American Slavery Project is partnering with 11 theaters for a special presentation of Black Women and the Ballot, three short radio plays that will be available nation-wide and virtually …
The producer and creators of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen has donated $100,000 to organizations fighting racism in the theater industry, including $50,000 to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition t…
Mel Winkler, a character actor with numerous TV, film and stage credits as well as being a recognizable voice behind characters on the animated series The New Batman Adventures and Oswald, d…
The first annual Antonyo Awards honoring black Broadway and Off Broadway theater artists is set for streaming on June 19 (aka Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of slavery in America…
As protest and rallies against racial injustice and the killing of Black lives continue, there is a seismic shift happening in the country as the civic unrest is shining a blinding light on …
The pre-recorded 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards, postponed due to the Black Lives Matter protests in New York, has been rescheduled for streaming on Saturday, June 13, at 7:30pm ET. The speci…
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today announced $125,000 in immediate grants to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other anti-racism organizations. The grants include a $50,000 comm…
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a group founded by theater producers and actors to promote the use of the arts for social change, will host a three-day online forum June 10-12 to examine an…
The creative team and producers of Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play have donated $10,000 to the National Bailout Fund in support of Black Lives Matter, and have challenged others in the theater …
Bruce Jay Friedman, an author, playwright and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer for Tom Hanks's 1984 ilm Splash, died today in New York City. He was 90 and no cause of death was given by his…
A social media campaign encouraging shutdown New York City theaters to open their lobbies " and restrooms " to protesters is gaining traction among Manhattan's Off Broadway venues and spaces…
Editors' Note: Colman Domingo, playwright, director and actor, was researching his musical (with co-author Patricia McGregor) about the iconic Nat King Cole when he realized the great singer…
Saying that now is no time for "celebration or diversion," the presenters of the annual Obie Awards for excellent in Off and Off Off Broadway theater, have postponed this year's virtual even…
John McCormack, a longtime behind-the-scenes force in Off Broadway theater, died Monday, May 18, at his home in Queens, New York from complications related to COVID-19. He was 61. McCormack'…
A streaming Broadway-themed fundraising special scheduled to air on Sunday, June 7 " the night that originally had been set for the annual Tony Awards " has been postponed in the wake of nat…
The 65th Drama Desk Awards has postponed its plan to stream its awards tonight during a presentation of Spectrum News NY1's On Stage. The organization cited "breaking news events in New York…
Update, with Broadway League statement The companies of Hamilton, Hadestown and What the Constitution Means To Me are among the Broadway voices speaking out on the issues that have filled ci…
Jane Moss, the artistic director at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for nearly 30 years, will step down from the post effective August 1. Moss said the timing of her departure was inf…
EXCLUSIVE: A Star Trek: Voyager reunion broke the Stars In The House single-episode fundraising record, drawing donations totaling $19,225 for The Actors Fund's efforts to assist entertainme…
Ryan Murphy, the producer and director who finally got Larry Kramer's groundbreaking play The Normal Heart to screen, remembered his late friend and collaborator today as "the single greates…
Few artists can say they've surmounted social-distancing obstacles as magically as Portuguese illusionist Helder Guimarães. The impact of social distancing on the performing arts needn't …
Refresh for updates Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benj Pasek, Rob Reiner and other figures of Hollywood and Broadway paid tribute today to Larry Kramer, the Normal Heart playwright and AIDS activis…
Larry Kramer, the playwright whose righteous fury over a lackluster governmental " and societal " response to the early AIDS crisis fueled his groundbreaking 1985 play The Normal Heart and a…
The reopening of Broadway theaters should not come without as much consideration for actors' safety as for that of audiences, Actors' Equity Association made clear today in a presentation by…
Broadway star Nick Cordero's has had a positive uptick in his health as he continues to battle coronavirus at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. His wife, Amanda Kloots, issued a positive…