Roberta Pereira News

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! It's Tony Awards weekend! Catch up on all the latest from the week ending June 6, 2025 with videos from Heathers, Hadestown, and more!

Check out photos of all of the the red carpet looks at Radio City Music Hall for the 78th Annual Tony Awards and check back as we add more throughout the night.

Watch in this video as we chat with: Celia Keenan-Bolger (Isabelle Stevenson Award), Marco Paguia (Special Tony Award), Leonard Reyna and Renesito Avich (Special Tony Award), Mike Isaacson (Regional Tony Award), Fiona Rudin and Russell Granet (Tony Honor), David Horn (Tony Honor), and Roberta Pereira (Tony Honor).

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) today announced a $50 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano in support of an expansion of contemporary dance at Lincoln Center. The gift represents the largest single programming gift in LCPA's history.

Creative director, designer, and producer Clint Ramos has joined Lincoln Center as Artist-in-Residence. Learn more about the Tony Award winning Ramos here!

What if Shakespeare got it all wrong? Baltimore Center Stage steps into the intersection of The Merchant of Venice and Jewish history with Sarah Mantell's Everything That Never Happened.

Joshua Borenstein has been appointed Chair of the Theater Management Program and Assistant Professor Adjunct at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, effective July 1, 2025. Learn more about Borenstein.

The Great Gatsby on Broadway is celebrating 100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. See photos from the production's gala celebration here! Learn more about the production!

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center recently unveiled its new theater incubator space, the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, which is now complete and open and accessible to the public. Check out photos from the opening here!

Patrick Hoffman, The New York Public Library’s Curator and Director of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Billy Rose Theatre Division, is retiring after a career of more than three decades at NYPL.

Tony nominee Terrence Mann will star as Wolfsheim in the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby beginning next month. Mann joins the company as the musical kicks off The Great Gatsby Centennial Celebration.

Ryan McCartan will play the enigmatic Jay Gatsby in the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby. Learn more about McCartan who takes over for Jeremy Jordan and the production, and see how to purchase tickets.

An array of theatre leaders gathered September 24 at the New York Library for the Performing Arts for the inaugural RISE Summit. Hosted by Maestra Music and the Miranda Family Fund the day-long event was filled with panels and seminars where speakers spoke on this year's theme of Belonging: Past and President. See photos from inside the event. 

From the National Endowment for the Arts' report on theater resiliency to leadership transitions at LAByrinth Theater Company and Signature Theatre, the industry continues to adapt and thrive. Other stories include financial struggles at Virginia Rep, as well as an update on the ongoing University of the Arts closure.

Are you a theatre lover who is looking for something new to do in New York City? All you need is a library card! In this video, watch as Roberta Pereira chats more about how any New Yorker can get in on the action at the Library for the Performing Arts.

The Playwrights Realm has announced that Chris Berry will join its leadership team as the company’s new Executive Director. Learn more about Berry here!

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center is highlighting the theater photography of Joan Marcus and Carol Rosegg in a new exhibition, opening May 1 through September 28, 2024. Check out photos from the exhibit's opening here!

Some of our more significant stories this week come from across the pond: the first being that a new survey indicates that the vast majority of women working in theatre don’t feel like they are seeing an increase in opportunities. While the data comes from the UK, I think we would find a lot of anecdotal agreement in the US industry as well.

COALITION OF IMMIGRANT ARTISTS is launching an initiative to combat xenophobia in the theater industry. The Immigrant Theatermakers Advocacy initiative works with institutions to reverse xenophobic policies and support immigrant artists.

The New York Public Library has announced that Roberta Pereira, a highly respected theater and publishing professional with decades of experience opening up the arts to diverse audiences and professionals, will be the new Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director of the Library for the Performing Arts.