The 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.K. playwright Alice Birch for her play Anatomy of a Suicide. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Prize is awarded annually to recognize…

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Jun 15, 2016

Harvey Fierstein Honored as LGBT “Trailblazer” on June 25

Next Saturday, June 25, tune into VH1 and LogoTV at 8pm for their third annual Trailblazer Honors, a television special that celebrates pioneers “at the forefront of LGBT equality.” Tony Award-winning actor, playwright and…

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May 2, 2016

2016 Lucille Lortel Awards: Full List

The first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which honors outstanding achievement Off-Broadway.

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Apr 27, 2016

Looking Forward and Back: THE NORMAL HEART, A Story about Past, Present and Future

“We’re all going to go crazy, living this epidemic every minute, while the rest of the world goes on out there, all around us, as if nothing is happening, going on with their own lives
and…

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Apr 26, 2016

RUTHLESS!, GLORIA and More Nominated for 2016 Off Broadway Alliance Awards

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the 6th Annual Off Broadway…

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Apr 13, 2016

Vanessa Williams and Matthew Morrison to Announce 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations on April 28

Drama Desk, Tony®, and Emmy® Award nominee and Theater World Award and NAACP Image Award winner Vanessa Williams (Into The Woods, The Trip to Bountiful…

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Jan 11, 2016

73rd Golden Globes Winners Include Veterans of Stage

The 2016 award film and television award season kicked off last night with the 73rd Golden Globes, hosted with a sharp-tongued Ricky Gervais.

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Jan 7, 2016

Playwright EM Lewis Receives Oregon Literary Fellowship for Drama

We are thrilled to report that Samuel French playwright EM Lewis has received the Oregon Literary Fellowship for Drama, as part of the 2016 Oregon Book Awards.

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Nov 16, 2015

Theater Hall of Fame Inducts 8 New Members Tonight!

Tonight marks the 2015 Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, held at 7:30pm at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre and hosted by Estelle Parsons. The ceremony will be followed by a late supper at The Palm.