Theatre Development Fund News

Theatre Development Fund (TDF)'s Downtown Brooklyn TKTS Discount Ticket Booth at 1 MetroTech Center turns two years old this Saturday, July 10.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF)'s Downtown Brooklyn TKTS Discount Ticket Booth at 1 MetroTech Center turns two years old this Saturday, July 10.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Julia C. Levy, Executive Director) is pleased to announce that Lynne Gugenheim Gregory will join the company on July 1st, 2010 as Director of Development.

Theatre Development Fund's Education Department is expanding their playwriting program, the Residency Arts Project (RAP), to include a new summer program, THE RAP SUMMER INTENSIVE SCHOLARSHIP (RSIS), for select graduates of the year-long program that teaches playwriting and theatre appreciation.

TKTS, Theatre Development Fund's program for same-day discount tickets, located in the heart of New York City's Times Square, turns 37 years old this Friday, June 25.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, June 23, 2010.

TKTS, Theatre Development Fund's program for same-day discount tickets, located in the heart of New York City's Times Square, turns 37 years old this Friday, June 25.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is happy to welcome Alli Houseworth to our staff. Alli has joined us as the Communications and New Media Manager. Originally from the DC area, Alli recently relocated from New York City.

Squatters Theatre and Isramerica are proud to present the world premiere of SABRA by Julia Rosenfeld, directed by Samantha Tella. Performances are at the Manhattan Theater Source, 177 MacDougal Street from May 27th through June 6th.

On May 25 at 10am, Obie and Drama Desk award-winning Broadway actress Kathleen Chalfant will deliver the keynote address at The Cooper Union's 151st Commencement. Chalfant has performed in major productions in New York, Los Angeles and London. Well known to audiences for her portrayal of Vivian Bearing in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, Ms. Chalfant received the Obie Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award and Los Angeles Ovation Award, among others, for her performance. Among her numerous honors, she was acclaimed for her Tony-nominated performance as Hannah Pitt in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches on Broadway and received her second Obie Award for her performance in Talking Heads. In 1996, Chalfant made her Shakespearean debut in the Public Theater's Henry V, for which she received that year's Calloway Award for Best Classical Performance.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) announces partnerships for the 2010 Festival, including discounts to followers of the MITF on Facebook and Twitter.

terraNOVA Collective honors Nilaja Sun as the 2010 soloNOVA Artist of the Year on May 21 at 8pm in the Downstairs Theater at Performance Space 122 as part of the 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival.

Squatters Theatre and Isramerica are proud to present the world premiere of SABRA by Julia Rosenfeld, directed by Samantha Tella. Performances are at the Manhattan Theater Source, 177 MacDougal Street from May 27th through June 6th.

On May 25 at 10am, Obie and Drama Desk award-winning Broadway actress Kathleen Chalfant will deliver the keynote address at The Cooper Union's 151st Commencement. Chalfant has performed in major productions in New York, Los Angeles and London. Well known to audiences for her portrayal of Vivian Bearing in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, Ms. Chalfant received the Obie Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award and Los Angeles Ovation Award, among others, for her performance. Among her numerous honors, she was acclaimed for her Tony-nominated performance as Hannah Pitt in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches on Broadway and received her second Obie Award for her performance in Talking Heads. In 1996, Chalfant made her Shakespearean debut in the Public Theater's Henry V, for which she received that year's Calloway Award for Best Classical Performance.

terraNOVA Collective honors Nilaja Sun as the 2010 soloNOVA Artist of the Year on May 21 at 8pm in the Downstairs Theater at Performance Space 122 as part of the 7th Annual soloNOVA Arts Festival.

Squatters Theatre and Isramerica are proud to present the world premiere of SABRA by Julia Rosenfeld, directed by Samantha Tella. Performances are at the Manhattan Theater Source, 177 MacDougal Street from May 27th through June 6th.

In order to stimulate attendance at non-musical productions, Theatre Development Fund (TDF) maintains a special ticket window at its TKTS Discount Booth in Times Square - 'under the red steps' at Broadway and 47th Street.

Lortel Statues for 14 categories and 2 special awards were handed out by celebrity presenters at the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards at a live awards ceremony tonight at Terminal 5. Hosted by the Off-Broadway League, the live show was co-hosted by Bryan Batt and Bebe Neuwirth and featured performances by Alan Menken, STOMP, Seth Rudetsky, Edward Watts of The Fanasticks and LaChanze.

The annual Lucille Lortel awards, celebrating the year's Off-Broadway productions and performances will be presented May 2nd, 2010, with nominees announcements coming April 1st. This will be the 25th Anniversary of the awards and will be centered around the theme 'Off-Broadway Comes Home.'

Previews begin tonight, Friday, April 30 for the Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell) co-production of the New York premiere of the new musical THE BURNT PART BOYS.