Heartbeat Opera Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 10, 2021 HEARTBEAT OPERA will return to the in-person stage for its eighth season this year. Heartbeat's 2021-22 season kicks off in September with a free outdoor screening of BREATHING FREE, their visual album that connects Beethoven's Fidelio with the work of Black composers and lyricists such as Harry T....
New HBO Max Ad-Supported Tier Is Available Today
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 02, 2021 For even further savings, HBO Max is offering new and returning subscribers the option to pre-pay and save more than 15% by signing up for the ad-supported tier of HBO Max for $99.99/year or without ads for $149.99/year. ...
Amy Sherman-Palladino, Scott Ellis, Black Theatre United & More to be Honored at Roundabout Theatre Company's 2023 Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 08, 2022 Roundabout Theatre Company's 2023 Gala will honor Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Scott Ellis, and Black Theatre United on Monday, March 6 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City....
Industry Pro Newsletter: AEA Forms a PAC, Visa Fees for Artists on the Rise, Winners of the Oliviers
by Alex Freeman - April 03, 2023 AEA forms PAC to support members. Biden admin mulls higher visa fees for international artists. Playwright Sarah Mantell wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 'Futurity'. Lucille Lortel Theatre expands, buys building in Chelsea for new works; Caridad Svich and Michael Heitzman named Artistic Director...
New York Stage and Film Announces Casting; Founders' and Pfaelzer Award Winners
by Stephi Wild - June 27, 2022 New York Stage and Film begins its summer season in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, July 9 and will run for five weeks to Sunday, August 7 for in-person programming that will support more than 35 new stories for theater, film and television. ...
Black Theatre United Holds Industry-Wide Summit to Discuss a 'New Deal' of Long-Term Reforms
by Nicole Rosky - June 29, 2021 As Black Theatre United (BTU) marks its first year since the organization’s creation, the Founding Members have just announced they held a three-month Commercial Theatre Summit from March to June 2021 to establish industry- wide standards around Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility & Belongin...
See BROADWAY FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN CONCERT & More at The Green Room 42 in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2022 The Green Room 42 has announced its October line-up for in-person cabaret performances. October will feature new installments of Broadway Sessions, At This Performance, Villain: DeBlanks and much more.ARTZ...
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Upcoming Residency Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 04, 2022 Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Director of the Ground Floor Madeleine Oldham announced the Residency Lab participants and the return to full capacity of the Residency Lab portion of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New W...
Maestra Music, MUSE & ASTEP Partner to Create the GET TO WORK Initiative - Website Now Live
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 26, 2021 It was announced today that Maestra Music, Musicians United for Social Equity (MUSE) and Artists Striving to End Poverty (ASTEP), three prominent social impact organizations within the theater industry, have joined forces to launch Get To Work, a new website now live....
Steppenwolf Announces 2022/23 Season Featuring 4 World Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 19, 2022 Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the 2022/23 Season today. With six Steppenwolf Membership Series productions and two SYA productions, the 47th season is the storied company’s first full season in its expanded home—welcoming audiences back to experience the next chapter of Steppenwolf’s bol...
Yale Repertory Theatre to Present BETWEEN TWO KNEES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 18, 2022 Yale Repertory Theatre will conclude its 2022 season with Between Two Knees. The play, written by the intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s and directed by Eric Ting, is presented with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Between Two Knees will be performed May 12–June 4 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120...
Roundabout Theatre Company Announces REFOCUS PROJECT, SEASON THREE
by Blair Ingenthron - April 27, 2023 Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the third season of The Refocus Project, its multi-year project to elevate and restore marginalized plays to the American canon. This year's series of readings will feature Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights: Prince Gomolvilas, Velina Hasu Housto...
New York Theatre Workshop Reveals 2050 Fellows, New Company-in-Residence and Artistic Department Expansion
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 05, 2023 New York Theatre Workshop has announced the artists selected for the 2023/24 Season 2050 Artistic Fellowship....
Kathleen Chalfant to Star in SPARE RIB Benefit Reading for the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2022 NewYorkRep will present a special one-night-only benefit reading of Spare Rib, a new play by Winter Miller, Monday, October 24 at New World Stages. Proceeds from the special event will benefit WRRAP, the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project....
Aurora Theatre Company Presents The World Premiere of THE INCREMENTALIST
by A.A. Cristi - March 03, 2022 Aurora Theatre Company continues its 30th season with the World Premiere of Cleavon Smith's THE INCREMENTALIST, an Aurora Originate + Generate commission. ...
HBO Max Will Be Available In 39 Territories In Latin America And The Caribbean Starting June 29th
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 26, 2021 HBO Max offers the whole family content from some of the best storytellers and talent across Latin America and all around the world, including movies, series, documentaries, reality shows, and kids’ content and live sports. ...
24 Actors Will Make Their Broadway Debuts in LEOPOLDSTADT; Meet the Full Cast!
by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2022 Leopoldstadt officially begins previews on Broadway, September 14. Get to know the cast bringing this play to the stage! ...
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY & Imagine Justice To Host Justice Nights on Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 09, 2023 Second Stage Theater will partner with Common and his not-for-profit, Imagine Justice, to host “Justice Nights On Broadway” following the matinee performances of Between Riverside and Crazy at The Hayes Theater on Saturday, February 11th and Saturday, February 18th 2023....
Chicago Philharmonic Awarded $75,000 Grant
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2022 The League of American Orchestras has awarded a $75,000 grant to The Chicago Philharmonic Society to help create a more equitable organizational culture....
Billy Crudup to be Honored at Vineyard Theatre 40th Anniversary Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 08, 2022 Vineyard Theatre's 40th Anniversary Gala will honor Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup with celebratory toasts to Ken Greiner, Chair, Vineyard Board of Directors and Marcia Pendelton, President and Founder of Walk Tall Girl Productions, on February 13, 2023 beginning at 6:00pm at Edison ...
PAAL Partners With The Public Theater to Launch the PAAL International Digital Summit 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 02, 2021 Over three consecutive days, December 1-3, 2021, PAAL will gather experts and theatre professionals who will provide workshops, case studies, and affinity spaces for both institutions and individuals illustrating how to create sustainable caregiver support and operationalize humane practices that be...
Celebrate Father's Day With New Content on HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 15, 2021 HBO Max will also feature “Watch With Dad” trays across its Series and Movies Page, the HBO Hub and its Kids and Family Genre Page, including favored flicks and beloved series like “Daddy Day Care,” “Tenet,” the “Pink Panther” collection, “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Speed,” “Ford v. Ferrari,” “Tiger,” and “H...
The Hopkins Center for the Arts to Premiere Contemporary Opera that Grapples with Police Violence and Social Injustice
by A.A. Cristi - August 16, 2022 This September, the Hopkins Center for the Arts (the Hop) at Dartmouth will premiereThe Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist, a chamber opera that responds to the murder of Eric Garner and the ongoing loss of Black life at the hands of police....
Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Skylar Astin Join Sondheim Celebration At Hollywood Bowl
by A.A. Cristi - May 25, 2023 Broadway stars Skylar Astin, Norm Lewis and Brian Stokes Mitchell will complete the glittering cast of Broadway luminaries for Everybody Rise! A Sondheim Celebration on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at the Hollywood Bowl. They are joined by previously announced three-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, Si...
Jason Alexander Directs L.A. Premiere Of Steven Levenson's IF I FORGET At Fountain Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2022 The Fountain Theatre presents a deeply personal play about history, responsibility, and what we're willing to sacrifice for a new beginning. Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander, widely known from TV's Seinfeld, directs the Los Angeles premiere of If I Forget by Steven Levenson, running July 23 ... |