Congratulations to filmmaker Kristine Stolakis whose documentary “Pray Away” received an excellent Tribeca Film Festival review. Simon Pulman and Calvin Mohammadi represented Blumhouse in its deal to finance the project.

Pray Away exposes the damage caused by the religious right’s so-called reparative therapy programs that claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as told in personal stories of defectors from these programs. Read the review here.

How Broadway Podcasts Are Bucking the Trend

As the spread of COVID-19 has forced almost all Americans to stay at home, many podcast programs have seen the size of their audiences shrink. One podcast publisher shared that the number of people downloading its shows has dropped 19 percent over the past two weeks, and Lindsay Graham of the audio production company Airship confirmed

Keeping Theatres Open During Coronavirus Pandemic

The show continues to go on in some countries, and not everyone is happy about it. After the number of individuals suffering from COVID-19 soared in late February, South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to the highest level. Read on to see how EMK Musical Company responded.

Marc Hershberg was Featured at NAMT’s Technology & Theatre Virtual Conference

CDAS Entertainment attorney Marc Hershberg fielded questions at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Technology & Theatre Virtual Conference: Digitizing the Fourth Wall, a curriculum designed to help regional theatres, in particular, use new digital technologies to reimagine staged theatrical storytelling.

CDAS Mourns the Passing of Author and Illustrator Tomie dePaola

Our sincere condolences go out to Tomie dePaola’s close colleagues, including literary agent Doug Whiteman and personal assistant Bob Hechtel, his friends, and generations of fans throughout the world. We know his legacy will live on in the imaginations of young readers everywhere who are charmed by his words and images.