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SpotCo — the advertising agency that created Broadway campaigns for Stereophonic, Hadestown, Hamilton, and Rent— is entering a new chapter with hires, promotions and more.

Playscripts has announced the addition of Don Zolidis' new one-act play, 'The Price', to its catalog of titles.

Fifth Dentist Productions will present private, two by-invitation only industry presentations of The Lap Dance Kid, a new musical created with music by Adam Blotner, and book and lyrics by Adam Blotner and Mike King, based on a story by Mike King.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5/4/2025.

This week, we look at AFM Local 802's response to NEA grant terminations and the impressive $7 million milestone reached by the WICKED tour for Broadway Cares.

Atlantic Theater Company will host an exclusive, industry-only staged reading of Peabody Award-winning composer Matthew Puckett's new original musical Rebel Genius.

Sonja Kostich will step down as President and Executive Director of Baryshnikov Arts.

The Pulitzer Prize Board will present the 2025 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for his play Purpose.

Lewin Productions will present private, by-invitation only industry presentations of Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon, a new revue created by Will Friedwald, Adrian Galante, Tedd Firth and Jack Lewin, and directed by Bill Castellino.

The Board of Directors of National Dinner Theatre Association has appointed Laura J.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is celebrating its fifth year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings with Using the Virtual Toolbox to Develop Your New Musical.

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AKA, the award-winning, fully integrated advertising agency, has announced new promotions and new hires.

The Doris Duke Foundation announced the six recipients of the 2025 Doris Duke Artist Awards – the largest prize in the United States that is dedicated to individual performing artists.

Amas Musical Theatre has announced the recipients of the seventh Eric H.

Rosie's Theater Kids will host its annual Passing It On Gala: An Evening of Mentorship, which will be held on Monday, May 5 at 583 Park Avenue.

 BMI is currently accepting applications to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for its Musical Theatre Bookwriting Workshop (formerly known as the Librettists Workshop).

Now in its third year, the Artlab Editorial Fellowship invites two art writers whose forward-thinking insights connect across boundaries, bridging cultural communities in ways both big and small.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joseph Robinette, Tony-nominated playwright known for A Christmas Story and Charlotte's Web, died on April 24, 2025 at age 86.

 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Commissioner Laurie Cumbo has announced an open call for the next round of DCLA’s Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program.

Composer and lyricist Jake Landau is making a unique name for himself by creating a career that spans musical theater and classical music, often drawing comparisons in the press to Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.

On May 1, 2025, Emerald Phoenix LLC will present an invitation-only industry reading of Kleban Award-winner Christian Duhamel's new play, THE GIRL WHO TURNED INTO A FEATHER.

Penn State will present the premiere production of the musical True Crime Frankenstein or the Modern, Modern Prometheus June 12-15 in the Penn State Downtown Theatre.

HNB Entertainment will present an invitation-only industry reading of Donnie Kehr and Logan Medland’s new musical DREAMBOAT: The Yacht Rock Musical.