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Nov 30, 2023 BACKSTAGE by Casey Mink

11 Broadway Producers You Need to Know

Sep 14, 2022 PLAYBILL by Leah Putnam

Lamar Richardson Awarded 2022 Front Row Productions Fellowship

Sep 13, 2022 BROADWAY WORLD by Chloe Rabinowitz  

Front Row Productions Names Lamar Richardson 2022 Fellow

Jun 27, 2022  BROADWAY WORLD by Chloe Rabinowitz

Applications Now Open for Front Row Productions Annual Fellowship

May 17, 2022 INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY by Erik Cliburn

Theater Programs Work to Reduce Major Representation Gaps in the Industry

Apr 19, 2022 PLAYBILL by Logan Culwell-Block

Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett Board Creative Team of Upcoming Black Orpheus Stage Musical

Oct 6, 2021  VARIETY by Gordon Cox

How Black Creatives Are Working to Shake Up Broadway and Implement Lasting Change

Sep 1, 2021  PLAYBILL by Dan Meyer

Marjuan Canady Selected for Inaugural Front Row Productions Fellowship 

May 26, 2021 STAGEBUDDY  by Erin Kahn

Alia Jones-Harvey on her producing journey and opening up Broadway to POC

May 20, 2021 PLAYBILL  by Dan Meyer

Front Row Productions Fellowship for Emerging Theatremakers Now Accepting Applications

May 20, 2021 BROADWAY WORLD  by Stephi Wild

Applications Now Open For Front Row Productions Fellowship

May 20, 2021  PLAYBILL by Dan Meyer

Front Row Productions Fellowship for Emerging Theatremakers Now Accepting Applications

Feb 11, 2021  THE STAGE by Giverny Masso

Producer fellowship launched to boost Broadway diversity

Jan 6, 2021  DC THEATER ARTS by Deb Miller

Front Row Productions Fellowship Established at Columbia University to Support Emerging Producers and Increasing Diversity

Dec 01, 2020 PLAYBILL  by Andrew Gans

Stephen C. Byrd, Mara Isaacs, Brian Moreland, More Set for 10-Week Producing 101

Oct 31, 2020 PLAYBILL  by Dan Meyer

Spotlight on Black Broadway Producers: Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey

Jun 28, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES  by Michael Paulson

Broadway League Pledges Changes Amid National Uproar

Mar 5, 2020 AMSTERDAM NEWS  by Linda Armstrong

TCG Gala Honors National Black Theater Festival

Oct 15, 2019  PLAYBILL by Dan Meyer

 2019 AUDELCO’s VIV Award Nominations  

Dec 26, 2019 AMSTERDAM NEWS  by Linda Armstrong

Black Theater Year in Review, Part 1

Oct 10, 2019  BROADWAY WORLD by BWW News Desk

Stephen C. Byrd & Alia Jones Harvey named Global Producer of the Year Winners

 Oct 9, 2019  PLAYBILL by Olivia Clement

Stephen C. Byrd & Alia Jones Harvey named Global Producer of the Year Winners 

Sep 20, 2019  BROADWAY WORLD by Olivia Clement

Leslie Uggams, Lynn Nottage and More Honored at SALUTE HER Awards 

Feb 21, 2019  NBC NEWS by Brittany Noble Jones

Disney's Broadway productions are putting its black characters front and center

Fall 2018 ACCESS FRONT ROW News

IN ISSUE 2...more unique content including a discussion with the London-based film historian Karen Alexander, count down to Kerry Washington opening on Broadway featuring playwright Christopher Demos-Brown, facts and figures as well as latest news. 

Summer 2018 ACCESS FRONT ROW News

IN THIS ISSUE...hot tickets this summer, Why Kerry Washington Returned to Broadway, 2017-2018 season broke Broadway records, Fall 2018 play preview.

Oct 12, 2016 AMERICAN THEATRE by Allison Considine 

Producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey Talk Shop

Jun 12, 2016 NBC NEWS by Agunda Okeyo

Could 'Eclipsed' be the Blackest Show on Broadway?  Eclipsed may very well be the Blackest show on the Great White Way.  Led by an all-Black cast, director, playwright and producing team, Eclipsed explored

Jun 3, 2016 FORBES by Lee Seymour  

Why Lupita Nyong'o's Tony Nomination Is More Important Than Her Oscar Win

Jun 1, 2016 VOGUE by Michelle Ruiz

Hollywood, Take Notice: There Is No #TonysSoWhite

May 26, 2016 BLACK VOICES by Brennan Williams

‘Eclipsed’ Production Duo On Breaking Through Broadway’s Glass Ceiling

May 20, 2012 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER by Howard Shapiro

From Overbrook dreamer to Broadway mogul:  With plays like "Streetcar," Stephen C. Byrd aims to bring more black actors, and audiences, to the theater.

Apr 26, 2012 WALL STREET JOURNAL by Joanne Kaufman

Developing a Multiracial 'Desire'

Dec 7, 2011 BLACK ENTERPRISE by Carolyn M. Brown

The Business of Broadway: Alicia Keys, Kenny Leon, Lydia Diamond and others represent the new look of Broadway

Jul 11, 2008 BLACK ENTERPRISE by George Alexander

Play Money: So you want to invest in a Broadway production? 

Jun 1, 2008 FAST COMPANY by Cora Daniels

The Business of Broadway: How fresh ideas from finance, film, and TV are creating new opportunities for the theater, The Cool Cat

Mar 20, 2008 NEW YORK TIMES by Campbell Robertson

A Black 'Cat,' Catching an Elusive Audience