Diversity News

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2023 Joanne Woodward Internship class of four theater career aspirants who will enhance their professional skills and gain on-the-job experience working directly with Playhouse senior staff from June through mid-August.

To conclude Pride Month, Mutual Morris and Very Gerry Entertainment are celebrating our diversity with a fundraising show entitled Divas In My Mind.

The Obie Award-winning New Ohio Theatre's last ever Ice Factory Festival opens June 28 and features Artistic Director Robert Lyons' ULTRA LEFT VIOLENCE as the final show.

Playwrights' Center and Venturous Theater Fund have revealed the 2023-25 Venturous Playwright Fellows: Harmon dot aut, with their play Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting (in partnership with Spectrum Theatre Ensemble and the Contemporary American Theater.

Get a first look at photos of New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE.

Accompanying the announcement comes the project's electrifying third single, 'Graveyard Words,' which boasts more of the band's diverse influences and innovative musicality. 'Graveyard Words' merges the captivating sounds of drum and bass with nods to the unique vibe of Turnstile meshed with a little bit of Kid Cudi.

Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute has revealed the 2023–2024 grant recipients for PlayUSA.

Get ready for summertime fun as New York City  is set to host the free and 3rd Annual International Puppet Fringe Festival from August 9 –13, 2023, in the Lower East Side.

Kim Moore, who appeared in Hadestown under the name Kim Steele, has sued the Hadestown producing entity alleging several counts of race discrimination and retaliation under New York State, New York City and federal law. Essentially, the suit alleges that Moore was a respected employee, but was fired soon after complaining about racial discrimination.

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center has announced Pride & Joy, a special event honoring Voguing and LGBTQ+ Pride Month on June 30th.

BWW catches up with Faizal Abdullah to chat about bringing Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?) to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Birds of Paradise Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed Super Special Disability Roadshow is set to play two shows at this year’s Latitude Festival in July.

NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet comes to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 7 p.m. This year marks the 31st annual North American tour of this beloved family tradition, created by world-renowned ballet virtuosos, that brings together and illuminates the finest in the field.

Portland Opera has announced its 2023-2024 season, featuring a lineup of productions including beloved classics, an immersive Shakespearean inspired experience, and a heartwarming new family opera in a season that celebrates opera's timeless magic.  

Celebration Theatre and Greenway Arts Alliance present a limited return engagement of TALES OF THE TRANSCESTORS, with a collection of original vignettes directed by Shaan Dasani (he/they). TALES OF THE TRANSCESTORS previews on Friday, June 16, will open on Saturday, June 17 at 7pm and perform through Monday, June 26 at the Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles. See photos from the production.

OPERA America has announced grants totaling $200,000 to six American opera companies through its Next Stage Grants program.

Music at the Intersection is revealing the details of its second annual Intersessions conference, Thursday and Friday, September 7-8, immediately ahead of its two-day outdoor music festival.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, will perform Eduardo Vilaro's Buscando a Juan as part of the Summer 2023 MetLiveArts Season from July 13-15, 2023 at The Robert Lehman Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Seattle Opera will kick off its 23/24 season with Richard Wagner’s epic Das Rheingold in a stunning production by stage directorBrian Staufenbiel.

Lion Forge Entertainment, producers behind the Academy Award-winning 'Hair Love,' is partnering with Taylor K. Shaw's Black Women Animate Studios (BWA) to advance their shared mission of fostering diversity and representation in front of and behind the camera in the animation industry.