A collaboration of theater companies that include the IAMA Theatre Company partnering with Celebration Theatre, DOMA Theatre Company, Echo Theater Company, Highways, The Inkwell Theater, Lower Depth Theatre, Skylight Theatre Company, and the L.A. Stage Alliance have joined to be part of the Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project. On Friday, June 19 at 6 p.m. PT, they present a free, live Zoom reading of Vincent Terrell Durham’s bold and timely new play “Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchid”.

“For the first time in a long time, the site BroadwayWorld, will be looking for a new first-night Broadway critic. Michael Dale has announced he is stepping down from the position, which had held for over a decade. Better yet, both Mr. Dale and BWW are hoping to fill the position with a diverse candidate.”

On June 8th, 2020, in an online presentation broadcast on YouTube, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts announced the nominations for the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the performing arts. The Doras are to Toronto what the Tonys are to New York or the Oliviers to London, although, unlike in New York, where a popular show can run years and producers campaign for Tony wins to boost ticket sales, the Doras mostly recognise shows that have already closed their runs

Over the next 10 years, Ojai Playwrights Conference will grant $7,500 to a playwright whose play is selected to be part of OPC’s annual play development program. 

Nominations have been announced for the inaugural Antonyo Awards, celebrating the best of the Black Broadway and off-Broadway. The nominees include “A Strange Loop”, “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”, and “Jagged Little Pill”.

“In response to the growing outrage over his and his father’s six-figure donation to Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016, Jim L. Nederlander is apparently pledging to donate $50,000 to Black Lives Matter along with a statement.”

“An actor who performed in a show at Disneyland is now detailing the racist treatment he endured backstage as well as the theme park’s response to his claims.”

The live-streamed reading of Citizen: An American Lyric is this Sunday, June 7 at 5 p.m. PT. It can be viewed on Facebook, Twitter, Zoom and the Fountain Theater’s YouTube channel.

“Director Diane Paulus has issued an apology to writer Griffin Matthews after he detailed his racist experiences working with her during the musical, Witness Uganda.”

“According to composer Marc Shaiman, the creators of the Tony-winning musical are going to require that the show’s characters be cast as they were intended.”

The Paley Center for Media is now featuring Paley @Home presented by Citi on Paley YouTube. Watch the virtual panel of the stars and creators of Central Park discuss how this new Apple show got its start.

These 9 writers will meet once a week via Zoom, and work together to develop new material in a safe, structured environment, sharing their work, receiving feedback from their peers, and concluding with a series of public readings of the plays that have been written within the lab community.

MGM will turn the iconic stage musical Fiddler On The Roof into a feature film adaptation that will be directed by Hamilton director Thomas Kail, who’ll produce with Dan Jinks and Aaron Harnick.

“Did you miss Hairspray Live! when it aired in 2016? Good news, it’s coming back! It will be streamed as part of The Shows Must Go On series in the United Kingdom.”

If you’re a fan of The Office or Frozen 2 or both, you’re going to love this.

“After long speculation that it might be happening, it was announced this morning that the TV series Smash will be adapted into a stage version with its sights set on Broadway.”

“The Broadway On Demand streaming service, with support from the  American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, will present a one-hour celebration of theater and the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7 at 6 pm ET.”

Baldwin Wallace University students got together and recorded a mash-up of Jason Robert Brown and William Finn. The result is absolutely gorgeous.

“It’s been announced that the Off-Broadway hit, Puffs, will begin streaming on May 22nd as part of Playbill's Playback series.”

With the Tony Awards on hiatus for the foreseeable future, on June 7, the former date of this year's ceremony, CBS will air a sing-a-long of the movie musical ‘Grease’.