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Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has revealed the recipients of the 2022-2023 Professional Development Program Cycle 2 opportunities.

At the Annual Board meeting held yesterday, the Board of Trustees of the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), voted Annette Bening as the new Chair of the Board.

The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management.  The distinguished 2023 honorees are theatrical production stage managers John M. Atherlay and Gwen Gilliam, and opera production stage manager Brett Finley. 

We have all the highlights you need from Broadway's biggest night, the Tony Awards. Our team at BroadwayWorld worked tirelessly to bring you the full list of winners, mesmerizing performances, stunning red carpet looks, and much more. Relive the magic of this spectacular event and catch up on any moments you might have missed.

Anita Durst, the founder of ChaShaMa, held a two-day celebration to honor theater streaming service BroadwayHD, Bonnie Comley & Stewart F. Lane, and Gary Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.

Irene Gandy is a trailblazer. She has been at the forefront of Broadway and off-broadway, not only witnessing the changes but driving the changes to the industry!

City National will present the “Tony Awards First Impressions Cam,” to celebrate this year’s winners in their first moments off-stage.

While the writers continue to strike, and the actors have until this evening to vote on a strike authorization, at least one of the major Hollywood unions appears poised to avoid a strike - the Directors Guild, who shared many of the same concerns as the WGA membership, have secured an agreement with the producers pending a vote of its membership.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Rick Dildine has named Madeleine Lambert to the post of Associate Artistic Director.

TheaterWorksUSA will present an invite-only Industry presentation of the new musical BLOCKED, A New Musical with a book by Sinead Daly and music and lyrics by Ben Wexler on June 8 & 9, 2023.

Klaris Law, a boutique media, entertainment, technology, and intellectual property firm based in New York, announced today that Nevin Law Group, Broadway's go-to production law practice, will join its team. Nevin Law Group Founder Doug Nevin is named partner and head of the newly-formed Theater and Live Events department at Klaris. 

For its 13th summer, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat is hosting 21 award-winning musical theatre writers of nine new musicals for nine consecutive weeklong residencies between June 25 and August 27.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present a virtual evening of awareness featuring five short new plays that speak to social issues that affect us all.

In this edition, we delve into the passionate efforts of America's playwrights to save the Tony Awards, the rebound of orchestras with growing audience numbers. We also explore the success of the 2022-2023 Broadway season, recent appointments and collaborations within the theater community.

Milt Larsen has died at 12:28pm on Sunday, May 28th, in Los Angeles of Natural Causes at 92. The patriarch of magic, Milt was perhaps best known for his life-long role in the world of magic and illusion, and grew up in a family of magicians.  

Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli and Gordon Stanley will portray Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle respectively in Houdini Among the Spirits, a new musical.

The legendary choreographer Dougie Squires OBE MVO died peacefully on Sunday night, 21 May.

Paulo Szot is a Brazilian operatic baritone singer and actor who is known for his powerful and versatile voice, which has allowed him to excel in various genres, including opera, musical theater, and popular music.

Roundabout Theatre Company and Education at Roundabout have announced a Mayoral Citation honoring the Theatrical Workforce Development Program, the theatre industry’s first workforce development program to train and place young adults in professional technical theatre careers.

Concord Theatricals has announced that one hundred years after it was first written, Arnold Ridley's genre-defining The Ghost Train has been released in a new revised version by Jocelyn and Nicolas Ridley.

Broadway star Lorna Courtney of & Juliet and New York City Ballet member Victor Abreu were announced the winners of the 13th Annual Clive Barnes Award for Dance and Theatre.

The Exchange (formerly the Woman’s Exchange) announced that it will award $500,000 to 24 regionally based arts and cultural organizations and 14 high school and college students. Additionally, five organizations are recipients of the new Elizabeth Lindsay Arts in Education grant.

 Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) has announced the recipients of the fifth Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist.

Brooklyn's Smith Street Stage, committed to presenting Shakespeare's classic stories in new and accessible ways, returns to Carroll Park for their annual FREE outdoor Shakespeare performances with a captivating new production of As You Like It,  June 7th to 25th (Thursday -Sunday) at 7:30 p.m.

Acclaimed film, television and theatre producer, Neil Meron, will serve as a consultant to Lloyd Webber’s London-based Really Useful Group.