Wendy C. Goldberg

CRIMSON LIT: SCARLET LETTER SETLIST Industry Reading to Take Place This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2024

Crimson Lit: Scarlet Letter Setlist, a new musical by Krista Knight and Jill Sobule, will have its industry reading at The Tank in December. Learn more about the new musical and see how to purchase tickets.

Video: Go Inside the Recording Studio with 'The Match' From RUTKA
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 31, 2024

The critically acclaimed RUTKA, a powerful new musical adapted from Rutka's Notebook, has released “The Match,” performed by the show's songwriters Joceyln Mackenzie and Jeremy Lloyd-Styles. “The Match” is available today from Rialto Records on all streaming platforms. Check out video of the show's composers performing the song in the recording studio below.

Video: RUTKA: A New Musical at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park First Look
by Joshua Wright - Oct 25, 2024

Get a firstt look at RUTKA, a new indie-rock musical adapted from Rutka’s Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust, making its world premiere at Ohio's Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Cast Set For World Premiere of RUTKA At Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2024

Full casting has been announced for RUTKA, a powerful new indie-rock musical adapted from Rutka's Notebook. The production will have its World Premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park this fall.

RUTKA Will Make World Premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 4, 2024

RUTKA, a new indie-rock musical adapted from Rutka’s Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust, will make its world premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Check out all the details on the new musical here.

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Names Melia Bensussen Artistic Director of National Playwrights Conference
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2024

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has revealed that Melia Bensussen will be taking the reins of its flagship program, the National Playwrights Conference.

Mystical Feet Company Will Premiere THE DANCING ROOM at Arts On Site in December
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2023

Join Mystical Feet Company for the world premiere of 'The Dancing Room,' a captivating solo performance by Yehuda L. Hyman at Arts On Site in December 2023. Experience the transformative power of Jewish mystical dance through movement and storytelling. Get your tickets now!

Sharon Wheatley's DRIVE to Have Industry Reading This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 18, 2023

Get the latest updates on the upcoming industry reading of Sharon Wheatley's DRIVE scheduled for this month. Find out the date and location for this highly anticipated event in the entertainment industry.

1/52 Project, Founded By Beowulf Boritt, Reveals This Year's Recipients
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2023

The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the second round of seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from $88,000 in grants. Learn more about this year's recipients here!

Beowulf Boritt's The 1/52 Project Now Accepting Applications for $15,000 Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2023

The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program funded largely by Broadway designers, has announced that applications are now being accepted for early-career designer recipients to benefit from $100,000 in grants.

Julie Benko, Andrew Barth Feldman, Judy Kaye & More to Star in RUTKA Concert Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 9, 2023

Casting has been announced for a concert performance of the new musical RUTKA. See when the concert presentation will take place, how to purchase tickets, and more!

Inaugural Mid-Career Director Grant Awarded to Mina Morita
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 4, 2023

TheFrontOffice Foundation is awarding a $25,000 mid-career grant to Mina Morita, the Director of Artistic & Artist Development at Crowded Fire Theater Company, that will serve as one of the largest financial awards to an individual director. 

New York Public Library For Performing Arts to Present Concert Performance of RUTKA in January
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 19, 2022

Development is underway for the new musical RUTKA. Selections from the show's exhilarating indie rock score will be presented on Monday, January 23, 2023 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. 

Mystical Feet Company to Present SECRET OF THE POSSIBLE at 14th Street Y This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 3, 2022

Mystical Feet Company, in partnership with the Theater at the 14th Street Y, has announced December 2022 dance/theater performances of a new ensemble-created work from award-winning playwright/choreographer Yehuda Hyman, presented at the Theater at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, Thursday, December 15 through Friday, December 23, 2022.

Industry Pro Newsletter: COVID Continues to Impact the Industry, UK Shakes Up Arts Funding
by Alex Freeman - Nov 7, 2022

Ask anyone working in arts administration right now, and they’ll tell you that the challenges they are facing are numerous and unprecedented. For many regional theaters, audiences are slow to return - but is that individual ticket buyers or season subscribers? Are they concerned about COVID or is it something else?

Wendy C. Goldberg Steps Down as Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2022

Wendy C. Goldberg, the first female artistic director of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, has stepped down.

SWING STATE at Goodman Theatre Adds Two Performances in Final Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 22, 2022

On the heels of a standing-room-only opening night and wide critical praise for the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's Swing State—a “riveting, deeply moving, empathy-generating, extraordinary new play (by) a great poet of the upper Midwest” (Chicago Tribune)—Goodman Theatre adds two performances to the final week of Tony Award-winning director Robert Falls' world-premiere production.

Industry Pro Newsletter: Broadway Lawsuits Find Resolution, Garret Receives Death Threats
by Alex Freeman - Oct 3, 2022

Settlement was the word of the week on Broadway, with both the Rudin/SpotCo suit and JPP/Wagner Johnson lawsuits finding resolution through settlement - the latter is the subject of a new regular feature for this newsletter from our Industry Editor Cara Joy David.

$25,000+ Mid-Career Women Director Grant to be Awarded by TheFrontOffice Foundation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 26, 2022

TheFrontOffice Foundation, the charitable arm of Director/Producer Wendy C. Goldberg's TheFrontOffice (an entertainment company), announced it was awarding a mid-career grant to a female identifying theater director that will serve as one of the largest financial awards to an individual director.

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Announces Application Windows For The 2023 National Playwrights Conference, and More
by Stephi Wild - Sep 9, 2022

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center will begin accepting applications for its 2023 programming this month. This fall, submissions will be accepted for two of the O’Neill’s signature summer conferences—the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference—as well as the spring 2023 semester of the National Theater Institute.