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Kristin Caskey, Executive Vice President, Content and Creative at Ambassador Theatre Group, has been elected Chair of the Board of The Broadway League. Learn more about Casey here!

The newest celebrated Hamlet sequel is slated for a world premiere at Bruka Theatre in Reno next March.

It's no holds Bard when PITTSBURGH SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS produces its first indoor spring show to open its 18th season. Featuring all 37 plays in Will's canon in just 97 minutes through the hilarious rapid-fire THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE-ABRIDGED is slated to brew laughter from March 30 through April 9 at Threadbare Cider & Meadery, 1291 Spring Garden Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.

Theatre Peckham, an award-winning cultural venue for artistic excellence and social change announces the appointment of its new chair Dr. Anni Domingo. 

At yesterday’s Annual Meeting of The Broadway League, the membership elected a new Board of Governors, a new Vice Chair of the Road, and reelected the Secretary/Treasurer. The current Chair, Lauren Reid, will retain her position for the two years remaining in her term.

The MAC has announced a Deadgrass double show on January 8, 2022. Deadgrass, a string band adventure through Jerry Garcia's musical world. Deadgrass will be doing two distinct shows as the 5 piece string band: Russ Gottlieb/banjo, Kensuke Shoji/fiddle, C Joseph Lanzbom/guitars, David Richards/bass, yours truly/mandolin, acoustic guitar, vocals.

Forty-two students, selected from public high schools across New York City, will participate in The Broadway League’s ninth annual High School Broadway Shadowing Program. The 2021 program will be presented online due to the ongoing health concerns with COVID-19.

Arts Centre Melbourne's Australian Performing Arts Collection has acquired a number of prized possessions from the collection of Dame Olivia Newton-John.

BroadwayWorld Book Club is officially off and running! Or should we say, reading! The first BroadwayWorld Book Club selection is Jennifer Ashley Tepper's The Untold Stories of Broadway Volume 1. Tepper has just released the first volume of the book for free on Kindle!

The Commercial Theater Institute (CTI) and Executive Director Tom Viertel have announced speakers for the upcoming Three-Day Intensive, taking place on Friday, March 6 through Sunday, March 8, 2020 in NYC. 

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents their second annual two-day indoor bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Bluegrass Bash on January 11 and 12, 2020. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm the hearts of New Englanders, and a fantastic way to forget about the winter blues.

Bartlett Sher, Daniel Fish, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, and more weigh in on the modern impact of classic musicals.

The annual Broadway League Awards, honoring excellence and achievement for Touring Broadway, were announced today during the Broadway League's 2019 Spring Road Conference. First presented in 1992, the Broadway League Awards recognize the contributions of those who have displayed exemplary service to the Broadway industry and are considered innovators of their craft.

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents a two-day indoor blues and bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Blues Grass Bash on January 12 and 13. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm your heart, and a fantastic way to forget about a cold January weekend in the dead of winter!

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents a two-day indoor blues and bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Blues Grass Bash on January 12 and 13. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm your heart, and a fantastic way to forget about a cold January weekend in the dead of winter!

Neil Simon's ROSE AND WALSH is a simmering but unsteady and almost trite rumination on love and loss and legacy. If it has potential, it's unfulfilled in Theatre Artists Studio's current production of the play, running thru Sept 2.

Momentum Artists (http://www.momentumartists.com/), a management agency representing contemporary musicians, is proud to present Secret Jazz NYC Cabaret with Mark Berman. Berman, on piano, will feature his original songs as well as his jazz arrangements of pop tunes, standards and new works, and will be joined by David Richards (Hamilton) on bass and Joe Nero (Peter Cincotti) on drums. A special guest for the evening is Darryl Tookes, an accomplished musician and collaborator of such megastars as Michael Jackson, Sting, Paul Simon, and many others.

Mark Berman, renowned pianist and composer, presents his power jazz trio at starry jazz club Club Bonafide, 212 East 52nd Street, Friday April 6 at 8 pm. Berman, on piano, will feature his original songs as well as his jazz arrangements of pop tunes, standards and new works. Berman is joined by David Richards (Hamilton) on bass and Joe Nero (Peter Cincotti) on drums.

Veteran theatrical general manager Tamar Climan, has launched a new venture as an independent producer. Ms. Climan co-founded, and for 20 years co-ran, Richards/Climan, Inc. along with David Richards.