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The geopolitical landscape shifted in a major way over the weekend, with Russia invading Ukraine in an unprovoked attack on their sovereignty.

Robert Peterpaul, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, is thrilled to welcome Joanna A.

Angela Bassett won the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Award last night at the NAACP Awards.

Paul Tazewell sits down to speak with host Lisa Hopkins on STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

To kick off Women's History Month, Ariel Hyatt and Neeta Ragoowansi will host a webinar featuring an up-close and personal chat about the music business, being women in the music business and how I got here.

Last night, the NAACP revealed the final winners in the non-televised award categories during the fifth night of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards’ Virtual Experience presented by Wells Fargo and hosted by Affion Crockett at naacpimageawards.

After 18 years at the helm of The Musical Stage Company, Founder and CEO, Mitchell Marcus has announced his departure to become the Executive Director, Site Activation & Programming for Northcrest Developments at Downsview.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 90 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020.

David Jonathan Glass’ new play Love and Science in the Time of HIV, directed by Allen MacLeod, will get an industry presentation on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 2 PM.

TEDxBroadway organizers announced the initial list of speakers for TEDxBroadway TEN and a new date for the hybrid event – at New World Stages and exclusively livestreaming on Stellar.

The Actors Fund has just announced new rent-stabilized, upscale apartments for moderate and middle-income households along the waterfront in Brooklyn and the Bronx.

Robert Peterpaul, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, welcomes  Claybourne Elder on this week's episode of The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul.

Last night, The Broadway League welcomed New York City public high school students from five boroughs to have the ultimate insider theatre experience at Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, as part of the League's 10th Annual High School Broadway Shadowing Program.

An industry reading of the new musical, The Aviatrix, was presented today at Pearl Studios.

As part of their free virtual salon series, Wingspace Theatrical Design will present a conversation on Thursday, February 24 at 7:00pm ET with Aaron Copp, Kate Ducey, Stowe Nelson and Lauren Halvorsen as they talk about their work inside and outside of theater.

Congratulations to Gulfshore Playhouse on becoming the 77th member of the League of Resident Theatre’s - a story we have under the regional section of this week’s newsletter.

Broadway favorite Harvey Fierstein will release a book in 2022.

Playwright and screenwriter Lucy Alibar has signed with CAA for representation, Deadline reports.

The Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Broadway stage manager Cody Renard Richard announced the 10 recipients of The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program, dedicated to honoring, uplifting and supporting the next generation of Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) theatre-make

In partnership with Broadway Stage Managers, Narda E.

Fresh off a 2-week return as Glinda in Broadway's hit musical Wicked, Amanda Jane Cooper will lead a cast of rising stars in the upcoming presentation of TRUE NORTH: A MAGICAL NEW HOLIDAY MUSICAL at the Institute of American Musical Theatre in NYC.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the next in their TRU Beginnings series of workshops for the early development of new work: How to Write a Musical that Works, Part Three: Reckoning and Resolution on Sunday, February 27, 2022, noon to 7pm ET, on Zoom.

Gary McAvay, former President of Columbia Artists Theatricals has passed away at age 68.

Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre, has announced they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic.

Across the industry last week, two trends have begun to emerge more fully: the first being we continue to have more data on just how bleak things were for the industry over the past two years.