
Cara Joy David
BroadwayWorld's Industry Editor Cara Joy David is a New York-based entertainment journalist who has been covering the theater industry for over a decade. Her features have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, The Miami Herald, Soap Opera Weekly and many more. You can follow her on Twitter @CaraJoyDavid. You can also read her musings on The Huffington Post.
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Most Popular Articles

Broadway Vet Manny Azenberg on the State of Broadway
May 26, 2026
Legendary Broadway producer Manny Azenberg, 92, talks ticket prices, the loss of playwrights to screens, the rise of investor 'producers,' and whether theater can reclaim its cultural footing.

These Producers Want to Make Investing in Theater like Investing in a Startup – Will it Work?
May 12, 2026
It’s no secret that investing in shows is riskier than ever.

As Female Playwrights Lose Ground, Female Critics Are Making History
March 30, 2026
The biggest change from prior years is at The New York Times, where Helen Shaw became the first female chief theater critic at the paper of record earlier this year.

How 54 Below is Confronting Financial Challenges; Richard Frankel Discusses the Future
February 9, 2026
In December, word started spreading that the venue we know as 54 Below was hitting the rental market.

Veteran Theatre Journalist Harry Haun Has Died At 85
February 2, 2026
Veteran journalist Harry Haun, who covered theater for more than 50 years, passed away on February 2.

Can Reviews Wait? How Broadway Opening Nights May Be Changing
February 2, 2026
Critics used to come to opening nights and rush back and write their reviews to try to get them in the early editions of next day’s newspaper.

Why Community Connection Matters More Than Ever for Regional Theater
December 24, 2025
A nationwide look at regional theater marketing and community engagement, with lessons from Knoxville, Durham, Fayetteville, Nashville, Atlanta, and Branson on building awareness, loyalty, and support.

Update on the Broadway Tax Credit - Deadline Shifts and How Non-Profits are Qualifying
November 24, 2025
There has been a lot of press about the NYC Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit, but so much remains unclear.

Are Touring Productions on Broadway Short-Changing Performers?
October 15, 2025
All over social media in recent weeks have been complaints about the fact that Actors’ Equity members in Mamma Mia! and Beetlejuice are not getting paid Broadway minimum.

Exclusive: Inside the Numbers - Who Benefited and Why Broadway Still Needs a Tax Credit
September 4, 2025
It is bad for the state if Broadway falters.

Q&A: Playwrights Natalie Margolin & Julia Randall’s Share How Their New Plays Are Reaching, Supporting & Inpirising Women
July 29, 2025
In this interview, Margolin and Randall, who did not know each other previously, discussed what drew them to write about the bond between women, how important it was to work with female directors, what they think it took to get their work to the stage, and more.

Where Are the Women? New Theater Season Announcements Signal a Troubling Setback
July 2, 2025
I’ve been writing about the lack of female representation in creative teams for at least 15 years.

The NEA Grant Terminations and What it Means for the Future of American Theatre
May 19, 2025
Theater makers have a “show must go on” spirit.

When Is a Performance Not One? The ALL IN Debate
January 13, 2025
Buyers of tickets to live performances sometimes feel like they should get their money back, but it’s usually when a star drops out, after seeing a show, or at least after the reviews come out.

Why Broadway Shows Have 9 Performance Holiday Weeks
December 16, 2024
It’s a season of merriment and tourism, when Broadway producers hope to make enough extra money to compensate for the dark days of winter ahead.

Why Off-Off-Broadway's wild project Launched a Do-or-Die Capital Campaign
November 26, 2024
When the wild project launched its do-or-die capital campaign a couple of weeks back, an industry reeling from several hits to the off-off-Broadway community braced for another one.

Hope for Off-Off-Broadway: How The Tank Is Defying the Odds
November 18, 2024
Rumors of the death of off-off-Broadway have been greatly exaggerated.

Inside the Growing World of Theatre Tickets Insurance
September 24, 2024
Theater tickets are famously known as non-refundable.

Breaking Down This Season's April Crush
April 29, 2024
We are officially done with the Broadway season.
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