INDUSTRY THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 89

Stories of transformation highlight the newsletter this week - with two different stories below - one looking at the evolution of Broadway, the other how Regional Theatres are transforming.

After a year of legal delays, Stagehands at Little Island voted “Yes” for a union with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local One.

Mari Marchbanks (Founder and Executive Director) has announced that the 2022 Horton Foote Prize has been awarded to Christina Anderson for her play the ripple, the wave that carried me home.

 Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP (LPM), a boutique law firm engaged in transactional work in the arts, entertainment and media, announced the opening of offices in Los Angeles.

Arts Administrators of Color Network has selected writer, performer, activist, and arts advocate Karla Estela Rivera as its Executive Director following an extensive search process.

TodayTix Group, the global e-commerce leader for cultural experiences, announced that it has acquired Secret Cinema, the London-based entertainment company that specializes in immersive film and television events.

The Clive Barnes Foundation, under the leadership of Holly Jones and Lloyd Mayor, announced the winners of the 12th Annual Clive Barnes Awards.

With the announced closing of Broadway’s longest running show, questions have risen about tourism (the numbers in New York actually look much stronger than a hot take on Phantom might suggest), about the resiliency of brands (also highlighted by what the future might hold for Second City), and wha

International theatrical licensor Broadway DNA has announced acquired the rights to 'Here There Be Dragons - A New Musical Quest,' the new Off-Broadway musical inspired by the classic tabletop fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, featuring a book and lyrics by Chase O'Neill and music by The

John Lampe and Michael Wysong's Unabomber musical, The TUNEabomber will give an invited industry presentation at Open Jar Studios in Manhattan on October 3rd at 7pm.

The Oswaldo Vigas Foundation announces the launch of the Oswaldo Vigas online Catalogue Raisonné.

Not-for-profit History Matters: Celebrating Women's Plays Of The Past has announced its winner for the 2022 Judith Barlow Prize.

Stephen Byrd & Alia Jones-Harvey’s Front Row Productions Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, named Lamar Richardson as the 2022 Front Row Productions Fellow.

Applications are being accepted now through September 23rd for the fifth round of Queens Theatre's Theatre For All (TFA) Professional Actor Training Program.

MJ will partner with Color Farm Media, Reggie Van Lee and Nico Sidoti to present two $10,000 scholarships to previously selected students from Historically Black College and Universities in celebration of MJ’s sponrosing of the 2022 Toyota HBCU New York Football Classic presented by Walmart

Last week, the Board of Directors at Victory Gardens opted to terminate their full staff and change the fundamental direction of the institution.

The creative team of “Mob Wife, A Mafia Comedy” has announced a private industry reading of this madcap musical on Monday, September 12, 2022 in Manhattan.

Five playwrights are the 2022 recipients of The New York Community Trust’s prestigious Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.

Two Cincinnati area schools and one Atlanta school will receive $10,000 to participate in the second-year pilot phase of the Educational Theatre Foundation's (ETF) Pathway program designed to foster racial equity through school theatre.

Andy Sandberg, Artistic Director and CEO of the Hermitage Artist Retreat, announced that accomplished playwright and screenwriter Madeleine George, currently a writer on the hit Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building,” has been newly selected as the 2021 recipient of the Hermitage Major Theat

MJ will partner with Sports Eleven05 and Van Wagner Sports to present the 2022 Toyota HBCU New York Football Classic presented by Walmart: Morehouse Tigers vs.

Theatre companies across the globe continue to grapple with some of the earliest questions posed upon reopening: what to do about masks? As more mixed policies come into play, we continue to see that there are segments of the audience that won’t come with masks, and segments that won’t come with

Curtis Wayne Cronin and John Joseph, managing partners of Broadway Strategic Return Fund LP, a fund that invests in Broadway shows, are under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which sued them failing to comply a subpoena.

Mexican-American musical theatre writer and performer Robi Hager (Broadway's Spring Awakening, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Bye Bye Birdie, Doctor Zhivago; National Tours of Fun Home and Spring Awakening) is preparing for the industry workshop premiere of his original musical Li

Directors Gathering has announced (DG) Convening:​Manifesting an Ecosystem for Directors, building an interconnected and diverse community for directors.