see our picks for the films we would most like to see get the movies to Broadway treatment!

When you think 'haunted houses' you probably don't picture the inside of a theatre. But with an over 100 year history, many of Broadway's most famous houses are positively teeming with reports of the supernatural.

We asked BroadwayWorld readers to choose their favorite looks from Broadway's biggest night! See who made the cut!

The Tony Awards are back and BroadwayWorld is bringing you the insider scoop from the virtual Winner's Room! 

smEach month, BWW is spotlighting stage managers from all across the political spectrum, shedding a much-deserved light on the breadth of duties afforded these theatrical jacks-of-all-trades and the heart, hope, and humor they bring to their work. 

BBBFor the grand finale. we're going behind the scenes of some of the biggest shows in town! Come with us as we step inside the stage doors of shows like Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera, Pass Over and more to chat with the actors, artists, and technicians tasked with getting Broadway back on its feet!

For Part 2, we're chatting with the pros behind SpotCo., one of Broadway's largest marketing firms, about the details of getting ad campaigns back on their feet, as well as the efforts being made to bring Broadway back as a more diverse and inclusive entity. We also chatted with technicians and artists behind some of our biggest shows about how the long-term effects of the shutdown have impacted their workforces and bottom lines as they work to bring back Broadway.

Over the next few weeks, BWW is giving you an insider look at the reopening process as Broadway prepares to take the stage once more. This week we chat with Broadway League President, Charlotte St. Martin, and more about the reopening process from the administrative end, Covid-19 safety, the intersection of Broadway and the NYC economy and tourism sector, and more.

This June and July, Queens Theatre will present The Stonewall Legacy Project, five free, virtual events on Thursday nights in June and July led by celebrated LGBTQIA+ artists. Through sharing essential art, diverse experiences, and creating a necessary space for community and conversation, The Stonewall Legacy Project will honor the spirit of the Stonewall uprising and its half-century legacy by exploring where we've been, where we are now, and where we're going.

Founded in 2015, Broadway Babysitters is an in-home childcare service made up of arts professionals. In addition to providing parents with carefully vetted sitters, Broadway Babysitters offers qualified artists consistent work and flexible schedules as they chase their showbiz dreams.

A new year means a whole new round of birthdays. And while Broadway won't be back right away, that doesn't mean you can't enhance your big day with some musical theatre panache!

With Women in Theatre Through the Decades, we will be highlighting the vital role that women have played in theatre history, showcasing those who paved the way and who continue to make history today. This week, we are highlighting the accomplishments of women in theatre throughout the 1960s and the 1970s!

Today it's all about history-making performer, choreographer, director, costume designer, composer and visual artist, Geoffrey Holder.

Thanks to our new pandemic reality, the ambitions, aspirations, and survival instincts of the arts profession have been tested in every way imaginable. As is their wont, artists have risen to this challenge in multifarious ways, creating new and exciting innovations for an ancient artform. 

August Wilson is best known as the author of the American Century Cycle, a series of ten plays including Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, Fences, Two Trains Running, Jitney, King Hedley II, and Radio Golf. These works explore the heritage and experience of African Americans, decade-by-decade, over the course of the twentieth century.

Juanita Hall was an American musical theatre and film actress. 1950, Hall became the first Black actor to win a Tony Award, for her portrayal of Bloody Mary in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific.  

To celebrate Black History Month, BroadwayWorld is spotlighting the lives and legacies of Black artists from every corner of the theatrical spectrum. Today is all about La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's Ellen Stewart.

Since its official launch on January 23, 2020, the Broadway Women's Alliance has developed into a legitimate and thriving enterprise. Over the past year, BWA has hosted numerous salons, seminars, happy hours and networking events, creating a tight- knit community of women from all corners of show business unified in the cause of empowering and advancing female professionals on Broadway and beyond.

Dedicated, with love and hope, to the Broadway community and the global arts family.