Actors' Equity News

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The New American Shakespeare Tavern presents Shakespeare's As You Like It, directed by Troy Willis from June 2-July 1, 2012. (more...)

David M. Wax, President of the Board of Directors of The Sandra Fenstein-Gamm Theatre, has announced a sabbatical for Executive Director Yvonne Seggerman from July 1 through December 31, 2012, during which he will serve as the organization's acting executive director. (more...)

Actors’ Equity Association (Equity), the Union which represents more than 49,000 working stage actors and stage managers nationwide, today announced the election results for the 8 officers and 17 National Council seats. Nick Wyman, Paige Price, Rebecca Kim Jordan, Ira Mont and Sandra Karas ran uncontested for the offices of President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Third Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively. (more...)

The Colony Theatre Company has announced its 2012 – 2013 season of shows. In this, its 38th season, the multi-Ovation Award-winning theatre company, for the first time in its history, will be bringing its subscribers and audiences six World, West Coast or Los Angeles premiere shows. The season includes a world premiere musical that looks at the life of lyricist Lorenz Hart - to a smack-down of biblical proportions in Savannah, Georgia; From a Hitchcock-ian style thriller to a behind-the-scenes look at a non-profit theatre; throw in a legendary Stradivarius violin and some Fiestaware and you have one of the company's most exciting seasons ever. (more...)

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to share a weekly series developed by the Theatre Communications Group! This week Kate Burton shares pivotal moments in her theatre career and why the arts matter to her! (more...)

Working Artists Theatre Project, in association with chashama, heats up the streets of Broadway this June with OPEN CALL! This free and interactive event invites audiences to attend a uniquely staged Broadway audition at Anita's Way. In OPEN CALL!, audiences experience an authentic New York City audition through dynamic interaction with performers from decades past preparing to audition for popular Broadway shows from the last century. (more...)

As BroadwayWord reported yesterday, Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) put on its largest demonstration in the theater district since the Great Broadway Strike of 2007 when hundreds of union stage technicians and union supporters took to the line on West 45th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue on Tuesday, May 22, to protest the use of non-union lighting and audio technicians on the non-union tent show, Spiegelworld's "Empire New York." Actors' Equity Association has responded to the controversy with the following statement: (more...)

Mind The Gap Theatre will present Jessica Fleitman’s comedy Deuteranomaly: A One-Act in Two Parts as part of the 4th Annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The production will be directed by Mind The Gap’s Artistic Director, Paula D’Alessandris (Under The Blue Sky at The Kraine; The Cleric at 59E59). The Festivity will take place May 30th through June 24th at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker in New York City. (more...)

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5/21/12. (more...)

Barksdale Theatre and Theatre IV announce that the two nonprofit theaters will formally merge effective July 1, 2012 under a new name - Virginia Repertory Theatre (Virginia Rep). With a budget exceeding $5 million, four distinct venues, and an annual audience over 550,000, Virginia Rep will become the largest professional theater and one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia along with the Richmond Ballet, Richmond Symphony, and the Virginia Opera. Barksdale and Theatre IV celebrated the announcement and the unveiling of the new Virginia Rep sign today, May 20, at the November Theatre (formerly the Empire Theatre) at 114 West Broad Street at 4:00 p.m. after the closing of Seussical, thelast mainstage children’s production under the Theatre IV name. Virginia Rep will transition into the new organization between now and July 1. (more...)

The Rep's summer season opens by baring baring the souls (and the bodies) of our actors in The Full Monty. (more...)

Water Works Theatre Company announces that tickets are on sale now for its 12th annual Shakespeare in the Park program in Royal Oak's Starr Jaycee Park. (more...)

George Kareman: Incredibly Extreme and Extremely Incredible, a new sketch comedy show, will debut at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre at 8:00pm on Thursday, May 17th. Tickets are $5, which includes admission to both Incredibly Extreme and Extremely Incredible and Naked People, and can be reserved here. (more...)

A Bollywood-inspired TWELFTH NIGHT will be presented by Free Shakespeare in the Park. Featuring new music by Austin singer/songwriter Naga Valli, Austin Shakespeare welcomes young and old to a Bollywood-inspired production of one of Shakespeare’s most popular romantic comedies: Twelfth Night; or What You Will! (more...)

The West Side YMCA’s Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater presents its 2nd annual benefit cabaret, Little Theater, Big Dreams on May 21st. The Off-Broadway gem, located inside the historic West Side Y, will play host to powerful performances from Broadway’s brightest alongside the Kids Company, a group of young triple-threats-in-training. (more...)

The Chicago Commercial Collective today announced the return of the Chicago and Broadway hit drama, A Steady Rain, with its original cast and crew to the Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. (more...)

The York Shakespeare Company is pleased to present Sam Shepard’s TRUE WEST, directed by Seth Duerr. True West will play a three-week limited engagement at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor). Performances begin Friday, June 8 and continue through Saturday, June 23. Opening Night is Saturday, June 9 (8 p.m.). $18 tickets are available at www.smarttix.com. (more...)

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity presents Baby Plays The Banjo, a new play written by Kimberly Pau. Eric Mercado directs a cast of four including Richard Brundage*, John Buxton*, Valerie Graham and Elizabeth Spano. (more...)

SD Productions is pleased to announce final casting set for “A DANCE for RYLIE,” presented as a part of the 4th annual Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The Equity Showcase stars Philip Deyesso*, Valerie Lemon*, Adam Ryan Tackett* & Kimberly Michelle Thomas. The ensemble features: Brandon Contreras*, Joey Nisivoccia, Taylor Noble & Whitney Winfield. The musical will be directed and choreographed by Bob Cline with Lighting Design by Graham Kindred and Sound Design by Joe DeVico. *Actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. (more...)

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) just announced the cast of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, running June 5 – 17 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. It’s all big songs and big hair in this sassy, spirited musical about a real-life brothel in Texas. Based on the “Chicken Ranch”, the infamous, long-running house of ill repute, this tongue-in-cheek story chronicles Miss Mona Stangley, a classy yet brassy madam with a heart of gold, as her “business” becomes the center of a media controversy. Thrusting the Chicken Ranch into the spotlight is Melvin P. Thorpe, a loud-mouthed reporter based on Houston’s own late Marvin Zindler. Spicing up the story line is a hot-headed, trigger-happy town sheriff, the Texas A&M football team, and Miss Mona’s risqué girls. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas will be a feisty, fun-filled treat that includes favorites such as “A Lil' Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place” and “Hard Candy Christmas”. (more...)