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The Tri-M Foundation has announced the recipients of the fourth cycle of its Performing Arts Grant program. Launched in 2020, the Performing Arts Grant program supports the development and presentation of innovative arts projects, events, and festivals by regional non-profit arts organizations.

A private industry reading of a new stage musical, The Goree All-Girl String Band, will be held at the Drama League in NYC on April 24th.

The Drama League has launched its digital archive of the 2022-2023 International Directors Summit, which united eight world-class directors from around the globe for a series of conversations about the changing nature of their work.

The 9th annual Broadway Stage Management Symposium will be presented at the beautiful Open Jar Studios in the heart of Times Square, where numerous Broadway shows rehearse.

The Lucille Lortel Theatre is pleased to announce the recipients of the 4th Annual NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, created as an opportunity for aspiring young writers citywide to get unparalleled access to professional theater artists for mentoring. The Fellows and Finalists of the program represent different boroughs of NYC, as well as D75 and D79 schools.

The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announced that applications are now open for the 2023 Fellowship program.

The Broadway Teachers Workshop is an annual conference designed to inspire teachers and directors with new teaching methods, enhanced production skills and an exchange of ideas with peers and professional Broadway artists behind the scenes on Broadway in New York City.

SHUCKED, a musical that debuted in Utah, has raised questions about the use of non-profit venues for regional tryouts, which allow producers to develop shows with less media attention and at lower costs.

EdTA has announced its first-ever cohort of Premier Communities for Theatre Education, which celebrates school communities for their contributions to student success in theatre. To qualify, schools and districts must demonstrate that their theatre programs are rooted in EdTA’s Opportunity to Learn Standards and provide resources at or above levels suggested by the National Core Arts Standards in Theatre.

Joining FORGE from across the U.S. and the world–and bringing their expertise in a vast array of fields including video game design and hairstyling alongside screenwriting, live performance, visual art and multimedia –these sixteen makers have been awarded a fully-subsidized six-month engagement with FORGE NYC, bookmarked with 14 points of contact curated to help them build the skills, systems, plans, and practices that will carry them not only through their current projects, but their life's work as creators. 

Listen to Steven Levenson on the latest episode of The Theatre Podcast With Alan Seales!

​​​​​​​Kanyok Arts Initiative, an intimate New York City training program that bridges aspiring artists from the studio to the professional stage through a re-imagined multi-disciplinary curriculum, announces the KAI Gala, Sunday April 30 at 5:00pm with special guest of honor, Tony Award winning director-choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that touring producers TROIKA Entertainment is now part of the Crossroads Live Group, bringing more than 30 years of experience producing, managing, and booking touring productions.

Libby Pratt has been announced as the 2023 recipient of the Baxter St Family Residency at STONELEAF RETREAT. The two-week program, started in 2021 with inaugural recipient Nona Faustine, provides lens-based artists who are also mothers with an unrestricted grant of $2,500, focused studio time, one-on-one critiques with members of Baxter St's Art Advisory Board, and family accommodations on STONELEAF's 22-acre property in New York's Catskill Mountains.

Recognizing her innovative contributions to the theater and entertainment industry at large, Susana Tubert, Creative Director, Disney Live Entertainment, at Disneyland Resort, will receive the prestigious 2023 Thea Catalyst Award granted by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), the world's leading organization representing global creators of themed entertainment and experiences. 

Jason Turchin, founder of The Broadway Investor’s Club, has launched a record label alongside actor-composer Joshua Turchin. TBIC Music Group is described as a forward-thinking, project focused record label that aims to bring the music industry into the present.

AEA forms PAC to support members. Biden admin mulls higher visa fees for international artists. Playwright Sarah Mantell wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for 'Futurity'. Lucille Lortel Theatre expands, buys building in Chelsea for new works; Caridad Svich and Michael Heitzman named Artistic Directors.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez are two talented individuals who have collaborated and co-created music and lyrics for movies and television shows, including 'Frozen 1' and 'Frozen 2', 'Coco', 'Finding Nemo the Musical', 'Wonder Pets', 'Winnie the Pooh', and 'WandaVision'.

The Broadway Stage Management Symposium is re-booting the popular pandemic webinar series, SM Tech Fridays! In the very challenging days of the pandemic shutdown of theater, the Broadway Stage Management Symposium produced 49 free webinars for stage managers.

Performance Space New York Executive Artistic Director Jenny Schlenzka will depart the organization in Summer 2023, after six years of groundbreaking leadership, in which she has reimagined the institution’s relationship to its artists and community—in constant collaboration with them.

BSMS has announced the five stage managers receiving the 2023 Charlie Blackwell Symposium Scholarships for BIPOC stage managers.

The New Series continues this spring with two performances spotlighting composer Reena Esmail and Juilliard faculty member Amy Beth Kirsten.

Governmental funding shifts continue around the globe as governments reveal their latest budget proposals - often with some form of a decrease of support for the creative economy as these countries wind down the support they offered at the height of the pandemic.

Natasha Yvette Williams is an actress who has starred in Broadway shows, including 'The Color Purple', 'A Night with Janice Joplin', 'Waitress', 'Chicago', 'Chicken and Biscuits', and 'Porgy and Bess'. Her national credits include 'Waitress', 'Xanadu', 'The Drowsy Chaperone', and 'All Shook Up'. Listen to her full episode here!

Emmy Award winner Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”) started rehearsals in New York City for her Broadway debut in Prima Facie. The production's co-producers have also been announced! Learn more here!