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Chase Brock, director and choreographer for Broadway productions including Be More Chill and Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has signed with Verve. The company will represent Brock in all areas.

MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, awarded Fellowships to 139* artists from 25 U.S. states and seven countries. The incoming Fellows reflect multiple artistic disciplines and will arrive from places such as Brazil, Portugal, Jamaica, and the UK, as well as Hawaii, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington.

The new musical Next Big Hit has announced their creative team, featuring Justin Guarini as director, with book, music and lyrics by Austin J. Foster, Scott Evan Davis, and James Blount.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat is presenting a reading of the new musical AGAINST WOMEN & MUSIC!, book and lyrics by Kate Douglas and music and lyrics by Lucille Lortel-winner Grace McLean. The reading is directed by Jaki Bradley, with music direction by Kris Kukul.

To celebrate its reopening on Broadway next month, the acclaimed director of Freestyle Love Supreme joins one if it's first company members to talk about all things past, present and future for their show, and for FLS Academy.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Mlima's Tale by Lynn Nottage. Mlima's Tale was originally developed and produced by The Public Theater in New York and had its world premiere in the spring of 2018. The play had its regional premiere at Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut in the fall of 2019.

Actors’ Equity Association applauded the Senate introduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act. This bill would correct an unintended consequence of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act which led to tax increases for many performing artists who could no longer deduct the cost of their ordinary and necessary unreimbursed business expenses.

This year, The Actors Fund is once again partnering with Mount Sinai to offer free flu shots for the community at The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts! Your flu vaccine will be easy, free, convenient and safe.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 70 consecutive weekly conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020.

The Board of Directors of The Shubert Organization announced today the appointment of Laura Forese, M.D., M.P.H. as a new member of the board, effective immediately. Dr. Forese will also serve on the board of The Shubert Foundation.

It has been announced that Creative Artists Agency is acquiring one of its rivals, ICM Partners, in a major deal. 

Regardless of how one might be emotionally feeling about the Tony Awards, one thing is certain - it marked an important moment in the return of the theatre. While there are still plenty of challenges ahead for the industry, taking the evening to honor performers from the previous theatre season was an important step to take to move forward.

The Broadway Education Alliance, a New York based 501.c3 organization, and WPBS-TV, a PBS LearningMedia Content Contributor, will co-present a 5-part series of educational workshops called At This Stage @ SHOWSTOPPERS!

Actors' Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, today issued a request for proposal (RFP) to complete a user experience assessment and platform upgrade of its membership portal, the internal website that members use to interact with the union.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited has announced an initiative to create programs to specifically serve not-for-profit theater companies emerging from shutdown.

The Wet Ink Ensemble announces its fall 2021 lineup of concerts and inaugural Artist-in-Residence Program, featuring composer-performers Nick Dunston and Katherine Young, as well as new editions of the Wet Ink Archive, the ensemble's artist-curated online journal of adventurous music.

As part of their free virtual salon series, Wingspace Theatrical Design will present a conversation with members of the PASS OVER Production Team: production manager Sean Gorski, COVID safety manager Pamela Remler and set designer Wilson Chin, moderated by assistant set designer Riw Rakkulchon.

On Thursday this week, we'll be joining Axiom Medical for a free webinar about how you can do just that - without becoming an epidemiologist in your spare time. This week we have stories about Broadway's reopening, producing green theatre, and more about what the future of the industry might look like.

The Drama League Directors Project is the paramount mentoring and career development program for early-career stage directors. Since its founding in 1984, the Drama League's Directors Project has over 300 alumni working in all facets of entertainment ranging from Broadway to television.

Odeon Theatrical, a project of Sunchaser Entertainment, Hexagram, and the Shubert Organization today announced its Production Pilot Program, giving audiences around the world the ability to watch live theatrical performances blended with augmented reality visuals including digital characters and immersive visual effects.

Washington was born on December 21, 1949 in Aberdeen, Scotland as Joan Geddie. She was a voice and dialect coach for numerous TV and film projects beginning in 1983. She is known for her work on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Crimson Peak (2015) and Red Sparrow (2018). She was married to Richard E. Grant.

The Broadway Teachers Workshop is an annual conference designed to inspire teachers and directors of middle school, high school, college and community theatres 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.*

ReImagine: New Plays in TYA, a groundbreaking initiative to support the development and visibility of new works for young audiences written by artists who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), announced today that each of the awarded playwrights of 8 compelling new projects have selected host theatres for developmental workshops to take place this fall.

The Drama League has officially launched a contest for composers to post a new Broadway-style 'Anthem for the Future of Theatre' on TikTok, a platform that has been instrumental in uplifting aspiring theatre professionals during the pandemic.

Sondra James (nee Weil) the Film, TV and Theatre actress whose resume includes Ben Affleck, Joaquim Phoenix, Robert DeNiro, Christopher Lloyd, Mike Birbiglia, Stephen Colbert and so many more died at the age 82 on September 12th at her home in New York City surrounded by family and friends following a 5 month battle with Lung Cancer.