Luis E Mora

You Gotta Believe (YGB), a New York City-based, national organization that focuses exclusively on finding permanent parents and families for older kids in foster care, hosted its 9th annual Voices: Stars for Foster Kids benefit concert at Town Hall in NYC, on Monday, September 18th. Check out photos from the event here!

It is 2021, but some in the Spanish speaking community still feel like they are not properly represented by Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). And they’ve been fighting for years. Strides were made at the delegate convention in late April, but there is still a distance to travel.

Mixed Messages a Content creation company from Stanley Martin (Broadway's Aladdin, Creator of The Tituss Burgess Fan Club and The Return of Tituss Burgess Fan Club) is Premiering a Short filmed version of his award winning play 'Opportunity' with the original theatrical cast on Youtube Thursday Oct 15, 2020 at 5:15 PM ET.

Though last week wasn't all good news as more theatres announced delays in their reopening plan, or in the case of the Rockettes the official cancellation of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, there were some bright spots in the industry this week - Barrington Stage and Berkshire Theatre Group returned to the stage with Equity approved productions, and we learned that a third may be on its way to the West Coast.

Actor and lyric translator Luis E. Mora (Naked Boys Singing, Pedro Pan, Opportunity) releases original translation of Dear Evan Hansen's 'For Forever,' originally performed by Ben Platt and written by Pasek & Paul, as a way to create Spanish language content for non-English speaking Broadway audiences.

Tune in to watch LIFT EVERY VOICE: A Celebration of our Youth in their Truth, a virtual concert on Monday June 22nd at 7pm EST, as Broadway's Babies youth from around the globe share their stories, struggles, and joys through song, dance, and spoken word in response to their experiences during the COVID shutdowns and more.

'Ybor City,' an original musical with book by Anita Gonzalez and music and lyrics by Dan Furman, is a story of romance and labor organizing in 1918 Tampa, where the Afro-Cuban workforce joined with Italian and Spanish immigrants to unionize the new American cigar industry. The tuner will be presented as a work-in-progress February 5 to 26 by Brooklyn Tavern Theater, which is is pioneering a new theatrical genre: no-frills, immersive musicals presented as Equity showcases in hospitable taprooms. Performances will be Feb. 5, 12, 18, 19 and 26 at Rustik Tavern, 471 Dekalb Ave., Bed-Stuy and February 10 and 25 at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South, Manhattan. Vernice Miller directs a cast of eleven. Co-producer is Art Boundaries Unlimited, Inc.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents The Broadway Superhero Party! on November 3, 2019 at 9:30 pm. Peter Parker, Gamora, Thor, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers--your friendly neighborhood superheroes go from page to screen to stage in The Broadway Superhero Party! Join a cast of Broadway's mightiest heroes as they celebrate their favorite superheros and what they mean to them. You never know what can happen when superheroes let loose - this is a crossover both Broadway and comic lovers will be lining up for!

The Riant Theatre's 32nd Strawberry One-Act Festival presented the 'Best Play Award' to the drama LEAVES written by Victor Vauban Jr., and the "Best Play Award for Full Length Plays" to LIFE BOAT by Lloyd Khaner on March 24 at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios & Theatres.

The Riant Theatre's 32nd Strawberry One-Act Festival presented the 'Best Play Award' to the drama LEAVES written by Victor Vauban Jr., and the 'Best Play Award for Full Length Plays' to LIFE BOAT by Lloyd Khaner on March 24 at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios & Theatres.

After 700 submissions Mixed Messages has announced its cast of Opportunity which will be shown at The Strawberry Theatre Festival March 19, 2019 (3:00 p.m), March 22, 2019 (6:00 p.m), and March 23, 2019 (9:15 p.m) at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, Nyc.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Wild Young Hearts: The Marcus Scott Songbook on May 24, 2018 at 9:30 PM. The concert explores the world of what Scott calls 'Afro-Americana' and what it could be through his music and lyrics. The centerpiece of the concert is Scott's show Cherry Bomb (2017 Drama League First Stage in Artist Residence and Finalist for National Black Theater's I am Soul and Yale Institute for Musical Theatre's residencies), an original musical that tells the story of an ambitious young man and the depths he and his high school friends will go to in ensuring that they and their dreams have a place in the world.

The Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat (BCTR) will be presenting  a private industry reading of "Call It Courage" a new musical based in the novel by Armstrong Sperry. Book, Music & Lyrics by Adam Overett. The presentation will be directed by BCTR founder Devanand Janki and will take place March 17th & 18th in New York at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting. 

After months of fund raising and preparation, the inaugural season of Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat (BCTR) is in full swing. The innovative program, which was dubbed 'a theater camp for Broadway professionals' by Seth Rudetsky, and is aimed at developing new works, is in the process of workshopping two-time Harrington Award winning composer and librettist Adam Overett's CALL IT COURAGE, a musical adaptation of the beloved coming of age children's' novel.

After months of fund raising and preparation, the inaugural season of Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat (BCTR) is in full swing. The innovative program, which was dubbed 'a theater camp for Broadway professionals' by Seth Rudetsky, and is aimed at developing new works, is in the process of workshopping two-time Harrington Award winning composer and librettist Adam Overett's CALL IT COURAGE, a musical adaptation of the beloved coming of age children's' novel.

After months of fund raising and preparation, the inaugural season of Bingham Camp Theatre Retreat (BCTR) is set to launch September 25th in the rural bedroom community of Salem, CT.  The innovative program, which was dubbed "a theater camp for Broadway professionals" by Seth Rudetsky, and is aimed at developing new works, will workshop Call It Courage, a musical adaptation of the beloved coming of age children's' novel.

PEDRO PAN, a new bi-lingual children's musical, explores the struggles of Pedro, a young boy, sent to the US by his parents to escape the growing dangers of revolutionary Havana. Once in the U.S., Pedro must learn to adapt to a new language, culture, and country. Check out photos from the show below!

PEDRO PAN, a new bi-lingual children's musical, explores the struggles of Pedro, a young boy, sent to the US by his parents to escape the growing dangers of revolutionary Havana. Once in the U.S., Pedro must learn to adapt to a new language, culture, and country.

Variations Theatre Group continues its commitment to develop new and exciting work with DRAGULA, a new musical by John Arthur Long and Theodore Kastrinos, which will be presented in a special one-night-only performance at the Chain Theatre April 19th at 8pm.

Variations Theatre Group continues its commitment to develop new and exciting work with DRAGULA, a new musical by John Arthur Long and Theodore Kastrinos, which will be presented in a special one-night-only performance at the Chain Theatre this Saturday, April 19th at 8pm.