Industry Theatre Newsroom Page 52

Today, Ben Holtzman (he/him), Sammy Lopez (he/him), and Fiona Howe Rudin (she/her) announced the launch of P3 Productions, an artist-driven producing team dedicated to building productions from the ground level to uplift new voices and communities.

Sit back! Relax! Get ready to smile! Please join in to experience the joy and fun of TADA! Youth Theater in your own home with online streaming of the upbeat and lively family musical Wide-awake Jake. 

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced that music industry veteran Melanie Santa Rosa and renowned drummer and composer Nate Smith have been appointed to two of the organization’s advisory committees. 

Creative Talent Agency McDonald Selznick Associates (MSA) announced today that veteran talent agent, Brooklyn Lavin, has joined their company as Director of the Below-The-Line Division & Co-Director of the Creatives Division.

This week, Bruce Lazarus will present a by-invitation-only workshop of His Story, The Musical, an original musical with book music and lyrics by Anna Miriam Brown and directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde).

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Jay Michaels, executive director of Channel I - a network of promotional media platforms for independent theater and film - is now in partnership with The TheaterMakers Studio and Prodigy Talent Agency.

Survey data suggest that theatregoers want to see mitigation measures - such as vaccination requirements and masked audiences - remain in place for the foreseeable future. This survey data specifically comes from DC, but the Broadway League is also taking notice and mulling their own plan whether or not to extend these requirements past April 30th.

Siren: A New Musical has announced an industry reading. The cast will feature Brittney Mack (Six), Troy Iwata (Be More Chill), Marcy Harriell (In The Heights), iris menas (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story), Leana Rae Concepcion (Romy & Michelle), Allison Griffith (Burning Man: The Musical), Tuan Malinowski (Luna and The Gold River Docks).

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue discussed the controversial topic of music copyrights and lawsuits this morning, Sunday, April 3rd.

The Broadway Podcast Network (Dori Berinstein, Co-Founder & CEO; Alan Seales, Co-Founder & CTO) is pleased to announced that The Theatre Podcast with Alan Seales is celebrating it's 200th episode in true Broadway style, with special guest, Broadway legend Patti LuPone! The 200th episode is available now, exclusively on the BPN iOS app, and it will be available everywhere you get your podcasts on Tuesday, April 5th.

Reeve chronicles his almost 27 year guitar playing journey, which began at age 12 and led to playing in nightclubs in LA a few years later, where fellow musicians convinced him if he ever wanted to lead a band, he needed to learn how to sing.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced Mike Lew as the recipient of the 2022 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award for his play tiny father. Lew will receive the $10,000 award and the accompanying $10,000 Jay Harris Commission to write a new play.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date nearly 100 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020. TRU hosts their Community Gatherings every Friday at 5pm ET via Zoom, to explore the creation of art and theater in the time of COVID-19. These crucial conversations will continue going forward as theater reopens. Ask questions, bring answers, be part of a community – it’s an opportunity to network with theater professionals and talk about keeping theater alive during shutdown, and what we are doing now, going forward. 

Jeffrey Forman, Senior Vice President of International Sales, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution will receive this year’s “Passepartout Award,” Mitch Neuhauser, Managing Director of CinemaCon announced today. The CinemaCon “Passepartout Award” is presented annually to an industry executive who demonstrates dedication and commitment to the international marketplace. CinemaCon, the official convention of NATO, will be held April 25-28, 2022, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Forman will be presented with this honor at the International Day Luncheon taking place on Monday, April 25, 2022.

RWS Entertainment Group, the world's exclusive, full-service provider of award-winning guest experiences and attractions, welcomes two powerhouse creative leaders to the team. Jason A. Sparks joins as Senior Director, Theatrical Creative Content and Damien Gray joins as Director, Immersive Creative Content.

Broadway Licensing is recognizing exceptional educational theater programs across the country that support the company's mission to “Make Everyone a Theater Person.” The winning entrant will receive a $5,000 grant and a feature in the Broadway Licensing 2022-2023 Educational Catalog. 

Amas Musical Theatre in association with Melissa M Jones/All Awesome LLC, will present an industry reading of SuperYou, a new musical with book, lyrics, music and arrangements from the visionary mind of creator, Lourds Lane at Theatre Row – Theater 2 (410 West 42nd Street) on Thursday, April 21 at 3pm.

Unexpected tragedy may have led Jenny to her amazing successful theatrical producing career. After losing her brother in her early 20s, she founded Ars Nova to honor him and continue his legacy in the arts.

Through improvisation and good old-fashioned fun, TADA! school break camps are the perfect blend of musical theater training, storytelling, and fun theater games to keep young minds engaged, active, and having a blast over their break!

Reservoir Media, Inc., an award-winning independent music company, today announced a new deal for the catalog of the late lyricist Larry Kusik, best known for his collaborations on theme songs from blockbuster films like The Godfather and Romeo and Juliet.

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has announced that Executive Director Al Vincent, Jr. has been elected as a voting member to the Board of Directors for the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

Last week, we got two different sets of data that started to make a case for the current state of the cultural economy - a report from the NEA laying out just how bad things got in the depths of 2020 (and hinting at some initial recovery in 2021) - and the first time The Broadway League reported individual show grosses since Broadway reopened.

Last night, Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF, LA) kicked off Oscar® weekend with its highly-anticipated cocktail party presented by sponsors Max Mara, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, and Heineken, with additional support from Major Partners IMDbPro and Tequila Don Julio. The party honored all 60 women, in front of and behind the camera, who have been nominated for an Academy Award® this year. 

The ICG Publicists (The International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600) today announced winners of its 59th Annual ICG Publicists Awards, returning live to The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures Entertainment / Marvel Studios) won top honors, the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign, presented by publicist Eileen Peterson (The Godfather: Part ll).