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Terence Rodia, the founder of leading talent agency, YOU Management, has been shortlisted for the Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2024.

Modern Opera Company, a company dedicated to promoting new musical works and local talent, will make its West Coast debut on July 19-20 at The Mainstage at The Hudson Theatres in Los Angeles, with its inaugural presentation, a workshop production of a new musical about Mary Magdalene, MARY - A MUSICAL.

Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA), one of the world's leading training organizations for intimacy coordinators in film and television, is now accepting applications for its new training program: Intimacy Choreography for Live Performance.

Globally acclaimed composer, author, playwright, and poet Georgia Shreve is celebrating a 40 year creative career that has taken her from Wall Street, to Carnegie Hall, to Off-Broadway's Theatre Row. With over 100 unique compositions, plays, poems, and novels to her name, New York-based Shreve has been a powerful advocate for creativity throughout her life.

We highlight the Situation Project's fundraising campaign for arts education, a viewership drop for the Tony Awards, and Actors' Equity Association's contract halt amid negotiations. Regionally, we explore the economic boost from Hennepin Theatre's Broadway season and the significant arts funding veto by Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis.

A special industry reading of Alexandra Billings’s new autobiographical musical S/He & Me is set for this week. The reading will be presented on Wednesday, June 26th at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

An invitation-only reading of WE SHALL BE MONSTERS, a new play by April Lavalle, will be presented on June 27th in Manhattan. The play follows teenage Mary Shelley's 1816 vacation with famous regency-era writers.

Rayshaun Sandlin has launched RAYNGE Production Company, which will aim to amplify the voices and narratives of marginalized communities, with a particular focus on Black and LGBTQIA+ stories.

Situation will continue its survey series in partnership with Broadway Direct and The Shubert Organization to answer more of the industry’s most burning questions.

Open Jar Studios is marking its 5th anniversary. Learn more about Open Jar!

Drama Desk Award winner Sammi Cannold (How to Dance in Ohio) will direct a private, developmental reading of OY BAND. Learn more about the show.

The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management.

Theatre Communications Group has announced a new executive structure in which three directors will serve as co-leaders of the organization.

ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (IATSE Local 18032), announced that they have ratified a new contract with the Broadway League for a 5-year agreement covering press agents, company and theater managers on Broadway and on the road across North America.

The Broadway League will welcome Darrelle Johnson who officially began her role as Director of Diversity and Inclusion on behalf of the trade organization on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

On Sunday, June 16, the Entertainment Community Fund and Mount Sinai Doctors’ Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts received a 2024 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre. Watch the acceptance speech!

This week, we are connecting the excitement of award season with the realities facing theaters. We'll catch you up on the Tony Awards' memorable moments, including a complete winners list and behind-the-scenes photos. Exclusive essays from producers Jeffrey Richards and Rachel Sussman offer personal insights into their Tony-nominated productions.

The new musical OCEAN IN A TEACUP will have an industry presentation on Tuesday, June 25th.

Australian theater production company Impresario Productions has unveiled a new Consultancy and General Management service to support theater producers in bringing their productions to the commercial stage.

Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl have joined The Dramatists Guild Council, the leadership team of the Guild.

A special concert next week will feature live performances by Broadway artists of the seven winning songs from the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production.

Queer|Art, the national organization connecting and uplifting generations of LGBTQ+ artists, has announced the new Mentors for the 2025 Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM) program cycle.

Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color will host their annual hybrid networking event (virtual and in-person) in New York City in July. Learn how to attend.

THE VIOLIN, by The Francis Sisters (Kami Nishima and Kara Dudley), will receive a special industry presentation on Wednesday, July 12, 2024, at Open Jar Studios. Learn more!

The League of Resident Theatres (LORT) has elected a new slate of Officers to the Board of Directors, effective May 3, 2024.