Theatre Development Fund News

The Theatre Development Fund and The Old Vic Theatre in London are partnering for a unique arts education outreach program to provide an exciting opportunity for 180 New York City high school students.

The spring issue of Theatre Development Fund's teen-written theatre magazine, Play by Play, published through TDF's Arts Education Department, is currently online, along with back issues, at www.playbyplayonline.org.

The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers today announced the nominations for the 22nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, which will be presented on Monday, May 7th at New World Stages

The League of American Theatres and Producers has awarded its coveted New York Education Grants to education programs for hit musicals The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Spring Awakening.

On Friday, March 23rd, the 2007 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards were held at the Hudson Theatre of the Millennium Broadway Hotel

What, exactly, does a theatrical producer do - and how do you get to be one? For anyone interested in the business behind the show, the Commercial Theater Institute (CTI) will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theater' at New World Stages.

Tony Award-winning Chicago star Bebe Neuwirth and Talk Radio playwright Eric Bogosian will co-host the 22nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, which will be presented by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers on Monday, May 7th at New World Stages at 6:30 PM.

The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers announced that the 22nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway will be presented on Monday, May 7th at New World Stages

By the end of March, over 500 elementary and secondary school students with hearing loss will have attend three Wednesday Matinee performances of Disney's Tarzan. The performances are simultaneously sign language interpreted and open captioned by Theatre Development Fund, which is bringing the students to the theatre through their 'Talking Hands' program, provided at no cost to the school or the students.

Internationally recognized film and stage star Julie Andrews, and daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, National Ambassadors for this year's Kids' Night on Broadway, will sign a limited number of copies of their newest book, 'The Great American Mousical.'

Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright, Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain, Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker

Tickets for this year's Kid's Night on Broadway, the once a year opportunity for young people, age 6-18, to attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult - are on sale for select shows from now through January 30th

The Commercial Theater Institute (CTI), now in its 25th year, is currently accepting nominations for its Annual Intensive 14-Week Program. The deadline for nominations has been extended through Friday, December 8.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Joanna Gleason and David Henry Hwang will be among the members of the 2006-2007 Tony Award Nominating Committee

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. has announced the recipients of its eleventh annual National Education Grants

Butley, starring Nathan Lane; Twyla Tharp's The Times Are A-Changing; and The Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Losing Louie are among the shows that will be open captioned and/or sign language-interpreted this fall for theatregoers with hearing loss

More stars have been announced for 'Broadway on Broadway,' the free outdoor cabaret that will be held in Times Square on Sunday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m.

Donny Osmond, Haylie Duff and Broadway stars from 'American Idol' have been announced for the 15th annual 'Broadway on Broadway,' New York City's free outdoor cabaret

The 15th annual 'Broadway on Broadway,' New York City's free outdoor cabaret, to be hosted by Tony Award-winner Martin Short, will be held in Times Square on Sunday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m

Theatre Access Project (TAP), TDF's invitation to the performing arts for theatregoers with physical disabilities, and TAP's director, Lisa Carling, have been named to receive one of this year's 2006 Excellence in Accessibility Leadership Award