Sean Cercone News

Today, Broadway Licensing announced an exclusive partnership to expand The 24 Hour Plays licensing program to additional partners through their Playscripts imprint.

Four plays by women – including a solo work written and performed by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo – will be featured in the third season of BARD AT THE GATE, the digital theater streaming series created by Paula Vogel in 2020.

Broadway Licensing has partnered with world-renowned design and production specialists Broadway Media to offer stunning script-accurate Clue Scenic Projection at an affordable price, beginning September 12.

Broadway On Demand announced the expansion of its Emmy Award-nominated streaming platform for theater and the performing arts, with the launch of its branded Free Ad-Supported Television (FAST) SmartTV channel, making its content accessible to more than 20 million homes.

Stage Rights will join the Broadway Licensing family of imprints alongside Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. Founded in 2000, Stage Rights is one of the foremost independent theatrical publishers in the United States, providing stage performance rights for a wide range of plays and musicals to theater companies, schools, and other producing organizations across the country and internationally.

This summer, West Virginia Public Theatre plans to produce three productions. Two productions are slated for the Gladys Davis Theatre in the Creative Arts Center and one will be presented at the Metropolitan Theatre. These shows include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, I Do! I Do! and Thurgood.

Saturday Night Fever has been acquired for North and South American licensing by Broadway Licensing.

Following its Broadway breakout in 2021, Chicken & Biscuits is now part of the Broadway Licensing collection for professional and amateur theaters. The original production premiered at the Queens Theatre in the Park in February 2020 before transferring to Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater in the fall of 2021.

Two-time Tony Award-winning producer Jennifer Isaacson has joined Broadway Licensing as the new Director of Amateur Play Licensing. Jennifer Isaacson will oversee all amateur licensing for the Playscripts and DPS imprints under the parent company of Broadway Licensing.

Broadway On Demand has announced a first of its kind partnership with The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to stream and share original theatrical content on The Emmys® OTT Platform, making Broadway On Demand its first content partner.

Many theatres feel that if they don’t press forward, then they’ll be sealing their own fate - that leaves many to be faced with seemingly impossible decisions: do we continue streaming and not bring anyone back in? Do we produce a hybrid season? Are our audiences ready to come back?

Sean Cercone, President and CEO of Broadway Licensing, a full-service theatrical licensing partner specializing in the development, production and worldwide distribution of new and established theatrical properties, announced today that they have hired Kent Nicholson as Director of Acquisitions and Colleen McCormack as Director of Amateur Play Licensing. Tralen Doler has been named Vice President of Partnerships and Brand Engagement.

The National Theatre Network, the first of its kind digital platform for major regional theatres that allows audiences to watch, support and connect with iconic and beloved institutions, has just launched- created by and for regional theatres, in collaboration with Broadway On Demand.

New musical production company Perfect Pitch and worldwide theatrical licensing house Broadway Licensing have today announced a new partnership that will see the commission, development, production and licensing of four new British musicals, as 7 existing Perfect Pitch titles join the Broadway Licensing catalogue.

Sean Cercone (CEO/President, Broadway Licensing) and David J. Moore (Acting President, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.) jointly announced today that their respective companies have entered into a landmark agreement under which Dramatists Play Service, Inc. has been acquired by Broadway Licensing.

BroadwayWorld and the Broadway Licensing family of brands (Broadway Licensing, Broadway on Demand, and Playscripts) are excited to announce the formation of a new partnership to provide powerful, turnkey marketing solutions, as well as access to BroadwayWorld’s Stage Mag to licensees of Broadway Licensing and Playscripts titles and local streaming partners of Broadway on Demand.

Broadway On Demand has announced ShowShare, a new, one of a kind interface, that allows middle school, high school, college, community and professional theatre productions to use the platform to stream their productions to their audiences.

16 new, original episodes of That Golden Girl Show! A Puppet Parody will be released on Broadway On Demand beginning September 14, 2020. Broadway On Demand is currently available in Apps for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

Broadway On Demand has announced the launch of The Artist Channels, a new section of the platform devoted to musical theatre composers and lyricists. The Artist Channels provide a digital space for theatre fans to explore the incredible talent of the musical theatre songwriters who are creating today's new musicals.

Broadway On Demand, the new theater-focused streaming platform, is calling on performers, writers, composers, designers, technicians and other industry professionals to join their subscription series lineup by submitting pitches for anything from masterclasses, docuseries and original narratives to concerts, sketch material, and more.