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The Dennis & Victoria Ross Foundation (DVRF) will present an industry reading of Amy Gijsbers van Wijk's DIRTY DIRTY as part of the 2019 DVRF Playwrights Program.

The Directors Company (Michael Parva, Artistic Director, Leah Michalos, Producing Director)  is pleased to announce the next two reading in its reading series, LINGER by Craig Garcia, directed by John Wooten, and IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CAT a new play by Jacey Powers, directed by Michelle Bossy.

Downtown Music Publishing has signed a publishing administration and catalog marketing agreement for the George Gershwin catalog with the Godowsky family and Heyward Memorial Fund, respective successors to the historic American songwriter and Porgy and Bess authors DuBose and Dorothy Heyward.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), has appointed Rebecca Hewett as its Executive Director beginning May 13, 2019.

The new musical Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Gunter, which will have its West Coast premiere at Village Theatre outside of Seattle in 2020, will receive an industry reading co-directed by Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza) and Jerry Dixon (If/Then) on May 3, 2019 at 3PM.

Long-time theatre business and licensing executive Brian Sherman today announced the launch of IPEX Theatrical Artists (ITA), a new theatrical literary agency and management company.

The musicians who perform in Broadway productions have launched "Musicians of Broadway," a new website telling the stories of the union music professionals who bring theater to life in New York City.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat is producing a reading of the new musical THE TATTOOED LADY, book by Obie-winner Erin Courtney, music and lyrics by Lucille Lortel-winner Max Vernon, and direction by Ellie Heyman.

On Saturday, April 13th, Broadway star Christy Altomare, taught a one-day Master Class at Broadway Workshop in New York City.

Theatrical licensing company, Broadway Licensing has been purchased by the company's President Sean Cercone, backed by international strategic partner The Antelope Group, from former owner Elliott Azrak of VENTURESOME.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the April Panel, HELP! Resources to Make Producing a Little Easier on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 7:30pm (networking at 7pm) at Polaris North, 245 W.

Lively McCabe Entertainment Co-President Michael Barra proudly announces the expansion of their Columbus Circle office with the hiring of two key executives, Darnetha Lincoln M'Baye and Molly Israel Paul.

The fifth annual Broadway Stage Management Symposium (BSMS) will feature over thirty Broadway Stage Managers and Professionals in an incredible array of panels addressing important aspects of the art and craft of stage management.

Broadway Bound Kids will host the fourth annual Broadway Bee on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7 PM at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street).

 SAG-AFTRA today dedicated its signature conference room in its New York office to the late New York Local President and national Vice President Mike Hodge.

A new podcast from industry insiders has recently launched exploring issues in the workplace within the Broadway community.

Jeremy Jordan, Teal Wicks and Bobby Conte Thornton will star in reading of new musical In The Light, a Faustian tale.

A down on his luck hustler and a trust fund baby form an unlikely bond when she hires him to help her move past her sexual trauma.

Stuart Galbraith, the Director and Founder of Kilimanjaro Live Group, and theatre producer Joshua Andrews have announced the creation of Kilimanjaro Theatricals, a new entity which will produce (and co-produce) theatrical ventures in New York, across the U.

SAG-AFTRA today announces its support for California Senate Bill 564, which bans the creation and dissemination of nonconsensual, digitally created sex scenes and nude performances.

New York For the second consecutive year, Actors' Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 theatre actors and stage managers across the country, released its Regional Theatre Report.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition? announces its first quarterly Community Gathering, to be held on April 1st, 2019 at 7:00pm in the lobby of Signature Theater.

This episode is the final part of the Frozen takeover of The Theatre Podcast for the month of March.

JAILBIRDS ON BROADWAY by Tony Nominated writers Cheri & Bill Steinkellner (Sister Act), with music by Jeff Rizzo will receive an invitation-only industry developmental reading in NYC on Monday, March 25 at 4pm.

Red Bull Theater today announced the cast for the next REVELATION READING, Aphra Behn's SIR PATIENT FANCY, directed by Leigh Silverman: Whitney Maris Brown, Charles Busch, Lea DeLaria, Zachary Fine, Gibson Frazier, Kendyl Ito, Kristolyn Lloyd, Cherie Corinne Rice, Austin Smith, Amelia Workman an