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2006 Lortel Award Winners; Trip to Bountiful Leads Pack
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2006 THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS has announced that THE 21st ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A celebration followed at Ruth's Chris Ste...
Visa USA Announces Renewed Partnership with Broadway
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2006 Visa USA today announced a renewal of its relationships with Tony Award Productions, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. and The American Theatre Wing. A proud sponsor of live theatre since 1999, Visa will remain the only card that allows consumers to experience the excitement of the...
Broadway Dims Lights on Tuesday, Sep 26 at 8pm for Quinn
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2006 The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. and its members mourn the loss of Patrick Quinn, Executive Director of Actors' Equity Association, who passed away on Sunday, September 24. The marquee of every Broadway theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, September 26 at exactly 8 p.m. for one minu...
Julie White To Host Lucille Lortel Awards 5/5
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2008 THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS today announced that Julie White, currently on stage in From Up Here at Manhattan Theatre Club, will host THE 23rd ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 5th at the Union Square T...
Clapp Becomes Interim Director of Chicago League
by BWW News Desk - July 02, 2008 According to Variety legit consultant Deborah L. Clapp is the new interim exec director of the League of Chicago Theaters....
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs 9/17-10/18 At Court Street Theatre
by BWW News Desk - October 18, 2009 Court Theatre opens its 55th season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue....
Chalfant, Graff, Sternhagen & More Lead 'Turning Points' Play Festival, 11/9
by Jessica Lewis - November 05, 2009 On November 9, The League of Professional Theatre Women will be present a New Play Festival on at the Cherry Lane Theatre in downtown Manhattan. The festival entitled 'Turning Points: Women Have Their Say' is designed to provide a forum for women in the arts to showcase their work....
2006 Tony Honors Go to BMI, Forbidden Bway, Liff + Stewart
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2006 The Tony Awards Administration Committee today announced the recipients of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre. ...
Theate League Hires Dream Team for Bway Branding Campaign
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2007 The League of American Theatres and Producers has announced the selection of three creative agencies to work together with the League to develop a new national branding campaign for the Broadway industry...
Photo Flash: St. George Arts Society Initiative
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2007 On Monday, March 26th, the National Arts Club hosted The St. George's Society Arts Initiative, MC'd by Tony Award-winner Jim Dale and featuring a Panel Discussion moderated by Producer Margot Astrachan, entitled 'Demystifying the Theatre Awards, The Tonys, The Drama Desk Awards, and the Lucille Lort...
Theatre League Supports Bill to Regulate Pedicabs in NYC
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2007 As a means of making the pedicab industry safer for New York theatregoers, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, has mobilized in support of the licensing, safety, insurance and reporting features outlined in Intro. 331-A. ...
New Study Reveals Economic Health of Touring Broadway
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2006 According to the new study 'The Economic Impact of Touring Broadway,' touring productions are in good shape and bringing in much money to Broadway...
LOWT Presents STAGES FOR ALL AGES March-May
by Reynard Loki - March 02, 2009 During Spring 2009 (March ?May), the League of Washington Theatres is again presenting Stages for All Ages, a program that introduces thousands of young people to live, professional theatre throughout the Washington area. This marks the 11th year for this popular program....
Strike Coverage: League Provides 'Claim vs. Fact' Sheet
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2007 From The League of American Theatres and Producers: Clearing the Air - Claim vs. Fact in the Local One, IATSE Stagehands' Strike 'In supporting their abrupt strike, Local One stagehands have publicly taken certain positions that are not true. We have framed them as claim versus fact, as outlined be...
Tommy Tune Honored with Lifetime Service Award, May 8
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2006 Celebrated choreographer, director and performer Tommy Tune has been honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the League of American Theatres and Producer at the League Awards on May 8th...
Strike Coverage: League & Union to Renegotiate This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2007 NY1 reports The League of American Theatres and Producers and Local One (the stagehands union) will return to the bargaining table Saturday, November 17. The meeting will be the first since negotiations broke-down last weekend, prompting Local One to strike, closing over two-dozen Broadway theatres...
Nixon, Pryce, Kaye, Etc. Set for Stars in the Alley, 6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2006 A host of luminaries, including Cynthia Nixon, Lucie Arnaz, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Platt, Ian McDiarmid, Kate Burton, Judy Kaye, Sutton Foster, and Darlene Love, will appear at Broadway's Stars in the Alley on June 7 at 11 a.m...
Tony Committee Announces Eligibility for '06 Nominations
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2006 The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today to decide eligibility of seven Broadway productions for the 2006 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing...
Chalfant, Graff, Sternhagen & More Lead 'Turning Points' Play Festival, 11/9
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2009 On November 9, The League of Professional Theatre Women will be present a New Play Festival on at the Cherry Lane Theatre in downtown Manhattan. The festival entitled 'Turning Points: Women Have Their Say' is designed to provide a forum for women in the arts to showcase their work....
Strike Coverage: Union & League to Reconvene Nov. 25?
by BWW News Desk - November 20, 2007 Latest reports say The League of American Theatres and Producers and the stagehands' union Local One may reconvene Sunday, November 25 to reopen negotiations in hopes of resolving the labor dispute that has closed much of Broadway for 11 days. There is no confirmation from either side whether a meet...
60th Annual Tonys Receives Director's Guild Nomination
by BWW News Desk - January 12, 2007 Glenn Weiss and the directing team of the 60th Annual Tony Awards, were honored with a Director's Guild nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Musical Variety category...
Steve Pemberton Joins UK Chaperone as Man in Chair 7/10
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2007 The League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton will join the cast of the London production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone to play Man in Chair. Pemberton will take over from Bob Martin on Tuesday 10 July. ...
Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview Opens 3/31, 4/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 10, 2009 On March 31 and April 1 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the Nashville Symphony will host the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, presented every two years by the League of American Orchestras. This highly anticipated two-day event - held in Nashville for the first time - is designed to bring t...
Blank, Mann, Etc. Set for 'Women at the Barricades' Panel
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2006 The League of Professional Theatre Women, in association with the theater department of Marymount Manhattan College, will present Women at the Barricades: Playwrights Political Vision, a panel bringing together seven award-winning dramatists to talk about their political plays and the political iss...
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Runs 9/17-10/18 At Court Street Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 30, 2009 Court Theatre opens its 55th season with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom directed by Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson. The production will run September 17 - October 18, 2009 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue.... |