Diversity News

The Entertainment Community Fund and Playwrights Horizons announced that New York City playwright Shayok Misha Chowdhury is the 2022 recipient of The Mark O’Donnell Prize, an annual prize presented to an emerging theater artist in recognition of her or his talent and promise.

Hosted by four-time Grammy Award winner and renowned soprano Renée Fleming with Emmy and Grammy Award winner Chris Jackson, UNITED IN SONG premieres on New Year’s Eve on PBS. See who is performing, how to watch, and more!

On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan is sweeping the nation in it's second national tour. Today BroadwayWorld was able to sit down with Director and Choreographer, Luis Salgado to learn about the journey this production has taken.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that they have been awarded a $15k grant from the NYC Cultural Development Fund (CDF).

Decadence and Debauchery is returning for a brand new season at The Adelaide Fringe Festival, this is a show where we love the Decadent… we love the Debaucherous! We reject the idea of highbrow vs lowbrow art… we believe that ALL art, no matter how decadent, how debaucherous, how funded, how un-funded, how white-washed, how diverse… all art is amazing art… all bodies are amazing bodies… and we want to come together with joy and connection and celebrate that in Adelaide for the Fringe Festival! 

Rounding out the year-long celebration of the Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach 90th anniversary, the award-winning arts destination has announced its latest off-site exhibit: Selections from the Permanent Art Collection, is open for guests to experience and browse through January 13th, 2023. 

The New Jersey Symphony is accepting applications for the ninth annual Edward T. Cone Composition Institute. This multifaceted, tuition-free program offers four emerging composers the opportunity to have their music rehearsed and performed by the New Jersey Symphony and participate in sessions with industry leaders.

The Association of Performing Arts Professionals has announced programming highlights for APAP|NYC+ 2023, the world's leading global performing arts marketplace and members conference, taking place in New York City, January 13-17. It will be the first time APAP|NYC+ has been held in person since 2020.

Denver Arts & Venues has announced the 2022-2023 Denver Music Advancement Fund grantees.

Attention Florida film fans! Get out the popcorn and get ready to enjoy the best of Jewish cinema because the Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches (Mandel JCC) has just announced the lineup for the 33rd Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival (PBJFF). In-person screenings will be held from January 21 to February 1, 2023 at theaters.

Vineyard Theatre has announced two new senior staff members joining the Vineyard team: Alma Malabanan-McGrath will join full-time as General Manager on January 4 and Corrine Livingston as Director of Production on December 19. 

Renaissance Theatre Company proudly presents local superstar Chase Padgett's fresh “6 Guitars” at the Ren in Orlando January 6-29, 2023 with a new look and full band. 

Laura Elliot and Corey Campbell, the new leadership team of the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, have revealed a broad overview of some of their plans and initiatives for the next three years, as well as their overarching artistic vision, and what has led them to the positions they now occupy.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) has commissioned nine local and nationally celebrated playwrights to pen a one-act play, no longer than 20 minutes, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author Nikole Hannah-Jones' The 1619 Project.

Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, has announced the nonprofit organization will present two fun events during the first week of January 2023.

Two new shows have been added to Kean Stage's spring 2023 season at Kean University's intimate Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside, NJ.

The Board of Directors of National Sawdust, the Brooklyn-based organization that nurtures and presents groundbreaking artists across musical genres and art forms, today announces Ana De Archuleta, who has served as Director of Artistic Operations since September 2021, as the organization's new Managing Director. She will work in close partnership with co-founder, composer and artistic director Paola Prestini, making National Sawdust the rare New York cultural institution to be led by women.

McCarter Board Chair, W. Rochelle Calhoun has announced that the McCarter Board's  Executive Committee has voted to hire veteran arts leader Susie Medak to fill the role of Interim Managing  Director effective immediately. Arts Consulting Group (ACG) conducted the search to place Ms. Medak in  this leadership role for McCarter.  

Original artwork by New York City native Azailia Pope has been selected by a jury to represent Winter Film Awards' 2023 International Film Festival.

Amid continued economic uncertainty, a wave of closing notices have hit Broadway - but why aren’t audiences coming? In London, in response to the rising cost of living, the government has announced a plan for the cultural equivalent of a food bank - providing free tickets to cultural institutions for those that are struggling to make ends meet.