The American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League announced on May 6 that United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE, will receive a 2022 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. United Scenic Artists (Local USA 829) is the national labor union and creative community of designers, artists, and professionals working across the entertainment industry.
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The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, Court Theatre of Chicago will be the recipient of the 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The honor is accompanied by a grant of $25,000, made possible by City National Bank’s generous support.Read More »Court Theatre of Chicago to Receive 2022 Regional Theatre Tony Award
Do you know a student who loves theater but isn’t sure where they fit in? The American Theatre Wing is pleased to partner with Design Action, which officially launched Springboard To Design 2022 – a program that explores the process of theatrical collaboration and the many opportunities and career paths in the field of American theater design for public high school students from historically underrepresented populations in the theater industry.
The Deadline has been Extended: Apply by Tuesday, May 31 at 11:59 p.m. EDTRead More »2022 NYC Summer Springboard to Design Applications Close May 31
Nominations for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced late on Monday, May 16, 2022. Below is a list of the design nominations. In keeping with the Drama Desk’s mission, the nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 2021-2022 New York theater season, that the Drama Desk determined ended as of May 1, 2022. Only live performances were eligible – if performances were also available for streaming, 21 or more unique live performances were required.Read More »2022 Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced
From its world premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons to a pre-Broadway run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop, has now arrived on Broadway, and garnered 11 Tony nominations. PRG worked with the Tony-nominated creative team every step of the journey. Sharing their insights, designers Arnulfo Maldonado, Jen Schriever, and Drew Levy tell us how PRG’s solutions helped realize their designs.
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The Actors Fund, the 140-year-old national human services organization for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, announced at its Annual Gala on May 9, 2022 that, effective immediately, they have changed their name to Entertainment Community Fund, in order to better reflect the broad scope of industry professionals they help.Read More »The Actors Fund Announces New Name – Entertainment Community Fund to Reflect Reach of Services and Diversity of Professions Helped
It is all together fitting that the image of the waif Cosette sweeping Thénardiers’ Inn serves as the basis (in slightly cropped fashion) for the emblematic image of Les Misérables. Here, within the grimy walls of this old chop house in Montfermeil, the conflicted forces that at the heart of the iconic musical are crystalized: from the pitiless justice of Javert who seeks to punish the hero Valjean, to the blackmailing mendacity of the Thénardiers, who conspire against him.Read More »LD Christopher Robin Reflects Mood of Les Misérables
Nominations for the American Theatre Wing’s 75th Annual Tony Awards were announced today. The 2022 Tony Awards will be presented Sunday, June 12 by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It will be broadcast live on CBS and live streamed on Paramount+.
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The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to five outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry – United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE, the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC); Broadway For All; music copyist, Emily Grishman; and Feinstein’s/54 Below.
The Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre were established in 1990 and are awarded annually to institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories.
“All five of this year’s honorees have made outstanding contributions to our Broadway community,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “Their dedication, commitment and support to the Arts is now more important than ever, and we are thrilled to shine a light on these organizations at this year’s Tony Honors.”Read More »Excellence in the Theatre 2022 Tony Honors
The 125th anniversary of Thornton Wilder’s birth (April 17, 1897) will be observed throughout 2022 with nearly 150 productions of his plays worldwide—including Our Town, a new production of The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theatre, and a first-ever staging of his unfinished play The Emporium completed by Kirk Lynn (Rude Mechanicals) at the Alley Theater in Houston. Almost 50 years after his death in 1975, Wilder remains one of the most widely produced playwrights in the world.Read More »Calling All Stage Managers to Help Celebrate ‘Our Town’ Stage Manager’s Day
The 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out on Sunday, May 1, 2022, to recipients in 16 categories, with two honorary awards also bestowed. Returning to a live, in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, the Awards were distributed in a ceremony at NYU Skirball. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.Read More »37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Recipients Announced
Today April 29th is Arbor Day in the technical theater industry. It’s also known as #Rigsafe day! While normal Arbor Day is typically a holiday focused on planting trees to celebrate their importance, an “arbor” in the technical theater world is a rack that contains weights used to balance a load in a counterweight rigging system. USITT recognizes Arbor Day as a day to celebrate rigging safety and training for everyone in our industry. Use Arbor Day to thank a rigger, celebrate safe practices, or to promote a renewed commitment to safety. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the many rigging safety videos USITT will be posting today: