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Broadway has been dark since mid-March, but its 2019-20 season already was winding down. In fact, there were 31 shows on the Main Stem boards when the coronavirus made this the cruelest of years, 18 of which are eligible for the 74th annual Tony Awards. Today we’ll get the nominations for those coveted statuettes, and…

U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Broadway League renewed the call for dedicated federal funding for Broadway and other New York live venues today, reiterating the push for the $10 billion bipartisan Save Our Stages campaign. “Today we are fighting hard to keep stages alive, stories told and shows going…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite recent, scattered press reports suggesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was snubbing Broadway by shutting the industry out of his New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, the state and the theater industry are working closely on how to re-start, Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League…

Editors’ Note: As Deadline continues its Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series on the struggles of people in the entertainment industry impacted by the coronavirus-related shutdowns and layoffs, we’ve launched a new series, Reopening Hollywood (or Broadway, as the case may be), focused on the incredibly complicated effort…

UPDATE, with specific show details Broadway will remain closed through June 7, a two-month extension of the current coronavirus shutdown that could mean the retroactive end of the 2019-2020 Broadway season to the March 12 shutdown. No mention was made in the Broadway League’s announcement today of officially closing…

IATSE has reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year "Pink Contract" covering behind-the-scenes workers employed on Broadway and in national touring productions. The union reached the deal after several months of bargaining with the Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions – also known as Disney On…

Actors' Equity Association has reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League for a new contract, both sides say. "This agreement is a win for Equity members who will have stronger financial and workplace security and for the entire industry as we have ensured that theatre can continue to grow and prosper on…

Broadway’s theater owners say the Times Square panic and its spillover into some theaters last night was handled by those venues in accordance with security procedures developed by the Broadway community and the New York Police Department, but at least some shaken audience members of To Kill a Mockingbird took to…

The union for Broadway’s musicians announced a three-year bargaining agreement with producers today, a pact the union says features the largest wage increase in two decades. The agreement was announced by the Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM and marks a collective bargaining agreement with the Br…

Mel Brooks played to full houses during his two-night Broadway stand last week, adding $583,140 to Broadway’s overall pot of $36M for the week ending June 23. Brooks’ June 17-18 engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre had a total attendance of 2,967, 99.2% of capacity. The $583K figure marked 112% of potential, with…

Harvey Sabinson, one of Broadway’s legendary press agents and a former long-time executive director of The Broadway League, died on April 18 of natural causes at his residence in Sarasota, Florida.  He was 94 years old. Sabinson capped a 50-year career in the theater when he was honored with a Special Tony Award for…

Update with League statement Actors' Equity Association and Broadway producers have reached what Equity is calling a “historic” agreement on a profit-sharing contract model for union members participating in early stage production development. With the agreement, Equity has removed the Broadway League, the producers…