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In what may be a landmark case, the New York Times has sued Open AI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, saying the publication’s content is being by the platform to feed automated chatbots, constituting “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works.”

Jaden Thompson Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theater, has announced that the 2024 TCG Gala: Our Stories will honor architect and designer David Rockwell, Broadway producer Brian Anthony Moreland, director Schele Wiliams and The Shubert Foundation. Outgoing executive director and CEO Teresa Eyring, who has been with the organization for 17 years, will also be celebrated at the event on March 11 at The Edison Ballroom in New York City. TCG, founded in 1961, currently consists of 700 member theaters and affiliate organizations, as well as 7,000+ individual members.

KPOP, the history-making Broadway musical depicting and celebrating the Korean pop genre phenomenon of the title, will play its final performance this Sunday after a struggle at the box office.

Kimberly Akimbo, Assassins, Prayer for the French Republic and The Chinese Lady were among the Off Broadway productions receiving multiple nominations for this year’s Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off Broadway, announced today.

Gemma Chan is making things happen for an Anna May Wong biopic.

David Henry Hwang Guest ColumnistFor Variety‘s Writers on Writers, David Henry Hwang pays tribute to “Tick, Tick … Boom!” (screenplay by Steven Levenson; based on the musical by Jonathan Larson).Movies about writers are notoriously difficult, since the central action of the protagonist is largely cerebral.

House Of Cards creator and showrunner Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis have teamed with Crazy Rich Asians’ co-financier SK Global to develop a television series based on Tom Wright and Bradley Hope’s novel Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World. Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly playwright David Henry Hwang is attached to write the adaptation and executive produce.

Rebecca Davis editor“House of Cards” creator and showrunner Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis will work with “Crazy Rich Asians” co-financier SK Global to develop a TV series based on the blockbuster novel “Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World.”SK Global and Willimon’s independent film, TV and music studio Westward will independently finance and oversee all stages of development and production.David Henry Hwang — the

Tony Award-nominated costume and fashion designer Emilio Sosa has been elected the Chair of the American Theatre Wing, the organization announced today. Sosa succeeds current co-chairs David Henry Hwang and Ted Chapin.

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