Industry Pro Newsletter: Springsteen Returns to Broadway, New Results from UK Pilot Study
It was a big week in New York theatre as Bruce Springsteen opened a Broadway show for the first time in 15 months to a fully vaccinated crowd. While theatre has continued in various forms throughout the pandemic, seeing the return of a show to one of the major commercial centers of the industry was an important step from an economic and emotional standpoint.
AKA NYC Announces Inaugural Projects For The Black Producer 500 Hours Initiative
AKA NYC has announced that Producers Blair Russell, Dale A. Mott, and Nolan Williams, Jr. have been chosen as the inaugural recipients of the newly formed Black Producer 500 Hours Initiative. The goal is to help open doors for new, diverse, and necessary storytellers on Broadway stages and in arts and performance spaces across the country.
AKA NYC Will Launch Initiative to Help Emerging Black Producers
There is work to do on Broadway and AKA NYC knows it. The award-winning, entertainment advertising agency has announced the donation of 500 hours of creative, strategic, and marketing work to emerging, independent Black producers to help build the vital tools needed to bring their vision to life.
AKA NYC Wins Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards at the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards
AKA NYC, the award-winning, global, fully integrated entertainment advertising agency specializing in live experiences, is celebrating its recent victories at the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards. The agency won three awards in the Live Entertainment category, receiving Gold in Sound Design for their work on The Sound Inside; Silver in Partnerships & Collaborations for The Prom; and Bronze in Audio/Visual for their work on The Inheritance trailer. These wins reinforce the agency's approach in providing full-service and specialty advertising campaigns that get people to go places.