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Ticket Sales for 'Kids Night on Broadway' Extended Through December 15 for Select Shows
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2005 Tickets for this year's 'Kids' Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition' -- that once-a year-opportunity for young people, age 6-18, to attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult - are on sale for select shows from now through December 15....
Visa USA Announces Renewed Partnership with Broadway
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2006 Visa USA today announced a renewal of its relationships with Tony Award Productions, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. and The American Theatre Wing. A proud sponsor of live theatre since 1999, Visa will remain the only card that allows consumers to experience the excitement of the...
League Urges FCC to Reject Wireless Device Frequency Plan
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2007 The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, has joined with major sports leagues, television broadcasters, and houses of worship in a campaign to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject plans to allow portable 'white space ...
2006 Lortel Award Winners; Trip to Bountiful Leads Pack
by BWW News Desk - May 02, 2006 THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES AND PRODUCERS has announced that THE 21st ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A celebration followed at Ruth's Chris Ste...
Nederlander Org. Will Not Impose New Contract on Local One
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2007 NewYorkBusiness.com reports that 'The Nederlander Organization, Broadway's second largest theater chain, told the stagehands it would not impose a new contract on the union next week, breaking unity with the League of American Theatres and Producers.'...
LuPone, Ahrens, Merkerson and More Featured on CUNY's 'Women in Theatre'
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2006 Patti LuPone, Lynn Ahrens, Edward Albee, S. Epatha Merkerson and more will be featured on CUNY's 'Women in Theatre' series...
League Announces Increase in Kids' Attendance on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2005 A six percent increase was marked in the attendance of children and teenagers at Broadway show this summer...
LATP Launches Brooklyn 'Family First Nights,' Feb. 28
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2006 On February 28th, the League of American Theatres and Producers launched the Brooklyn phase of 'Family First Nights,' a national program designed for at-risk families to attend theatre together on a regular basis...
2006 Tony Honors Go to BMI, Forbidden Bway, Liff + Stewart
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2006 The Tony Awards Administration Committee today announced the recipients of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre. ...
Broadway Dims Lights on Tuesday, Sep 26 at 8pm for Quinn
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2006 The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. and its members mourn the loss of Patrick Quinn, Executive Director of Actors' Equity Association, who passed away on Sunday, September 24. The marquee of every Broadway theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, September 26 at exactly 8 p.m. for one minu...
Photo Flash: St. George Arts Society Initiative
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2007 On Monday, March 26th, the National Arts Club hosted The St. George's Society Arts Initiative, MC'd by Tony Award-winner Jim Dale and featuring a Panel Discussion moderated by Producer Margot Astrachan, entitled 'Demystifying the Theatre Awards, The Tonys, The Drama Desk Awards, and the Lucille Lort...
Theate League Hires Dream Team for Bway Branding Campaign
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2007 The League of American Theatres and Producers has announced the selection of three creative agencies to work together with the League to develop a new national branding campaign for the Broadway industry...
Thanksgiving Week Ranks as Broadway's Best Grossing Thanksgiving Ever
by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2005 Week 26 of the current Broadway season, which ended on November 27, was the highest grossing Thanksgiving week and the third highest grossing week ever in recorded history, according to The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. Broadway paid attendance for the week was the fourth highest ...
Theatre League Supports Bill to Regulate Pedicabs in NYC
by BWW News Desk - April 20, 2007 As a means of making the pedicab industry safer for New York theatregoers, The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, has mobilized in support of the licensing, safety, insurance and reporting features outlined in Intro. 331-A. ...
Tommy Tune Honored with Lifetime Service Award, May 8
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2006 Celebrated choreographer, director and performer Tommy Tune has been honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the League of American Theatres and Producer at the League Awards on May 8th...
Local One Votes on Authorization of Stagehand Strike
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2007 Nearly 1,000 members of Local One held a unanimous vote to authorize the union leaders the power to call a strike. This does not necessarily mean a strike will be called in the near or distant future, but does grant members of the union the ability to do so....
New Study Reveals Economic Health of Touring Broadway
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2006 According to the new study 'The Economic Impact of Touring Broadway,' touring productions are in good shape and bringing in much money to Broadway...
Nixon, Pryce, Kaye, Etc. Set for Stars in the Alley, 6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2006 A host of luminaries, including Cynthia Nixon, Lucie Arnaz, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Platt, Ian McDiarmid, Kate Burton, Judy Kaye, Sutton Foster, and Darlene Love, will appear at Broadway's Stars in the Alley on June 7 at 11 a.m...
Broadway Having Its Best Season-To Date With Record-Setting Grosses and Paid Attendance
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2005 Broadway is having its best season-to-date, according to The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., with ticket sales and paid attendance the highest ever for the first 13 weeks of any season....
League Announces Increase in Kids' Attendance on Broadway
by BWW News Desk - September 27, 2005 A six percent increase was marked in the attendance of children and teenagers at Broadway show this summer...
Steve Pemberton Joins UK Chaperone as Man in Chair 7/10
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2007 The League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton will join the cast of the London production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone to play Man in Chair. Pemberton will take over from Bob Martin on Tuesday 10 July. ...
Photo Flash: Lance Bass Rings NASDAQ Bell
by BWW - September 13, 2007 Hairspray's Lance Bass (Corny Collins) rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange on Tuesday, September 11 to celebrate Broadway on Broadway 2007....
Blank, Mann, Etc. Set for 'Women at the Barricades' Panel
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2006 The League of Professional Theatre Women, in association with the theater department of Marymount Manhattan College, will present Women at the Barricades: Playwrights Political Vision, a panel bringing together seven award-winning dramatists to talk about their political plays and the political iss...
Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Hosted by Tommy Tune
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2007 The American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers will present the 2007 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre on Tuesday October 30 at 11:30AM at the world-famous Tavern on the Green....
Cynthia Nixon to Host Tony Honors Ceremony, 10/24
by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2006 Cynthia Nixon will host The American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers' presentation of the 2006 Tony Honors for Excellence... |