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Jen Rudin Offers Free Weekly Online Support Chats For Young Actors and Their Parents by BWW News Desk
- April 20, 2020 Award-winning casting director Jen Rudin and author of Confessions of a Casting Director continues to offer weekly online support chats to for young actors and their parents at this time. Each week, the hour-long chats focus on a specific theme such as headshots, self-tapes and best practices for the audition waiting room.
MSG Entertainment Becomes A New Public Company by BWW News Desk
- April 20, 2020 Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. announced that it has completed its spin-off from Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., formerly The Madison Square Garden Company, and that it will begin trading today on the NYSE under the symbol a?oeMSGE.'
HowlRound Will Host a Livestreamed Playwrighting Class With Playwright Lauren Gunderson by BWW News Desk
- April 08, 2020 Playwright Lauren Gunderson presents a free playwrighting class livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 8 April 2020 at 12 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 2 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 3 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4).
HB Studio is Now Offering Online Classes by BWW News Desk
- April 07, 2020 HB Studio, one of New York's original institutions for theatrical training, recently introduced virtual learning opportunities for actors and playwrights. Artists located around the globe can now train with the legendary studio's notable faculty for the first time since its inception 75 years ago.
Steinberg Playwriting Award Has Named its Six Finalists by BWW News Desk
- April 04, 2020 The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association 2020 New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2019.
Sue Gilad and Larry Rogowsky Will Host Producing Workshop Via Zoom by BWW News Desk
- April 03, 2020 Tony award-winning producers of Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill, The Other Josh Cohen, and Angels in America host a Producing 101 class for current and aspiring producers.
OvationTix Releases Statement on New Processes to Repay Customers and Clients by BWW News Desk
- April 01, 2020 As first reported by the Chicago Tribune, small theatres and event organizers continue to have issues with ticketing agencies, who have resorted to new processes to repay their clients in this time of uncertainty. In the case of Chicago's Griffin Theatre, $3000 in emergency donations have not yet been received from OvationTix, the company which collected the funds in the wake of the pandemic.
Concord Announces Executive Promotions In Concord Theatricals by BWW News Desk
- March 31, 2020 Sean Patrick Flahaven, who became President of Concord Theatricals upon its formation in December 2018, has been promoted to Chief Theatricals Executive for Concord. He will now report to the company's CEO, Scott Pascucci.
Creative Capital Launches Free Online Coping Workshops by BWW News Desk
- March 27, 2020 Organized by Yara Travieso and Brighid Greene of La Medeaa?" a Creative Capital project that, as an immersive musical and simulcast film, re-imagines Euripides' myth into a Latin-disco-pop-feminist variety showa?" the panel will focus on livestreaming for artists and art institutions from creative, curatorial, and technical perspectives.
Artist Relief Tree (ART) Announces Phase II Of Global Grassroots Fundraiser For Artists Affected By COVID-19 by BWW News Desk
- March 22, 2020 Artist Relief Tree (ART), an online fundraiser supporting artists affected financially by COVID-19, announced today that it is beginning a second phase of fundraising toward US$1,000,000. Funds will be used to support artists of any discipline with a one-time 'solidarity' donation of US$250.
CreateTheater Announces Online Readings by BWW News Desk
- March 21, 2020 CreateTheater.com, an online community of theater professionals, announces their new Monday Night Reading Series that will take place completely online starting Monday, March 23, 2020. The series' goal is to help keep new work in development moving forward during the current crisis.
PlayGround Announces Four Producing Fellows by BWW News Desk
- March 18, 2020 According to American Theatre, PlayGround Company has announced a producer fellowship program, which will add Chris Steele, Lana Richards, Donny Goglio, and Edna Mira Raia to the leadership team as part-time paid fellows.
League Of Professional Theatre Women Supports Members With Waldman Emergency Fund by BWW News Desk
- March 16, 2020 The League of Professional Theatre Women (Shellen Lubin and Catherine Porter, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been championing women in the professional theatre for over three decades, responds to the recent Broadway shut down by offering full members of the League, in good standing, access to an emergency loan fund.
DRIFT Cancels Performances Through April 12 at New World Stages by BWW News Desk
- March 12, 2020 Per Governor Cuomo's order effective today, Thursday, March 12, closing all Broadway theaters and public gatherings with a capacity of 500 or more, which includes New World Stages, all performances of the off-Broadway production of Drift at New World Stages through Sunday, April 12, 2020 are cancelled.
Theodore S. Chapin Will Be Honored With the Floria V. Lasky Award by BWW News Desk
- March 11, 2020 The directors of The Jerome Robbins Foundation today announced that Theodore S. Chapin, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization: A Concord Company, will be honored with the Floria V. Lasky Award in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the cultural landscape of New York City.
The York Theatre Company to Present Industry Reading of COME THE DARKNESS Starring Courtney Reed and More by BWW News Desk
- March 10, 2020 The York Theatre Company as part of its Developmental Reading Series, in association with Que Sera Sera Productions, will present a private industry reading of the new musical Come the Darkness, with book, music, and lyrics by Don Nolan at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's. Admission to the Friday, March 13 reading of Come the Darkness is by invitation only.