Diversity News

Tony Award-winning, Emmy nominated and Peabody Award-winning film, television and Broadway producer Debra Martin Chase (Cinderella, The Princess Diaries, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Cheetah Girls, The Equalizer TV series and many more) will return to The University of Texas at Austin on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 to discuss her work producing blockbuster projects featuring women and Black voices for TV and movie audiences.

New York City Opera will celebrate the holidays with All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 at Sacred Heart University Community Theatre, presented in association with Bodhi Tree Concerts and with the support of Kings Alley.

Los Angeles' largest theatre company will host several events to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Los Angeles, nurture lifelong learning and human connection, and connect audiences with artists that are working at the highest levels of their own experience and craft with several events happening in November and December.

The Cumberland County Playhouse has announced its 2023 season. Learn more about the lineup here and shows in the season!

In the wake of the shock news that The Watermill Theatre in Newbury has had 100% of its funding from Arts Council England cut, the Newbury venue has launched a new fundraising campaign- THRIVE.

The New Jersey Symphony Board of Trustees and Northern New Jersey Musicians Guild, Local 16-248 of the American Federation of Musicians, have ratified a five-year contract agreement. The agreement comes at the start of the Symphony's Centennial Season and on the heels of two Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards for New Jersey Symphony concert films produced during the pandemic.

Birmingham Hippodrome have announced that opera superstar Lesley Garrett will be playing the role of Mrs Pearce in Lerner & Loewe’s critically acclaimed My Fair Lady when it comes to the city next year (Wed 8 Mar – Sun 19 Mar 2023) .

On Saturday, November 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Segal Centre for Performing Arts will be dimming the lights in memory of Alvin C. Segal, O.C., O.Q., PhD (HC) Z''L who passed away last week.

Kevin Moriarty, who has served as Dallas Theater Center's  Enloe/Rose Artistic Director for 15 years, has been named Executive Director, following the recent announcement of the retirement of DTC managing director Jeffrey Woodward, who has served in that  position for eight years.

Texas musician Alejandro Escovedo will play as part of the Texas Tunes Series at Lewisville Grand Theater on Saturday, January 21 at 8 p.m. 

Anthony Williams' 'Urban Nutcracker', the modern Boston-centric holiday classic, returns to the Boch Center Shubert Theatre this December! This production celebrates the city of Boston with winter scenes set in present-day downtown Boston, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky.

A five-time “People’s Choice Awards” nominee, Lizzo will be recognized for her groundbreaking contributions to music and television, as well as her commitment to championing overall diversity and inclusivity across race, gender, sexuality, and size. The 2022 “People’s Choice Awards” will air on NBC and E!.

Earlier this summer, as they began rolling out music from their second full-length album, SunDub kicked things off by showcasing three diverse singles showing multiple facets of their musical approach on Spirits Eat Music. Starting with “Jump And Dance,” featuring Lutan Fyah, the Brooklyn-based five-piece delivered an irresistible feel good tune.

In this, the second installment in our series on women playwrights, the playwrights speak about critical interpretation of their work and the lack of powerful female critics. Please read Part I here, which discusses the more general issues female playwrights face.

PS CLASSICS, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has released the second solo album by Victoria Clark, the Tony Award-winning actress who opened last night on Broadway in the acclaimed new musical Kimberly Akimbo.

Collaborating with the world’s biggest DJs including Martin Garrix, Basement Jaxx, Kaskade, Galantis, and more, Dragonette’s musical diversity knows no bounds, and as a songwriter her credits include Keith Urban, Cyndi Lauper, Pretty Sister, and Carly Rae Jepsen, among others.

The defiantly independent film festival and Los Angeles favorite, Dances With Films (DWF), is celebrating 26 years by expanding to New York City! DWF champions innovation, talent and creativity by spotlighting important, diverse, quality films and developing lasting relationships with filmmakers.

Pianist, curator, host, and Performance Today's 2022 Classical Woman of the Year Lara Downes performs a recital at Wave Hill's Armor Hall on Sunday, December 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Lewisville Grand Theater has announced that rock singer and songwriter Alejandro Escovedo will perform as part of the Texas Tunes Series on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 8 p.m. 

After a three-month Off-Broadway run earlier this year, a musical originally created in Phoenix about a Dreamer, will be recognized Monday by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) at an awards ceremony in New York City.