Industry Editor Exclusive: The Return of TheaterWorksUSA Summer Theatre
Last year many families were disappointed by the lack of TheaterWorksUSA free summer theater, which had become someone of a New York City institution. This...
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BWW Exclusive: David Petro's Broadway Break Thru Failed to Pay Instructors, Suspends College Program for 2019
The theater community spans across the world, but it is famously small. So when you don't pay people who works for you, it tends to get out, especially if...
BWW Exclusive: The Race for Best Revival of a Musical
For a while, it seemed like we might only have one musical revival, the Roundabout Theatre Company production of KISS ME, KATE. Then a transfer of critical...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Women Playwrights Make Inroads, But Broadway Still Eludes
We have a lot of new plays on Broadway this season. Thirteen are currently set. There are also seven play revivals. Two of the new plays were written by...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Givenik- Broadway's Way to Give Back
Ten years ago, Jujamcyn Theaters founded Givenik, a service that enabled ticket buyers to give a little back to charity when buying tickets to a show.
Industry Editor Exclusive: BAT OUT OF HELL and the Tour That Never Was
It was around 3pm on November 1, 2018. The members of the company of BAT OUT OF HELL, which was in the midst of an engagement at Toronto's Mirvish Theatre...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Tony Awards Voting and the Flaw in the System
The Tony Awards policy has always been that in order to vote in a certain category, you needed to have seen all the shows nominated in that category. If, for...
Industry Editor Exclusive: A Paperless Broadway- Technology in the Rehearsal Room
Theater folks are not necessarily the first to embrace change or technology. So it's not surprising when you walk into a rehearsal room and see creatives...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Revival(s) on the Horizon
We are still fairly early in the Broadway season, but it is never too early to start thinking of the Tony race. And what do people seem to be focused on?...
Industry Editor Exclusive: The Fate of Broadway's Critics
In the last few decades, theater has become much bigger business than it used to be. However, in that same period of time, the coverage of it in mainstream...
Industry Editor Exclusive: TheaterWorksUSA's Summer Vacation
If you have kids, or just a love of children's theater, you may have noticed that TheaterWorksUSA-and, yes, after a rebranding, that is how to write it-is not...
Industry Editor Exclusive: New York Stage and Film- Broadway's Upstate Playground
What do HAMILTON, THE HUMANS, DOUBT, SIDE MAN, THE WOLVES and AMERICAN IDIOT all have in common? They all started with New York Stage and Film (NYSAF). Since...
Industry Editor Exclusive: The Trouble with Late Seating
We've all had it happen--we're sitting in the theater, we're enjoying a scene and half a row in front of us gets up because of the arrival of a latecomer. You...
Industry Editor Exclusive: The Year Away for FringeNYC
When FringeNYC announced in fall 2016 that it would take a year off, some wondered if it would come back. After all, since the festival began in 1997, many...
Industry Exclusive: Solving This Year's Biggest Tony Nomination Mysteries
As we enter into this, the most industry of all industry times, there are some Tony related questions that many believe need answering.
Industry Editor Exclusive: THE STONE WITCH- Donations to a Non-Profit with a Commercial Upside
Very rarely do you hear of new ways to invest in, or contribute to, the theater. Something surprised me recently however--on the website for the off-Broadway...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Actors' Equity vs. ROCKTOPIA
When you think Broadway, a lot of things come to mind. For me one of them is unions because I've had to cover many a threatened strike in my day. Except...
Industry Editor Exclusive: To Dim or Not to Dim? How Broadway Chooses When to Dim Its Marquees
A couple of weeks ago when five-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell died, I assumed the marquees of Broadway theaters would be dimmed. I emailed the Broadway...
Industry Editor Exclusive: How THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Went Right
In fall 2016, when it was announced that THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG was coming to Broadway in the spring, I don't think many in the community thought it was the...
Industry Editor Exclusive: How Broadway's Dealing with #MeToo and #TimesUp
It is hard to be the first person to report someone's harassment. Even in this day and age, with the TimesUp and MeToo movements, most individuals are afraid...
Industry Editor Exclusive: 1984 and Beyond - How the Tony Awards Committee Makes Their Determinations
A couple of weeks ago, the Tony Awards Administration Committee made news when it declared 1984 ineligible to receive a Tony Award. The decision covered not...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Paper Mill Playhouse - Broadway's Closest Out-of-Town Tryout Home
About ten-and-a-half years ago, Paper Mill Playhouse was in such financial trouble it was on the verge of closing. This season the 2016 Regional Theatre...
Industry Editor Exclusive: What Ever Happened to Broadway 4D?
It's been five-and-a-half years since Broadway 4D was announced and many barely remember it. Those that do however frequently ask me about it. Will that ever...
Industry Editor Exclusive: Inside THE RIDE's Theatrical Quest to Take Over the Streets of NYC & Beyond
In summer 2010, something described in a Variety article as a 'melding of a Broadway show and a Gray Line bus tour' was announced and I was very confused. And...
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