Valerie Novakoff News

Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot is now running an additional three weeks, through November 30, in Seaview's new Off-Broadway home. Check out photos from the show's gala night here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 2, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Valerie Novakoff Britten has joined Seaview in a newly formed role, Head of Capital Partnerships. Learn more about Seaview and about Britten's role here!

Today, May 19, the best of Broadway gathers to celebrate the 89TH Annual Drama League Awards, which will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Check back to find out who will win!

The Drama League has announced the 2023 Drama League Awards Nominees. See the full list!

Tune in today at 11:30am ET as we bring you the nominations for the 89th Annual Drama League Awards. Watch live right here at BroadwayWorld!

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

This week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Zack will celebrate the return of live music with a set of never-before-heard songs from his musicals in development, intimately performed with a full band and special guests. Ellie Heyman directs. Valerie Novakoff produces.

Ken Davenport, Founder announced today on his blog, TheProducersPerspective.com, that the Rave Theater Festival - the new theater festival that launched last year, playing to packed houses and rave reviews - will present a virtual 'Social Distancing Festival.'

Rave Theater Festival a?" the new theater festival that launched last year a?" has announced that it will partner with Stage Rights to create The Stage Rights + Rave Publishing Award. This award will be given to a new show being presented in the 2020 Rave Theater Festival. The award-winning show will join the Stage Rights licensing catalogue and will be offered to professional, stock and amateur theater companies and producers across the country and beyond.

Rave Theater Festival - the new theater festival that launched last year, playing to packed houses and rave reviews - has announced that it will extend its 2020 submission deadline by a week to Sunday, March 8. The festival, which returns this summer with an expanded production schedule, will take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020 at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street in Manhattan).

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the February Panel, Festivals: Working Hard to Give Your Show a Chance, on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at The Actors Temple Theatre, 339 W. 47th Street, NYC. Doors open at 7pm for networking and the panel starts at 7:30pm.

Davenport Theatrical Enterprises has announced Rave Theater Festival a?" the new theater festival that launched last summer, playing to packed houses and rave reviews a?" will return with an expanded production schedule. The festival will take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020 at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street in Manhattan).

Ken Davenport has announced Rave Theater Festival, a brand-new theater festival that will be held this summer from August 9-25, 2019 at Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center (107 Suffolk Street) on the Lower East Side.

Due to the high volume of interest and activity, the brand-new Rave Theater Festival has extended submissions one week through Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at midnight.  Interested parties can apply at RaveTheaterFestival.com/submit.

Ken Davenport has announced Rave Theater Festival, a brand-new theater festival that will be held this summer from August 9-25, 2019 at Clemente Solo Velez Cultural Center (107 Suffolk Street) on the Lower East Side.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces Miracolo by Jarlath Barsanti-Jacobs and Emilio Solla as part of the 2019 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series on Monday evening January 14, 2019 at 7pm at the Actors Temple, 339 West 47th Street, New York, NY. The reading is produced by Harold Heno in association with R.K. Greene, and will be directed by Fred Mann III. It is free but reservations are required: please email name and number of tickets requested to TRUVoicesSeries@gmail.com, or use the bright red ticketing box at https://truonline.org/events/miracolo/.

BroadwayWorld has learned that Michelle Williams has been advised by her doctors to take a leave of absence from performing. Lea Salonga, who originated the role in this production will play Erzulie from December 27 through its final performance on January 6.

It was announced today that the Tony Award winning Best Revival will close on Sunday, January 6, 2019. When it closes this production will have played 29 previews and 458 performances.