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The International Committee of The League of Professional Theatre Women (Mary Hodges and Shellen Lubin, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been championing women in the professional theatre for over three decades, is pleased to announce the 2020 Gilder/Coigney Award will be presented on October 20, 2020.

Legendary Broadway casting director Jay Binder is stepping down from his company Binder Casting. Jay Binder has cast over 70 Broadway productions, including the Tony Award winning productions of The Lion King, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, Dames At Sea, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gypsy, The King and I, Lost in Yonkers and more.

As part of the BSMS free SM Tech Friday webinar series, the Broadway Stage Management Symposium (BSMS), in partnership with The Stage Managers' Association (SMA) and Year of the Stage Manager 2020/21 (YSM), present an important panel discussion.

Ruthie Fierberg has announced the debut of her new podcast Why We Theater. The premiere episode will be available July 15, with new episodes released every subsequent Thursday for a limited season, exclusively from the Broadway Podcast Network.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present the July Panel Adapt and Survive: How the Arts Are Outwitting COVID on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 via Zoom. Networking begins at 7pm and the panel starts at 7:30pm.

The Founding Steering Committee, made up of a diverse community of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) American artists, educators, and administrators, has announced the launch of MENA Theater Makers Alliance (MENATMA), the first national alliance devoted to MENA artists and stories in the American theater.

'Be An #ArtsHero,' an intersectional grassroots campaign to get the U.S. Senate to pass emergency Arts relief, calls on the 5.1 million Americans employed in the U.S. Arts & Culture sector to urge all 100 Senators to pass massive economic relief by August 1st.

After the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis left her unemployed, talent manager ChiChi Anyanwu turned adversity into opportunity and launched CHI Talent Management to represent Broadway, film and television artists.

BroadwayWorld has learned that producer Ken Davenport has been hired as advisor of theatrical development and production for Primary Wave Music Publishing.

With the pandemic crippling campaigns across the country by limiting in-person organizing and volunteer events, candidates in tight races are desperate for ways to connect with their constituents. Swing From Home, led by Hamilton star Ryan Vasquez, asked campaigns decided by narrow margins in 2018 to see how they could help.

Jucjamcyn has shared that Danny Duran, a member of their team for over 30 years, has passed away.

When five Artistic Directors across the country (four in their inaugural term) were faced with the closure of their stages, they quickly banded together to produce an opportunity to keep theatre and art alive through a micro-commission program that would become Play at Home.

A new database and website, designed to service the music makers of the theatre who are BIPOC has been created. In the wake of recent developments in the theatre and in the world at large, many organizations are trying to reach out to this underrepresented group but lack the ability to find those people in their own communities.

BroadwayHD today announced that Bonnie Comley, Co-Founder of BroadwayHD, has been re-elected to The Drama League's Board of Directors.

The TheaterMakers Studio, the online certification training program and community for theater makers, has announced the launch date for a new 3-part video series on 'Making Theater in a New World,' featuring interviews with industry experts on safety, inclusivity, and streaming theater.

Theatre Forward has selected Gretchen Shugart as Executive Director, following an executive search process led by Arts Consulting Group (ACG). She began her tenure on April 1, 2020, following 18 years of service by Executive Director Bruce Whitacre.

LMDA has announced the recipients of its 2020 grants and awards programs.

In June of 2020 the Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance (MTEA), an international organization of teachers and professionals, created a much-needed committee for Representation, Equity, and Inclusion (REI), led by MTEA's newly appointed Lead Diversity Officer, Tim Espinosa of Fullerton College.

Several Creative Artists Agency locations will remain closed through the end of the year.

Tony award-winning producers of Moulin Rouge!, Jagged Little Pill, The Other Josh Cohen, and Angels in America host a Producing 106 class for current and aspiring producers.

The John Gore Organization has announced Sheila Lavu as the new in-house General Counsel for the Organization, effective July 1. After 7 years as General Counsel, Bob Brandon will be stepping back to a reduced work schedule and will become Counselor for the organization.

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

For the first time in its history, The American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE), the nation's grassroots professional development organization for educators, scholars, administrators, playwrights, performance artists, and students will host a virtual conference from July 23-August 2, 2020.

Last night, June 26th, HARMONIZE AGAINST HUNGER launched on YouTube. Tax-deductible contributions were made to Feeding America and Project Broadway. Some highlights included Gaten Matarazzo's rendition of a?oeMichael In the Bathrooma?? from BE MORE CHILL, Michael William Nigro's adaption of a?oeSomeone You Loveda?? by Lewis Capaldi, and Meg Donnelly's performance of a?oeOn My Minda?? by Jorja Smith.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, announced today that nominations for the Zelda Fichandler Award are now being accepted through July 10, 2020.