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The theater company's 4,000-square-foot Chain Theatre in Long Island City is expected to be completed by October 2012.

Longtime agent Robert Broder will head Chuck Lorre’s recently announced production company.

Literary agent Danny Gabai leaves WME to be Vice's new executive creative director and coordinate the development of scripted programming.

ABC Family pilots "Socio" and "The Fosters" will mostly be cast out of L.A. by John Papsidera and Scott Genkinger, respectively.

Theaters and performers will soon be able to download scripts via an agreement between Samuel French and Scene Partner.

The 2012 Horton Foote Prize went to the plays "Good People" and "The Liquid Plain," it was announced Sept. 4.

Ten theater companies around the country are recipients of the American Theatre Wing's 2012 National Theatre Company Grant.

NYC Performing Arts Spaces launched Aug. 27, allowing theater makers an easy way to search for available venues that suit their needs.

In a statement, MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd praises the GOP's stance on intellectual property rights.

In the wake of Andrew Kubitz's departure for ABC, CBS promotes Noriko Gee to SVP, programming planning and scheduling.

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