Industry Theatre Newsroom Page 14

Theater for a New City has been awarded $24,999 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center. Learn more bout the grant and about Theater for a New City.

New 42 has promoted executive team member Leroy Li to the position of Vice President, Real Estate & Facilities. Learn more about Li and about New 42!

The Classical Theatre of Harlem will welcome Tony nominee Kara Young, Dr. Karen Jackson Weaver, and Renée Beaumont to its board of directors. Learn more about the new members here!

As theatre marketers continue to try and find new ways to market their shows - and in a very crowded Broadway season new ways to break through the noise - there is a strong trend to chase the next shiny thing. One of those elements of marketing that is newer to the marketplace is the use of influencers.

Building for the Arts has announced that it will offer subsidized, affordable rehearsal space to artists and companies at its Theatre Row Rehearsal Studios, located in NYC's Theater District.

TRW Plays, a division of Theatrical Rights Worldwide, has acquired the global licensing rights for two new plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR by Doug Wright and DOWNSTATE by Bruce Norris. Learn more about both plays here!

Playwright Cris Eli Blak has won the prestigious 2024 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award for his play BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF, a compelling exploration of trauma, survival, and intersectionality.

Vineyard Theatre is one of fourteen New York City theaters that have been awarded a grant to participate in the Tow Foundation Playwright Residency Program. Learn more about the program!

Explore the 2024 Fresh Ink Reading Series and Playwriting Cohort announced by Primary Stages. Discover new talents and upcoming plays in the world of Broadway.

Tanya Marie Grubich, 60, of Bucks County, PA passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 16, 2024 after a courageous battle with Early Onset Dementia. 

 The York Theatre Company will present developmental readings of Bordello, The Musical, with book by Barbara Bellman and Joan Ross Sorkin, music by Emiliano Messiez, lyrics by Barbara Bellman, music direction by Steven Gross and directed by Will Pomerantz.

Inside Broadway has just announced Katie McAllister as the Executive Director of the nonprofit that has introduced the magic of Broadway to New York City public school students for free for over four decades.

The Dramatists Guild Foundation will present selections of work by the 2022-2023 Class of Musical Theater Writing Fellows on Monday, March 25, at Playwrights Horizons. Learn more about the Fellows here!

Broadway alumni, Bart Shatto, Daniel Z. Miller, Brian Baldwin and Emily Marshall will join original cast member, John Stillwaggon for the New York industry debut of Finding Helena.

HERE has unveiled a new leadership structure where the boundary pushing organization will be led by three Co-Directors.

Open Jar Studios is launching The Stage Door Foundation, which emerges as the new not-for-profit organization to provide support to artists as they develop theatrical projects. Learn more about the Foundation!

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation has appointed three new members of the board. Learn more about these board members and about the Foundation!

The restructuring of the industry continues - in North Carolina, Raleigh has lost one of its major institutions (for the time being) as North Carolina Theater suspends their 2024 season and files for bankruptcy. The labor movement continues to notch wins in New York, as the Atlantic Theater workers have voted to join IATSE.

Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training has announced its Spring 2024 schedule of workshops and weekend intensives, including both in-person and online offerings. Learn more about the workshop lineup here!

The Stage Managers’ Association Foundation has announced the opening of their third grants application cycle. Learn more here!

Robert Carroll has been named General Manager of Manhattan Theatre Club. Carroll will assume the role beginning April 1. Learn more about Carroll and about Manhattan Theatre Club.

Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English-speaking stage licensing rights to Sharr White’s recent Broadway play, Pictures from Home, for its Samuel French imprint.

The Museum of Broadway's has announced three new Black History Month events, including a panel on the history of minstrelsy with Ben West, offering insights into Broadway's past and its impact on American musical development.

Syracuse University Drama's Tepper Semester has opened up a series of free workshops to undergraduate students from any college or university.

Continuing to expand its ASM Global Acts worldwide sustainability and equity program, the world's largest entertainment and venue operating company has doubled the amount of college scholarships it will award in 2024.