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The exclusive worldwide English-speaking stage licensing rights to Samantha Hurley’s I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE have been acquired by Concord Theatricals.

Distinguished global talent agency, YOU Management, is set to welcome potential stars to the business in 2024.

This week, the NEA announced $32 million in grants to institutions across the country, and while these grants are going to be vitally important to the groups that received them, it is just a drop in the bucket to the economic impact that arts organizations have on their local communities.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) and Broadway stage manager and producer Cody Renard Richard has announced the next cohort of The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program.

Tri-M Foundation is accepting applications for its Performing Arts Grant Program, offering grants to arts organizations across the U.

Edgewood Entertainment will present an industry presentation of La Egoista, a new play from Dominican American playwright, performer and theatremaker Erlina Ortiz.

Broadway Licensing Global has announced its acquisition of two critically acclaimed titles, including The Comeuppance, the Broadway smash hit new play, by two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Flex, the widely lauded new play by Candrice Jones.

The Bayless Family Foundation has revealed the winners of two major theater grants.

January is often a rough month in the theater industry - there are fewer shows running, audiences are reluctant to venture out into the winter weather, there is typically a slate of Broadway closings, and companies are taking stock of their financial situation following the closure of (typically) po

Thomas Green, a veteran talent manager and producer, is launching Thomas Green Entertainment, a new management and production company with a focus on multi-hyphenates of the global majority across television, film, theater, music, sports, and fashion.

'Two Thousand Miles' makes its New York debut with a special industry presentation at Open Jar Studios.

The New Victory Theater and The 24 Hour Plays have partnered for Speak Up, Act Out: Celebrating Student Voices, a creative writing program aimed at uplifting student writers and their work.

TRW Plays has announced their new partnership with award-winning playwright and director Joe Calarco, author of Shakespeare’s R&J.

The Kleban Foundation has announced the recipients of the 34th annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre.

Cara Joy David explores the concerning trend that suburban audiences are less willing to travel into the city center to see shows due to a perceived increase in crime in the city, leaving audiences feeling less safe getting in and out of shows.

Stage Raw and The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company have announced an expansion of their partnership to launch the Youth Journalism Fellowship, offering free professional mentorship to prospective writers (15-25 YO) with a focus on theatre coverage and critique.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat announces playwright Deepa Purohit as the recipient of the 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize.

Horton Foote Prize founder Mari Marchbanks announced today she will step down as Executive Director of the Horton Foote Prize.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat, in collaboration with the Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation, has selected playwright Deepa Purohit as the winner of the 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize (HGP).

RoadCo Entertainment, the production and distribution agency specializing in live entertainment experiences, has announced a key addition to their growing team - Greg Seamon has joined the company as a new Agent.

Waterwell, the community-organizing theatrical production and education company, will celebrate 20 years of telling engrossing stories that grapple with complex civic questions with a party on Monday, February 12, 2024, to commemorate the milestone.

Larah Simpson has joined Music Theatre International's London office as Head of Plays, Managing Director Seán Gray announced.

The Broadway Stage Management Symposium (BSMS) celebrates a decade of bringing together stage managers from around the world to learn, connect, and grow.

The new season of ALL ARTS series, Famous Cast Words, explores representation and inclusion in the entertainment industry with leading stars from Broadway to Hollywood.

After a nationwide search, The Theater Offensive has announced theater and film producer, talent manager, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Giselle Byrd as its new executive director.