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The development of the musical version of CHERI, with book/lyrics by Teri Hansen and music by Chabrier, Chopin, Debussy, de Falla, Duparc, Ravel, and Satie, directed by Dontee Kiehn (Associate Director: An American In Paris), musical direction by Andy Einhorn (Carousel), and choreography by Parker Esse (Helen Hayes Award 2018,2019), continues with a weeklong private industry reading in Manhattan August 5-12.

Clio Entertainment, the original and definitive international awards program celebrating creativity in marketing the entertainment business, today announced the renowned leaders that will comprise its first-ever Live Entertainment jury.

The top growing current Broadway musicals were Hadestown (6.39%), Aladdin (6.22%), Beetlejuice (4.63%), Oklahoma! (3.92%) and Tootsie The Musical (3.53%). The top growing current Broadway plays were Frankie and Johnny (8.42%), What The Constitution Means to Me (3.78%), Hillary and Clinton (3.38%), Burn This(1.65%) and King Lear (1.53%).

Ali Ewoldt (The Phantom of The Opera, Les Miserables), Donna Vivino (Wicked, Les Miserables), Analise Scarpaci (A Christmas Story, Matilda), Gayle Turner (The Wiz), Lana Schwartz (Endangered Off Broadway), and Nate Kassas will sing in a private staged reading of composer Virginia Hart Pike's latest work - Recovering My Song: Songs About Women. The piece will be directed by Laura Pietropinto.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced the all-new musical Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School for the Theatre for Young Audiences Collection (TYA) is now available for licensing. TYA musicals are family-friendly shows with abbreviated running times written for a small cast of adults to perform for children.

The Shubert Foundation has awarded a record total of $32 million to 556 not-for-profit performing arts organizations across the United States. This marks the 37th consecutive year that the Foundation has increased its giving.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces three winning plays for the The 2019 TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series: Passing Parades by Fengar Gael, The New Galileos by Amy Berryman, and Three Months with Pook by Jack Feldstein on Mondays, June 17- July 22, 2019 at 7pm at The Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, NYC

TodayTix will celebrate the Summer 2019 season by offering tickets to the best performances in the top weekend getaway locations for New Yorkers.

GFOUR PRODUCTIONS, one of the fastest growing production and management companies in the theatrical community, is pleased to welcome new faces to its leadership team and celebrate the critically acclaimed debut of MIDDLETOWN, its newest production.

Tony Award-winning producer Michael Rubenstein (Pippin), along with producers Robin Milling (Less Than 50%) of Trilliant Entertainment Group, and Stephanie Rosenberg (Moulin Rouge) of The Empress Productions LLC will present an industry reading of Carol of Carroll Gardens by playwright Bob Stewart on June 17, 2019.

Max Crumm (You're The One That I Want) and Natasha Yvette Williams (Waitress) will star in a private industry reading of Douglas Lyons's new family comedy Chicken & Biscuits. Directed by Zhailon Levingston (Neptune), the full cast includes Danny Johnson (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Gotham), Pat Bowie (The Trip to Bountiful), Gayle Turner (The Wiz), Akira Golz (Matilda), Alana Raquel Bowers (What to Send Up, When it Goes Down), and Justin Sams (When We Rise).

AudienceView, a world leader in e-commerce software for events and entertainment organizations, has acquired Vendini, a leading all-in-one ticketing and box office management company. Together, the companies are currently processing $3 billion in annual ticketing and fundraising transactions and serve over 8,000 venues globally with approximately 100 million tickets sold each year.

Entertainment branding, marketing and advertising agency SpotCo has announced that it is partnering with analytics company Tanna Inc., to form a new offering that will concentrate exclusively on revenue-driving solutions for clients, including audience development, ticketing insights and inventory management.

Over 400 guests including current and past New York City high school students and their mentors who have participated in the TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project, the theatre arts mentoring program, (formerly called "Open Doors"), that TDF founded in 1998 with playwright Wendy Wasserstein, will attend this year's graduation ceremony at 5:30pm on Monday, June 3at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (524 West 59th Street, NYC). The graduation ceremony will open with a performance by Aisha Jackson who covers the role of Anna in Disney's Frozen.

A private industry-only concert of the award-winning musical MARY AND MAX by Crystal Skillman and Bobby Cronin to be presented MAY 23rd

TodayTix has announced a $73 million growth equity investment led by leading growth oriented private equity firm Great Hill Partners. The investment brings total capital raised since its last public financing round to $90 million.

The Casting Society of America has announced town hall for senior actors on June 10 in New York City as part of its "Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Casting Initiative." The town hall will tackle the issue of agesim in the casting industry.

A memorial service will be held Monday, May 20 at 2:00pm for Alan Wasser, the highly-respected, veteran Broadway general manager who died April 14 in New York, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.  Wasser was 70 years old. 

When the eighth annual TEDxBroadway returns Tuesday, September 24, 2019 to New World Stages to ask, "What's the BEST Broadway can be?" the next generation of leaders will be part of the conversation. Organizers are now accepting applications for the TEDxBroadway Young Professional Program.

Joe Pope and PopeFilms will be presenting a staged reading of THE NOOSE, a new play by Nicholas T. Proferes, on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11am and 3pm at Ripley Grier Studios

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the June Workshop, How to Write a Musical That Works, Part 3: Reckoning and Resolution on Sunday, June 2, 2019 from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54th Street, 11th floor.

An industry presentation of RE-WIRE will be held on Thursday, May 9th at 3pm & 7pm in New York City. RE-WIRE is a new play written by Thomas and Judy Heath, under the direction of Karen Carpenter (Love, Loss & What I wore), and starring Geneva Carr (Hand to God, Bull) & Stephen Wallem (Nurse Jackie).

An industry reading of WINGS will be held on Thursday, May 9th at 3 PM and Friday, May 10th at 11 AM in New York City. WINGS is a new musical with Book, Music, and Lyrics by Danny K Bernstein.

In partnership with The Research Center for Arts and Culture, The Actors Fund held a launch event for the Performing Arts Legacy Project (PAL) website yesterday at Actors' Equity in New York City.

Clio Entertainment, the original and definitive international awards program celebrating creativity in marketing the entertainment business, today announced the addition of Live Entertainment as an entry type in the 2019 awards program.