Actors' Equity extends flexible dues policy
Actors' Equity is extending its policy of flexible dues paying periods. Following a policy set last spring, the union will continue to extend the deadline by which union members are requ…
Actors' Equity is extending its policy of flexible dues paying periods. Following a policy set last spring, the union will continue to extend the deadline by which union members are requ…
When it became clear the pandemic would not be over quickly, producer Sally Cade Holmes ramped up her search for additional income streams. Holmes, who had decided in early 2020 to leave…
Pamela Newkirk, a journalist and author of the book "Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of Billion-Dollar Business," has joined the board of directors of the Shubert Organization. Newkir…
'Moulin Rouge!' is planning to start its North American tour in Chicago in 2022. The tour, which was originally scheduled to begin Nov. 21, 2020 in New Orleans, will now conduct technica…
In a congressional hearing Tuesday, venue owners, senators and members of the entertainment community testified about the need for relief for the live entertainment industry. Speaking be…
West End theaters are set to shut down again Wednesday as London enters a new phase of lockdown. The news comes as productions in London, including the musicals "Six" and "Everybody's Ta…
Concord Theatricals has secured the exclusive worldwide licensing rights to "Slave Play."Â The play will initially be released to professional theaters through Concord Theatricals' Samuel…
The "Ratatouille" musical is moving from TikTok to the theater community at large. On Jan. 1, 2021, theatrical production company Seaview will present "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical" i…
Over the past few weeks, "Jagged Little Pill" has been picking up momentum. The musical was featured in the Thanksgiving Day parade, recorded performances for the NBC Broadway special an…
"Slave Play" and playwright Jeremy O. Harris will donate a collection of plays by Black playwrights to 53 libraries and community centers across the country. The collection, named the Go…
Kenny Leon has been named a senior resident director at Roundabout Theatre Company. Leon, who directed "A Soldier's Play" at Roundabout last season, will help select Roundabout's plays and m…
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…