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Thursday, May 1, 2025

AKA announces senior creative promotions, new hires as agency grows by Ruthie Fierberg

Lisa Lewis and Sam McMenamin are among the staff with new roles.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Tony Awards Challenge returns for 2025 with Broadway vacation grand prize by Ruthie Fierberg

Predict the winners of the Tony Awards correctly and you could win a trip to see five Broadway shows and more.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Celia Keenan-Bolger to receive 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony-winning actor will be honored for her humanitarian service.

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Monday, April 28, 2025

Little-known theater jobs: Broadway press agent by Ruthie Fierberg

Molly Barnett, a co-founder of Grapevine PR, has built publicity campaigns for approximately 25 shows, including this season’s “Redwood” and “Oh, Mary!”

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Broadway Review: ‘Just in Time’ is safe, swoonful concert-style theater by Ruthie Fierberg

To no one’s surprise, star Jonathan Groff’s got the magic, vintage touch. 

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Friday, April 25, 2025

2025 Outer Critics Circle nominees announced by Ruthie Fierberg

“Death Becomes Her” leads the pack, as Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora announced the full slate of recognitions for the 2024-2025 season.

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David Henry Hwang doesn’t mind being the butt of the joke — in fact, for Broadway’s ‘Yellow Face’ he needed to be by Ruthie Fierberg

The three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist explains why he structured the comedy as a pseudo-documentary and how putting himself at the center freed up audiences.

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Why lighting ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ became a design feat by Ruthie Fierberg

Lighting designer Ben Stanton shares his exclusive research and explains how he used color, warmth and ingenuity to clear the unique challenges of the new musical.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ was actually written during season 4 of the Netflix series by Ruthie Fierberg

Playwright Kate Trefry, co-director Justin Martin and producer Sonia Friedman explain how they wrote the stage prequel before the streaming drama had wrapped.

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Thursday, April 17, 2025

‘Cult of Love’ scribe Leslye Headland explains how the play originated, how she defines a sin and how one artistic home changed her career by Ruthie Fierberg

The playwright and co-creator of TV’s “Russian Doll” honed her skills by writing a seven-play cycle for Iama Theatre Company, which led to her debuting on Broadway.

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Sunday, April 13, 2025

How Tina Landau and Adam Guettel discovered the story of Floyd Collins by Ruthie Fierberg

In the latest episode of “Broadway Press Day,” the creators explain the origins of their musical — which has finally made it to the Main Stem.

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Is TDF’s Costumes & Cocktails party the new ‘it’ event of the season? by Ruthie Fierberg

The celebration for TDF’s Costume Collection combined with the Irene Sharaff Awards for a night to remember.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The Broadway Review: ‘Old Friends’ offers new memories for lifelong Sondheim fans and first-timers alike by Ruthie Fierberg

Director Matthew Bourne brings a visually stiff but emotionally satisfying Sondheim tribute to New York audiences. 

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Friday, April 4, 2025

How to communicate with designers about the vision for your ad by Ruthie Fierberg

A lesson in design vocabulary that will help you set the tone and tell your show’s story.

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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Why ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’’s producers changed the show — twice — and how they did it by Ruthie Fierberg

Lead producers Colin Callender and Sonia Friedman, playwright Jack Thorne and production stage manager Rolt Smith divulge the details.

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Monday, March 31, 2025

Little-known theater jobs: director of the TDF Costume Collection by Ruthie Fierberg

Stephen Cabral supervises a 16,000-square-foot warehouse full of costumes — including donations from Broadway shows — which are rented to Broadway shows, “Saturday Night Live,” schoo…

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‘Boop!’ aims to be a feat of theatrical design, dance and heart by Ruthie Fierberg

Director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell, composer David Foster, star Jasmine Amy Rogers and more describe their approach to the unique musical.

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Little-known theater jobs: chief recording engineer by Ruthie Fierberg

Oscar Zambrano is the owner of his own recording studio, Zampol Productions, which has worked on Broadway recordings and cast albums.

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Monday, March 24, 2025

How the live camera work in Broadway’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’ elevates its theatricality by Ruthie Fierberg

Director Jamie Lloyd, choreographer Fabian Aloise and co-video designer-cinematographer Joe Ransom spill the details behind using simulcast for the ultimate musical experience.

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Friday, March 21, 2025

The women on Broadway are sexy and owning it by Ruthie Fierberg

From “Gypsy” and “Death Becomes Her” to “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain,” the 2024-2025 season highlights women in a refreshing way.

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

On the tour of ‘The Book of Mormon,’ every day’s a latter day by Ruthie Fierberg

Director-choreographer Jennifer Werner describes how the creative team preserves a Tony Award-winning musical worth believing in.

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Combining history and imagination to write Broadway’s ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ by Ruthie Fierberg

Book writer Marco Ramirez reveals the origins and elements of his fresh script.

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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Little-known theater jobs: Stage directors and choreographers society director of contract affairs by Ruthie Fierberg

In her union position, Kristy Cummings advocates for healthcare, pension, labor protections and more for professional stage directors and choreographers.

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Friday, February 28, 2025

Why George Clooney and Grant Heslov turned ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ into a play by Ruthie Fierberg

Clooney and Heslov wrote the Oscar-nominated 2005 film of the same name whose adaptation is now coming to Broadway.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Mara Isaacs and Ronee Penoi’s Producer Hub lands $1 million grant by Ruthie Fierberg

Producer Hub, led by Michael Francis, has also announced staffing updates.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Concord Theatricals secures global licensing rights for Heidi Schreck’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ by Ruthie Fierberg

The adaptation first premiered at Lincoln Center Theater in 2024.

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Second Stage Theater expands board of trustees with 9 new appointments by Ruthie Fierberg

Artistic director Evan Cabnet welcomes new board members to the nonprofit.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Little-known theater jobs: special effects supervisor by Ruthie Fierberg

Lillis Meeh has been the interim supervisor for Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” since 2018. Here, Meeh shares (some) secrets.

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Friday, February 21, 2025

What is ad trafficking? by Ruthie Fierberg

A quick overview of the ad-making process

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Cynthia Erivo to host 2025 Tony Awards by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award winner will make her Tony-hosting debut.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre