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39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced on April 4, 2024. The 2024 Awards will be presented at the annual ceremony which will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm. The event will once again be open to the public, with tickets available for purchase beginning April 11 at tickets.nyu.edu or at the NYU Skirball box office Tuesday – Saturday 12pm – 6pm. As always, the Lortel Awards is a benefit for the Entertainment Community Fund and fans are encouraged to make donations at LortelAwards.org. The Lucille Lortel Awards are produced by the Off-Broadway League and Lucille Lortel Theatre, with additional support provided by TDF.Read More »39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations Announced

The Burry Fredrik Foundation Announces Scenic Designer Omid Akbari as the Recipient of the 2024 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship

Omid Akbari

The Burry Fredrik Foundation has announced Scenic Designer Omid Akbari as the recipient of the 2024 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship and its $10,000 award. The Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship was established in 2017 to help launch the careers of graduates from David Geffen School of Drama’s Design program. Each year, the faculty selects one graduating scenic, costume, lighting, projection, or sound designer as the Burry Fredrik Design Fellow, who receives a cash award. Read More »The Burry Fredrik Foundation Announces Scenic Designer Omid Akbari as the Recipient of the 2024 Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship

Robe Footsies Crack it at Orlando Ballet

As the cornerstone of its 50th Anniversary Season, the Orlando Ballet commissioned a spectacular new production of The Nutcracker, one of the world’s most popular and most performed ballets, which debuted last December. Billed as “bigger, brighter, and full of surprises” as well as the largest ballet ever created by an Orlando-based performing arts organization, the production was staged in Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts. New choreography, all new sets, costumes, and an updated storyline by Jorden Morris, who also serves as the ballet’s artistic director, brought an exciting edge to a timeless classic, combined with a host of interesting and innovative staging elements including a lighting design by Joseph R. Walls.Read More »Robe Footsies Crack it at Orlando Ballet

‘Water for Elephants’ Makes a Big Splash on Broadway

Based on Sara Gruen’s 2006 critically acclaimed bestselling novel, Water for Elephants premiered at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre last year before landing on Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on March 21st to glowing reviews. The New York Times calls it “a gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical” and Variety hails it as a “seamless integration of theatrical and cirque artistry”.Read More »‘Water for Elephants’ Makes a Big Splash on Broadway

Applications Open for 2024 ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

ETC is officially accepting applications for the 2024 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. Selected students will be introduced to established industry professionals through a series of lively online events. Ultimately, each student will be paired with at least one mentor who will help guide their transition into the working world. ETC will accept applications to the 2024 program through April 12, 2024. Read More »Applications Open for 2024 ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

The Stage Managers’ Association Foundation Adds Two Board Members

The Board of Directors of the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation (SMAF) is pleased to announce that at their January 2024 meeting, J. Jason Daunter of Anaheim, CA, and Judy Martel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were elected to the Board. Daunter and Martel will join the 10 current board members of this New York State-based charitable organization. Its mission is to promote the craft and the art of those working in stage management. This is being achieved by providing grants to individuals and to programs, for education and training that enhance and develop stage management skills, and to assist in the establishment of scholarships for early career education.Read More »The Stage Managers’ Association Foundation Adds Two Board Members

McLaren Engineering’s William Gorlin to be Honored with “Backstage Legends and Masters” Award

William Gorlin PE, SE, Vice President of Entertainment Engineering with McLaren Engineering Group

McLaren Engineering Group proudly announces that William Gorlin PE, SE, Vice President of Entertainment Engineering, will receive the prestigious Tenth Annual “Backstage Legends and Masters” Award from the Broadway Technical Theatre History Project.Read More »McLaren Engineering’s William Gorlin to be Honored with “Backstage Legends and Masters” Award

Theatre Communications Group Announces THRIVE! Indigenous Theatre Grants

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre announces the recipients of the THRIVE! Indigenous Theatre Grants. The four Indigenous theatres that will receive $10,000 each are American Indian Artists Inc. (AMERINDA), Natives of the Apocalypse, Red Eagle Soaring, and Spiderwoman Theater. The THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color program is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, and developed and administered by TCG with an Advisory Circle of BIPOC theatre leaders. In addition to the Advisory Circle, seven arts and culture leaders from Native/Indigenous communities worked with TCG as advisors and nominators for the Indigenous Theatre Grants. THRIVE! provides unrestricted funds for U.S.-based Black, Indigenous, and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) who have all too often been outside the grantmaking sector’s funding opportunities.Read More »Theatre Communications Group Announces THRIVE! Indigenous Theatre Grants

Rockefeller Studios Announces The Rock Shop, a Props and Puppet Production Studio Now Available to Outside Organizations

Rockefeller Studios (Jonathan Rockefeller, Founder) announces that The Rock Shop, a leading props and puppet production studio with years of expertise and over 1,500 items created for a slate of international productions, is making its service available to outside organizations.Read More »Rockefeller Studios Announces The Rock Shop, a Props and Puppet Production Studio Now Available to Outside Organizations

GLP impression X5 Wash adopted by Leading Theater Lighting Designers

‘The Crucible’ at the Gielgud Theatre with a lighting design by Tim Lutkin. Photo by Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

Two theater lighting designers, Paule Constable and Tim Lutkin, have both become early adopters of GLP’s new impression X5 platform—believing the powerful fixture to be a perfect solution for theatre designers, and setting the standard as a new generation for wash lights. Both have been supplied by Sparks Theatrical Hire, while a third designer, Paul Pyant, has also requisitioned the X5 for Noises Off at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.Read More »GLP impression X5 Wash adopted by Leading Theater Lighting Designers

Wenger Corporation Marks First Anniversary of Renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center

Wenger Corporation is pleased to mark the one-year anniversary of the celebrated renovation of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The $550 million project, completed in the fall of 2022, provided this iconic venue with enhanced acoustics, expanded programming options, and elevated aesthetics. In its first year, this facility entertained over 250,000 audience members, hosted more than 400 artists and broadcast more than 100 simulcast performances.Read More »Wenger Corporation Marks First Anniversary of Renovated David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center