The Broadway cast of “Diana” has begun work on the filmed version of the musical and its cast recording. Cast members began rehearsals on Sept. 1 and recently started recording the cas…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:59PMThe Pulitzer Prize Board will consider postponed or cancelled productions as well as shows streamed online for the 2021 drama prize. The changed rules, announced Thursday, include dramatic…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:13PMBen Brantley, co-chief theater critic at the New York Times, is stepping down from the post after 24 years, the Times confirmed Thursday. Jesse Green, the other co-chief critic, will remain …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:12AMJoe Allen is planning to reopen on Oct. 15 following the announcement that New York City will allow indoor dining later this month. Restaurants are allowed to reopen at 25% capacity for in…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:41PMGov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that indoor dining will be able to resume in New York City beginning Sept. 30. Restaurants will be allowed to operate at 25% capacity and diners will be…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:12PMLincoln Center Theater announced Thursday the launch of a play commission program for its Broadway theater. The Beaumont New Play Commission Program will begin with works by Branden Jacobs-J…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:27AMAKA NYC will donate 500 hours of work to help emerging, independent Black theater producers, the advertising agency announced Tuesday. In donating the hours, which include creative, strate…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:25PMLileana Blain-Cruz has been named resident director at Lincoln Center Theater. Cruz has been a longtime collaborator with Lincoln Center Theater on plays including Jackie Sibblies Drury’s …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:10PMKhady Kamara, currently the managing director of Arena Stage, has been appointed executive director of Second Stage. Kamara comes to Second Stage after working at Arena Stage for 19 years. I…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:54PMThe Tony Administration Committee met for the final time Thursday to discuss eligible productions for the virtual Tony Awards this fall. There will be 18 productions from the 2019-2020 sea…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:51AMJujamcyn Theaters is suing its insurers over a lack of coverage during the pandemic. The theater owner, which operates five Broadway theaters, was denied coverage under its property insura…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:18PMThe eligibility cutoff date for the upcoming Tony Awards is Feb. 19, 2020, Tony Award Productions confirmed Friday. The eligibility date would mean that “West Side Story” and “Girl fro…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:30PMThe 74th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast digitally this fall. Final eligibility determinations will be made by the Tony Awards Administration Committee in the coming days, Tony Award Pr…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:07AMAdvertising agency AKA is launching an office on the West Coast. The Los Angeles office will be headed up by Joaquin Esteva, formerly the client services group director for AKA NYC, and will…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:53PMEmmanuel Wilson, former director of membership at the Dramatists Guild, has been appointed to the new position of managing director for the guild. In the role, Wilson will oversee the staff,…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:09PMTravis LeMont Ballenger, formerly the associate artistic director at San Diego’s Globe Theater, has joined Lia Vollack Productions as a producer. As part of the production company, started…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:27AMActors’ Equity has approved the safety plan for the filming of “Diana” on Netflix, the union announced Wednesday. The safety plan includes “an isolation plan” for the actors and st…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:22AM“Diana” will shoot a filmed version of the musical for Netflix ahead of an expected 2021 Broadway opening. The musical will be filmed without an audience at the Longacre Theatre, where…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:00AMAdvertising agency SpotCo is suing producer Scott Rudin for what it says is more than $6 million in owed payments. At issue is unpaid work the agency says it has done on Rudin’s Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:57PMThe Broadway League has voted Broadway producer Brian Moreland and Kendra Whitlock Ingram, president of the Marcus Performing Arts Center, to its board of governors. They join the about 50-p…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:21AM“Sing Street” is delaying its Broadway opening to a date between winter 2021 and winter 2022, the producers announced Monday. The new musical, based on the 2016 film by John Carney, was …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:52AM“The Phantom of the Opera” is eyeing a return to both Broadway and the West End. Producer Cameron Mackintosh wrote in the Evening Standard last week that he and composer Andrew Lloyd Web…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:03AMTodayTix has acquired theater review aggregator Show-Score. As part of the deal, which closed mid-July, Show-Score will retain its own branding and website, while becoming integrated into …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:00AMThe Black Theatre Coalition, a new organization co-founded by T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, seeks to increase employment opportunities for Black theater pro…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:47PMThe Stage Directors and Choreographers Society said Tuesday that its is endorsing Joe Biden for president. This is the first time the union has backed a presidential candidate in its 60-year…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:51PMSecond Stage will present the New York premiere of a play by Lynn Nottage in its 2021 season. Nottage’s play, which is currently untitled, will be directed by Kate Whoriskey and is sched…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:00PMBroadway and Off-Broadway theaters will not be allowed to open as New York City enters Phase 4 of reopening on July 20. While theaters were originally included in this phase — the final …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:42AMThe Broadway industry is relying on the passage of additional federal relief packages to sustain its workforce. With a July 31 deadline for extending the additional $600 in unemployment bene…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:00AMProducer Ken Davenport has been hired as advisor of theatrical development and production for Primary Wave Music Publishing. In the developmental deal, Davenport will have access to the mu…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:00AMActors’ Equity has released guidelines for COVID-19 testing as theaters plan reopening strategies. Under the guidelines, actors, stage managers and any other staff members who will interac…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:59PMThe Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers has elected Penny Daulton as president of the union for theatrical press agents, company managers and house managers. Daulton, a compa…
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