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How refreshing to have a new musical on Broadway that is not a rehashing of an old show.

BMI Composes 2 Sundance Events

BMI, the U.S. performing rights organization representing more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, will host its third annual Songwriters Snowball and Composer/Director round-table at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

SAG Backs Pisano in Court

SAG moved Nov. 15 to defend its national executive director and CEO, Bob Pisano, against a lawsuit that seeks to force his removal over an alleged conflict of interest in serving also on the board of online DVD rental company Netflix. The union filed a motion for summary judgment in ...

Brit Dancers May Await Pensions

(The Stage) LONDON—Ballet dancers will face years of financial crisis when they retire, following new government plans to stop them drawing a pension before 55—20 years after their average retirement age.

New Labs Sizzle at B'way Theater Institute

The nonprofit Broadway Theater Institute (BTI), which aims to "preserve, protect, and promote Broadway's dynamically vibrant heritage and its impact on the development of theater," is in an expansion phase. The organization now provides space to two developmental programs for new musicals, the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory and the ...

Keira Knightley Donates Oscar Gown to Charity

Britain's Keira Knightley has donated the Vera Wang dress she wore at the ceremony to Oxfam to raise money for their work in East Africa.

Flyers and Other Tales

The ways in which people hold on to their dreams in an increasingly impersonal and restrictive society are at the center of Kate Marks' three gently lyrical plays performed under the rubric "Flyers and Other Tales."

CIGNA Axes AGMA's Health

TEIGIT Wants New York State Insurance Agency to Probe