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Meli purported to use investor funds to purchase tickets to Broadway shows for resale on the secondary market, but instead misappropriated those funds for his personal use.

His work has been nominated for a Tony, an Emmy and a British Academy Award.

National New Play Network has announced the winner of the 2021 Smith Prize for Political Theater: Bernardo Cubría.

The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation has announced their Innovation Awards in Dance and Theatre.

Broadway’s Kimberly Dawn Neumann and Bonnie Comley will be on the judges’ panel for the 2021 National Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program taking place virtually this year.

Roshunda Jones of G.

Chambers has been chosen as the next recipient of the 500 Hours Black Producer Initiative.

Stars of stage and screen participated in the week-long festival.

All YoungArts award winners will receive financial awards of up to $10,000, opportunities to work with leading artists and will become eligible for exclusive creative and professional development support throughout their careers.

While the UK has delayed their full reopening date by nearly a month, other regions across the globe continue to roll back many of the restrictions they had in place.

In celebration of Pride month, Backstage Babble is releasing a series of episodes with LGBT artists that fulfill it's mission-painting a picture of what it has been like to be gay in the theater world from the 1950s up until the present day.

The Obie Award-winning Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC) released its 10th annual report today,”THE VISIBILITY REPORT: RACIAL REPRESENTATION ON NEW YORK CITY STAGES,” covering employment statistics by race for all shows that opened on Broadway and at the 18 largest non-profit th

National Alliance for Musical Theatre and its Board have announced Mark Blankenship as New Works Director, a role previously held by Ciera Iveson.

The first-of-its-kind NFT marketplace for the theatre community: Third Act, has just launched.

While audiences may still be waiting a bit for the rest of their family to get vaccinated (particularly families with children), they are starting to make plans to see shows later this year - making now a great time to start marketing your productions.

Tri-M Foundation has announced the recipients for the first two cycles of its Performing Arts Grant program.

Theatre Communications Group has announced the launch of THRIVE!, a regranting program to provide unrestricted funds and professional development and technical assistance for U.

As part of their monthly series of informational panels, Theater Resources Unlimited presents Dust off Your Dreams: The Long-Awaited Return of Our Favorite Festivals on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 via Zoom.

National New Play Network will host its second fully virtual Annual Conference this Friday June 11 and Saturday June 12.

This Global Open Call is part of CSA’s Commitment to Equity in Entertainment in Casting Initiative, a series of conversations, training events and opportunities designed to effect concrete change in how actors in historically underrepresented communities are afforded access to job opportunities.

Today, Monica Hammond announced the launch of Big Leap Brands, a marketing consulting firm catering to entertainment brands and entrepreneurs.

After memorizing entire Gallagher comedy routines as a kid in West Virginia, Trevor Dion Nicholas and his family always loved musical theater.

From July 21-25, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education will virtually host its 34th annual National Conference 2021.

With the UK only a few weeks away from their most recently proposed date of full capacity in theatres, a new variant has put those plans into limbo - and producers aren't happy about it.

Tony Award-winning theatre producer Daryl Roth and playwright Theresa Rebeck (both Co-Chairs of the LPTW Advisory Council) will introduce the 2021 Theatre Women Awards Virtual Gala and speak about their hopes for the future of the industry, as live theatre returns.