Emmanuel 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,…
Travis 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 b…
Actors' 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 stage manage…
"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 "…
Advertising 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…
The 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…
"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 orig…
"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 Webber …
TodayTix 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 int…
The 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 profess…
The 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…
Second 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…
Broadway 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 …
The 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…
Producer 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 …
Actors' 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 interact …
The 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…
Actors' Equity issued a statement Monday mourning the death of actor Nick Cordero. Cordero passed away July 5 after contracting COVID-19 and spending 95 days in the intensive care unit at Ce…
"Take Me Out," starring Jesse Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more, has rescheduled its Broadway run to spring 2021. The revival of Richard Greenberg's play, produced by Second Stage, was…
The Actors Fund is launching a health insurance counseling and education campaign for performing artists and entertainment workers. The campaign, Every Artist Ensured, will provide worke…
The Broadway League announced Monday that all shows will be closed through 2020. Ticket refunds will be processed through Jan. 3. As previously reported, the Jan. 3 date is not intended as a…
Broadway's costume shops have banded together in a fight for their survival. A group of more than 40 small business owners, whose costuming businesses create pieces for theater, televisi…
Roundabout Theatre Company has moved its theatrical season, including "Caroline, or Change," to spring 2021. "Birthday Candles" starring Debra Messing, has been moved to fall 2021. In ad…
"American Buffalo" and "The Minutes" have rescheduled their Broadway dates to spring 2021. The two plays, lead produced by Jeffrey Richards, were originally intended to open on Broadway in s…
"The Music Man," starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, has pushed its opening to spring 2021. The musical, produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen, was originally set to be…