Randy Buck News

After a 21 year tenure, Randy Buck has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as CEO. Buck sites health issues as the reason for his departure.

The TheaterMakers Studio will host The TheaterMakers Summit virtually on November 14th and 15th, with a bonus day of content on November 16th. The annual conference, which is now in its 4th year, will focus on the theme of 'making theater in a new world' in 2020.

Last year, Rebecca Luker was diagnosed out of nowhere with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease closely related to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Now she chats with BroadwayWorld about life since her diagnosis and how you can help.

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: The Seafarer, starring Matthew Broderick, opens tonight, and Head Over Heels opens its pre-Broadway run in San Francisco tonight!

Could Love Never Dies be heading to Broadway next? Randy Buck, CEO of Troika Entertainment, seems to think so!

TROIKA Entertainment, LLC presents the North American tour of the new stage adaptation of THE WIZARD OF OZ which launched on December 1, 2015 at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH. Check out a first look at the opening night party below!

The Independent Presenters Network presents the 2014 national tour of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler, the new tour launched at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH, on March 4, 2014. BroadwayWorld has an exclusive look at the opening night photos below!

I recently had the opportunity to talk with the Assistant Stage Manager of the National touring cast of Ghost, Andrew D. Bacigalupo. We talked a lot about his experience in theater and with Ghost but also discussed what it is like to be part of a touring cast.

Troika Entertainment and Michael Coppel in association with Hilary Williams, Margot Astrachan Production/Dennis Grimaldi Productions/Paul Lucas Productions/Robert Sher and Paramount Pictures present the first U.S. National Tour of Ghost The Musical, based on the film by Bruce Joel Rubin and Paramount Pictures. The supernatural power of love is taking North America by storm as the new Broadway and West End musical Ghost The Musical, adapted from the Academy Award-winning film, launched its first national tour in Schenectady, NY, at Proctors Theater on September 14, 2013. Ghost The Musical features Steven Grant Douglas as Sam Wheat, Katie Postotnik as Molly Jensen, Carla R. Stewart as Oda Mae Brown and Robby Haltiwanger as Carl Bruner. Scroll down for photos of the opening night festivities in Schenectady below!

After director/actor Eugene Wolf received a late evening phone call from Barter Theatre's producing artistic director Richard Rose, he immediately sprang into action.

Nashville actress Erin Parker takes on the role of Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5 The Musical and the premiere of a new musical that focuses on Music City USA are highlights of the 2012 season at Virginia's Barter Theatre.

Today we have a super-special bonus in honor of the most smashing debut album so far this year, Stuart Matthew Price's ALL THINGS IN TIME in addition to the full rundown! To access this new landmark BWW Exclusive Premiere Player - featuring a sparkling, shiny new Jason Robert Brown anthem - simply activate the window embedded inside the review! Here - only at BWW - you can hear the stupendous title track which was written especially for this album by JRB, 'All Things In Time', as well as two songs from the Pulitzer Prize-winning NEXT TO NORMAL, 'There‘s A World' and 'I'm Alive' by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, in addition to an impossibly addictive pop confection called 'The Touch Of Love' from a new West End musical titled IN TOUCH by Dougal Irvine. Hopefully this sample will compel you to further partake in this treasure trove and pick up a copy of the complete album which also features songs by a number of new, up-and-coming composers personally accompanying the astounding leading man on many tracks! These three tracks are available to enjoy for only a limited time, so the time for all good things is undeniably right now! Catch a star on the rise and take a rocket ride to the SimG universe!

Barter Theatre is proud to announce the winners of its Ninth Annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) that was held July 27 - August 9 during the Virginia Highlands Festival.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

The ninth annual Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights (AFPP) returns to Barter Stage II in historic Abingdon, Va., July 27-August 9, 2009. Cultivating plays and playwrights with a distinctly Appalachian voice, Barter's AFPP presents six readings and one mini-production of exciting new works.

Jenna Leigh Green will host 'Monday Nights, New Voices' at the Duplex on May 8th; the evening will feature original 'Voices' such as Sara Schmidt, Kathy Deitch and Nikki Renee Daniels