Article | By Andrew Gans | March 18, 2025
Full Creative Team Set for Broadway's Call Me Izzy, Starring Jean Smart
Sarna Lapine will direct the Hacks Emmy winner in Jamie Wax's solo play.
Article | By Andrew Gans | March 10, 2025
Jean Smart Sets Return to Broadway in Call Me Izzy
Sarna Lapine will direct Jamie Wax's one-person play.
Article | By Diep Tran | March 6, 2025
Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, More Speak Up Against Trump's Anti-DEI Measures
As the National Endowment for the Arts restricts funding for organizations that fund DEI programs, the theatres reaffirm their commitment to diversity while the ACLU files a lawsuit.
Article | By Diep Tran | February 21, 2025
The Department of Defense has begun evaluating works taught in its schools around the world.
Article | By Diep Tran | February 19, 2025
A petition has amassed 463 signatures, while theatres have begun to reject NEA funding.
Article | By Diep Tran | February 10, 2025
The agency has also eliminated its grant programs for "underserved groups."
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block, Molly Higgins | February 3, 2025
Photos: Dear Everything Plays 1-Night-Only Concert at Terminal 5
The performance of V (formerly Eve Ensler)'s musical featured special appearances by Jane Fonda and Rosario Dawson.
Article | By Molly Higgins | January 16, 2025
The American Theatre Wing's $100,000 grants have been issued to five regional theatre companies.
Article | By Molly Higgins | May 14, 2024
Home Playwright Samm-Art Williams Dies at 78
Mr. Williams passed away peacefully, just days before previews begin for the upcoming Broadway revival of Home.
Article | By Meg Masseron | January 24, 2024
National Endowment for the Arts Grants Over $32 Million to Arts Organizations Nationwide
The grants are the first round of support for the 2024 fiscal year, with over 1,000 grants spanning 50 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Article | By Meg Masseron, Molly Higgins | January 17, 2024
Joél Pérez and Ana Villafañe Will Host Latiné Musical Theatre Lab's New Musicals Mixtape
The concert will feature a first look at new musicals written by members of the Julia de Burgos Cohort.
Article | By Molly Higgins | December 18, 2023
Latiné Musical Theatre Lab to Present New Musicals Mixtape in 2024
The concert will feature a first look at new musicals written by members of the Julia de Burgos Cohort.
Article | By Diep Tran | November 27, 2023
How Non-Profit Theatres Are Trying to Save Themselves. And the Theatre Industry
Regional theatres are the birthplace of the next generation of theatremakers. And they’re in crisis.
Article | By Meg Masseron | September 7, 2023
NEA's Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge Will Return This Year
High school songwriters across the U.S. can submit an original song that could appear in a musical.
Article | By Meg Masseron, Leah Putnam | August 30, 2023
Tonya Pinkins, Kara Young, Tiffany Mann Join Arts in Action Festival
Broadway Advocacy Coalition's annual festival serves as an opportunity for arts and advocacy to intersect in discussions of justice and equity.
Article | By Diep Tran | June 30, 2023
Tony-Winning Lookingglass Theatre to Pause Programming, Lay Off Staff
The Chicago theatre is the latest institution to scale back due to financial troubles.
Article | By Diep Tran | June 26, 2023
Brooklyn Academy of Music to Lay Off Portion of Its Staff and Pare Down Programming
The New York City institution also announced a scaled-back upcoming season and Next Wave Festival.
Article | By Leah Putnam | April 6, 2023
TDF's Education Programs Have Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels
This past school year, the organization helped build connections between 10,600 students and the performing arts.
Article | By Leah Putnam | April 3, 2023
Broadway's Six and TDF Welcomed 1,000 Local High School Students
For many, the Tudor pop musical was their first Broadway show.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | March 2, 2023
Educational Theatre Foundation Expanding Racial Equity Pathway Program
The grant program, aimed at helping bring theatre to schools in communities of color, is inspired by the vision of late producer Craig Zadan.
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