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Village Theatre has announced Derek Watanabe as its next Managing Director. Watanabe will serve alongside Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr as co-leaders of one of the premier regional musical theatres on the West Coast.

Broadway Licensing Global has added the hilarious meta-horror musical, We Are the Tigers, to its catalog. Learn more about the musical!

Artists First has welcomed Jen Namoff, the esteemed talent manager and Tony Award-winning producer, to its New York office.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 8/1/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The York Theatre Company will present a developmental reading of Desperation, or The Return of the Black Crook!: A Musical Comedy Fantasy with book and lyrics by Bryan Leys and music by Clare Cooper, with music direction by Frank Lindquist and directed by Bryan Leys.

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WP Theater revealed the recipients of the Julia Miles Playwriting Residency and the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award, celebrating innovative voices and contributions to the theater community. Learn more!

Open Jar Studios has announced that applications are now being accepted for the next quarter of the BROADWAY INCLUSION PROJECT, offering free studio space and resources to projects created by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ & Special Needs artists. 

Actors’ Equity Association is offering its support to the SAG-AFTRA members in the video game industry who are currently on strike. Learn more!

Join the Masterwork Music and Art Foundation for an insightful interview with David Edwards, Artistic Director of Out of the Box Theatre. Learn more and see how to attend!

Goodspeed Musicals is embarking on a search for a new managing director to replace David B. Byrd, who will depart depart his role as Goodspeed’s first Managing Director at the end of September. Learn more.

We highlight the U.S. House of Representatives' decision to preserve NEA funding, the new collective bargaining agreement between Actors' Equity Association and the Off-Broadway League, and a GoFundMe campaign to save the West Bank Cafe and Laurie Beechman Theatre. Additionally, IATSE joins the No Times Square Casino Coalition.

Broadway Licensing Global has announced the appointment of a new VP of Technology, enhancing their leadership team and driving innovation in the theater licensing industry.

LaTeshia Ellerson will serve as Co-Executive Director: National Engagement, and Emilya Cachapero will serve as Co-Executive Director: National and Global Programming of TCG

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 7/25/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Actors' Equity Association supports the Senate's reintroduction of the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act, which would enable artists to deduct their business expenses appropriately.

Forward-thinking creative agency Park Avenue Artists has joined forces with innovative independent music publisher Primary Wave Music to create and tour a radically new approach to amplifying and reveling in the voices of legacy artists. 

Jeremy O. Harris has revealed Keegon Schuett as the 2024 Yale Drama Series winner for the play THIS DRY SPELL. Schuett will be honored for his work that captures the magic in everyday life. Learn more.

La MaMa is launching a new year-long fellowship for NYC playwrights, offering a residency at the renowned theatre to foster and develop their craft. Learn how to apply!

Tom Viola, Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, announced his retirement, and we look at the closure of New York's iconic West Bank Cafe and Laurie Beechman Theatre. Additionally, NYC's HERE Arts Center names four new co-directors, and the beloved Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction returns this September.

Ensemble Studio Theatre has announced two new board members, Chau Haber and Jacqueline F. Strayer. Learn more about them here!

The Orchard Project has announced the artists and companies selected to participate in its 2024 Episodic, Audio, and Greenhouse Lab programs.

Miiko Toiviainen, Julie Reiber and Kendyl Ito will lead an industry reading of 'XY', a new musical about an intersex man reconciling his past while navigating his first romantic relationship.

Women in the Arts & Media Coalition is calling for submissions for the 2025 Collaboration Awards. Learn how to apply!

BORDEN: A NEW MUSICAL will have a private reading on August 4th in NYC, featuring Ruby Gibbs, Gabbi Mack, and Madeline Powell. Learn more.