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Yamaha IM8 Analog Consoles
Jul 03, 2008
ImageYamaha’s new IM8 series of analog consoles is an eight-bus console line designed to offer low-noise, professional features in a smaller format and at a competitive price. They are available in three models, the IM8-24, IM8-32 and IM8-40, offering 24, 32 and 40 channels, respectively.
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Palo Alto Children’s Theatre Director Fired
Jul 02, 2008

PALO ALTO, Calif. – After an investigation into the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre finances, city officials have terminated Director Pat Briggs, effective immediately, according to reports by the Mercury News. The decision marks the end of Briggs’ 47-year career with the theatre.


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Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Recipients of Bank of America Playwright Commissioning Program
Jul 02, 2008

NEW YORK – Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the recipients of its first Bank of America Playwright Commissioning Program. The three recipients are David Lindsay-Abaire, Noah Haidle and Liz Flahive. 


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League of Chicago Theaters Names Deborah Clapp Interim Executive Director
Jul 02, 2008

ImageCHICAGO – Experienced Chicago-based theatre consultant and former Goodman Theatre executive Deborah L. Clapp has been named Interim executive director of the League of Chicago Theatres. She will begin leading the member services and advocacy organization of 200 Chicago-area theatre companies effective immediately. 


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Spring Awakening Rises with Shure
Jul 02, 2008

NEW YORK — Hailed by critics as the most explosive Broadway musical since Rent, Spring Awakening is a tale of passage from youth to adulthood told in a groundbreaking style taking full advantage of the primal force of rock ‘n’ roll. The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2007, the show also relies on 20 channels of Shure UHF-R wireless. 


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Equity and Broadway League Reach Tentative Agreement
Jul 02, 2008
NEW YORK — Actors’ Equity Association, the national union of stage actors and stage managers, and The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway and touring industry, have successfully reached a new 39-month tentative agreement for their production contract, Equity announced today. The collective bargaining agreement outlines the terms and conditions of employment for actors and stage managers working in commercial Broadway and touring productions. Disney Theatrical Productions Inc. is a coordinated bargaining partner to this agreement.
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Budapest Opera Serenades with Innovason
Jul 01, 2008
ImageBUDAPEST – The recently renovated Budapest Operetta Theatre in the heart of Budapest’s renowned theatre district has taken delivery of an Innovason Sy80 digital mixing system from Hungarian Innovason distributors, Microsound Ltd.

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NAACP Theatre Award Winners Announced
Jul 01, 2008
ImageLOS ANGELES – The Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Annual Theatre Awards hosted the 18th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Hollywood's most revered talents from generations past, present and future came out to celebrate one of the oldest forms of storytelling and to honor those who have made their mark on the industry. Actors Kimberly Elise, (The Great Debaters) and Anthony Anderson, (Law and Order, Transformers) hosted the star-studded gala.
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Shakespeare & Company Reaches $7.5-Million Capital Campaign Goal
Jun 30, 2008

LENOX, Mass – Shakespeare & Company has announced that it has reached its initial goal of $7.5 million in fundraising through its Capital Campaign and is now extending the campaign to a new goal of $10 million. Richard A. Mescon, chairman of the Board of Trustees, made the announcement at the organization's annual gala. Michael A. Miller, past chairman of the board and the chairman of the Capital Campaign, also has announced that an anonymous donor has stepped forward to offer a $1-million challenge grant. Thus, the next $1 million in Capital Campaign donations will be matched by an additional $1 million gift. By meeting this challenge, the company would be poised within $500,000 of its total $10 million Capital Campaign. 


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The Fox Theatre Announces New Program to Preserve Theatres
Jun 27, 2008
ATLANTA – The Fox Theatre, Atlanta's most dramatic cultural landmark, is introducing a new initiative, The Fox Theatre Institute, an organization that will provide guidance to other Georgia theatres on how to successfully preserve their theaters and assert their cultural significance to become economic drivers in their communities. The Fox Theatre Institute will officially launch on July 18 in Atlanta at the League of Historic American Theaters conference entitled "Thinking Outside the Fox" (LHAT) that will celebrate the saving of The Fox Theater and many across Georgia and the U.S. that sparked cultural and economic development and change.

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