Broadway Briefing Quiz 8

The Great Gatsby (Producer & Theatre)

Produced by Chunsoo Chin

Broadway Theatre (Shubert)

Jeremy Jordan leaves

The Great Gatsby on January 19

Real Women Have Curves (Producer & Theatre)

Barry and Fran Weissler & Jack Noseworthy

James Earl Jones

In November 41 out of 42 theatre’s will be active. Which theatre will be dark & why?

The Nederlander will be dark but will open with Redwood

Broadway Salutes

Broadway Salutes is back after a 5 year hiatus. It was established by general manager Nina Lannan former union business manager Tony DePaulo. The event aims to celebrate all departments of the theatre and awards pins based on years of service.

Perfect Crime

Celebrates 15,000 performance!

Playwrights Horizon

Playwrights Horizons renames its mainstage theatre the Judith O. Rubin Theater

13 Going on 30

Opening at Manchester Opera House
Directed by Andy Fickman

Red Yes Studio

A new production company by Mandy Greenfield. Mandy was the previous AP at MTC and AD of Williamstown Theater Festival.

The company does not recruit investors on a project by project basis but instead to invest in the company as a whole and divides profit as a whole.

Broadway Producers Alliance

A new organization whose mission is dedicated to promoting collaboration, innovation and communication within the Broadway producing community. Through networking opportunities, training, mentorship and the facilitation of open discussion among its membership

Outer Critics Circle

Outer Critics Circle sets dates and timeline for 75th Anniversary Awards

2024 Stephen Schwartz Awards

Composer Daniel Lazour received the award. Composed We Live in Cairo, running at New York Theatre Workshop. He received 10 k grant

Racecar Racecar Racecar

After the closure of The Conelly, the show found a new home at the Mezzanine at A.R.T/New York Theatre
Produced by The Heart
Written by Kallan Dana
Directed by Sarah Blush

Muny announces new season

Opens with Bring it on, Come From Away, Frozen, Evita, Dear Evan Hansen, La Cage Aux Follies and closing with Jersey Boys
Artistic Director and Executive Producer - Mike Isaacson

White Christmas

Announced casting at Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ)

Directed by AD - Mark Hoebee

The Years

Produced by Sonia Friedman is transferring from the Ameilda Theatre to the Harold Pinter Theatre

Scissorhandz the Musical

After a sold out run in Hollywood, will have its European premier at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Produced by Bradley Bredeweg & Kelly Parker

New York Stage and Film

Names Ian Belknap as New Artistic Director
The search was made by Culture Change Lab
Interim AD was Liz Carlson

Slumdog Millionaire

Stage Musical in the Works produced by Kevin Davenport (Oh Mary!, Othello, others)

Tony Award winner Andrew Burnap

join Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in “Othello;” produced by Brian Anthony Moreland, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker

Broadway transfer of ‘Operation Mincemeat’ musical

to feature original London cast; produced on Broadway by Avalon in association with SpitLip

Sleep No More’

Sets Final Performance After Closure Was Delayed a Year; Created by Punchdrunk and produced by  Emursive , whose co-founders  include Jonathan Hochwald and Arthur Karpati, in association with  Rebecca Gold Productions

Atlantic Theater Company

Reveals Complete Dates for 2024-2025 Season- the season will include five world premiere plays

Cyndi Lauper Working Girl

Musical Will Get a World Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in 2025; directed by Christopher Ashley as part of final season

The Phantom of the Opera

launch multi-year North American tour starting at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre in the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center; produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group

The Last Laugh

Transfers to West End after Edinburgh run, then going to Broadway before a UK tour

Jo - The Little Women Musical

to have world premiere next year;

produced by Producer Brian Purcell (4 Times Entertainment)

Little-known theater jobs

dialect coach Dawn-Elin Fraser; coach for shows like “Suffs,” “Hamilton” and “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” 17 Main Stem productions — “Othello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will make it 18 this spring.

National Endowment for the Arts

reveals data on arts engagement and community connectedness; roughly a quarter (25.2%) of respondents attended at least one live, in-person performance and/or art exhibit within the previous month. Focusing on theater, 21.6% attended at least one theater, music or dance performance

Theatre For Young Audiences/usa

Announces 2025 TYA/USA NATIONAL FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE May 6th to 8th at the Kennedy Cener

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation announced that the 2023-2024 Joe A. Callaway Awards

Daniel Aukin for excellence in directing for Stereophonic (Playwrights Horizons) and nicHi douglas for excellence in choreography for (pray) (National Black Theatre & Ars Nova).

The Book of Mormon

celebrated it’s 5000th performance 🙄

Charli D’Amelio Can Turn TikTok Likes Into Broadway Ticket Sales

Tell me about the article!

DRAG: The Musical

Announced that Adam Pascal will join the cast as straight man Tom Hutchinson starting December 11, 2024

The Tank

Announced 24/25 Producing Fellows: Carlton V Bell II, Kathleen Capdesuñer, Jessie Char, and Kyra Davis

Irish Repertory Theatre

Reveals Plays & Cast Members for New Works Fall Festival

Tender Napalm

Off-Broadway production at Theatrelab with Ben Ahlers and Victoria Pedretti

Irish Repertory Theatre

Reveals Plays & Cast Members for New Works Fall Festival

What the Constitution Means to Me

Most performed work in the US for the second year in a row, now debuting in Canada (modified version)

The Impossible Man

Preview run in Lake Como; Starring Broadway actor and Drama Desk nominee Ryan Silverman as Houdini

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hell’s Kitchen, Death Becomes Her, and The Outsiders will perform

Drama League sets 2025 awards calendar

announced for April 22, 2025. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on May 16 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Productions must begin previews by April 20 in order to be eligible for the 2025 awards."

Muhammad Ali musical

Cancels world-premiere production in Chicago due to “scheduling conflicts in key departments on our team”

John Leguizamo

Talked Diversity at the Emmy, and has thoughts about theatre representation!

Quincy Jones

Grammy-Winning Producer for Michael Jackson, Film Composer, Jones received a Tony Award nomination in 2006 as producer of the musical adaptation of “The Color Purple”