Broadway Across America and ticket buyers have donated $1 million to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The amount came from ticket buyers who donated the value of their unused Broadway …
New York expects to receive 170,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine by Dec. 15, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. In a press conference, Cuomo said New York would follow recently…
Local 802 is sounding the alarm for relief for musicians in New York City. Launched Tuesday under the banner #SaveNYCMusicians, the campaign asks for donations to the union's emergency r…
"Jagged Little Pill" and "American Utopia" were among the Broadway shows nominated for the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The full list of nominees, announced by the Recor…
The casts of "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Come From Away" will perform as part of the CBS Thanksgiving Day telecast. The CBS broadcast, which airs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nov. 26, will not hav…
In early July, while most theaters in the U.S. remained shuttered, director Sammi Cannold traveled to South Korea and found musicals operating at full capacity. She spent two-and-a-half …
Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA have reached an agreement over coverage of streamed and recorded theater. The new agreement, announced late Thursday, states that during the pandemic Actors' Equ…
Sony Music Masterworks has acquired a 50% ownership position in Seaview Productions, the theater production company led by producer Greg Nobile. Masterworks, a division of Sony Music Ent…
The theater industry has hired more actors and stage managers of color in the past four years, but still falls short of reflecting the diversity of the country, according to a new study from…
Tina Fey will host a two-hour Broadway television special on NBC this December. The special entitled "One Night Only: The Best of Broadway" will air Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. and feature perform…
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has re-elected Michael John Garcés as executive board first vice president and Melia Bensussen as secretary. The results of the 2020 executive…
Keenan Scott II's play "Thoughts of Colored Man" is set to premiere on Broadway when live theater resumes. The play will be directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, who most recently directed …
"Caroline, or Change" will return to Broadway in fall 2021, Roundabout Theatre Company announced Tuesday. Next fall, Roundabout will also present Alice Childress's "Trouble in Mind" at t…
The date for the Tony Awards ceremony still remains unknown, as organizers plan for a digital ceremony during the industrywide shutdown. Though the Tony Awards had originally announced t…
Manhattan Theatre Club is planning to bring back live theater productions in fall 2021. The theater company aims to kick off their season this fall with the Broadway premiere of the one-…
The Broadway production of "The Minutes" is vacating the Cort Theatre Monday to allow the Shubert Organization to make renovations on the theater. "The Minutes," written by Tracy Letts a…
A 54-year-old stagehand died Thursday after falling from a platform above the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre. Police responded to a call at 8:48 a.m. Thursday and found a man lying o…
The Drama League has formed a directors council, a first for the organization, with the goal of providing mentorship to members and guidance for the reopening of the industry. Formed in …
Four Broadway shows will perform virtually in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "Hamilton," "Mean Girls," "Jagged Little Pill" and "Ain't Too Proud" will be performing as part …
When Broadway returns, shows may not necessarily report weekly grosses. In an interview with the podcast "Putting It Together," Broadway League President Charlotte St. Martin said the Br…
With the majority of votes tallied in the presidential election, Broadway industry leaders are hopeful that Congress will now pass a second relief bill with provisions to help the theater co…
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society celebrated the victory of President-elect Joe Biden Saturday. The union had endorsed Biden for president " the first presidential endorseme…
Actors' Equity applauded the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Saturday, as Biden was named the winner of the 2020 presidential race. Equity had endorsed the Biden/Harris ticket and Equ…
Situation has hired Rachel O'Connor as an executive event producer, the digital advertising agency announced Thursday. O'Connor has been consulting for Situation for more than ten years,…
London productions will be able to rehearse and perform without audiences during the country-wide lockdown. Oliver Dowden, UK secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, tw…