Bruce Lazarus News

As excitement builds for Fox Television's broadcast of their new The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight, Samuel French, the world's leading theatrical publishing and licensing company, joins Rocky Horror fans in their anticipation of tonight's broadcast.

The launch of Playwrights Welcome, a new program developed for Dramatists Guild of America members by Samuel French along with Dramatists Play Service, Dramatic Publishing, Music Theatre International, Playscripts, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization and participating theaters, was announced today.

 Samuel French, the world's leading theatrical publishing and licensing company, has announced their representation for performance rights of Shakespeare in Love, The Play adapted by Tony® Award winning playwright Lee Hall from the Academy Award winning film by Tony and Academy Award winning playwright Tom Stoppard and Academy Award winning screenwriter Marc Norman. Originally presented on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions, critics described the play as 'a stirring love story ...funny and genuinely moving. A joyous celebration of theatre' (Daily Telegraph); 'an absolute joy from beginning to end' (Daily Express); 'deliciously funny' (The Independent); and 'an ebullient crowd-pleaser' (The New York Times).

Samuel French, the world's leading theatrical publishing and licensing company, has announced their representation for performance rights of the acclaimed musical Tuck Everlasting.

The play made up of dialogue from the female characters of 2014-2015's 10 most frequently produced American plays received a cease and desist in February.

The solo piece criticizes the way women are represented in American theatre by using excerpts from the ten most frequently produced American plays of 2014-15.

The solo piece up of material from popular plays was ordered not to go on after a complaint from one of the playwrights.

The Jewish Channel will continue its second season of its popular theater-oriented monthly TV show, ROW J, with a new episode to begin airing on Tuesday, December 1. ROW J is hosted by TJC correspondent Meredith Ganzman. The executive producer is Brian Scott Lipton. Featured in this edition are theatre stars Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming, Jackie Hoffman, Aaron Tveit and more!

Last night, Thursday October 1, Samuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, in collaboration with HowlRound,  presented  Sing and Tell: A Benefit Concert for the Dramatists Guild Fund at Feinstein's/54 Below.

Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is the best-selling crime novel of all time, with 100 million copies sold worldwide. Now for the first time, her play of the same title has been expanded into a major resource for theatre makers, theatre lovers, and Agatha Christie fans alike. Samuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, announces its high tech contribution to this classic in the format of the first ever enhanced e-Play AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: Enhanced Acting Edition. 

BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Samuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, has slated '#MusicalsWeek: Protecting, Developing & Celebrating Musical Theatre' for Monday, September 28 through Thursday, October 1, 2015.

BroadwayWorld has learned that Samuel French, the world's premier theatrical publishing and licensing company, has landed the performance rights of the ground-breaking hit musical Fun Home, winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home features music by Jeanine Tesori with book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, the first all-female writing team to win the Tony for musical score.

Samuel French, the world's premier theatrical publishing and licensing company, has announced the promotion of Amy Rose Marsh to Literary Director.

Get ready to rock! Samuel French, the world's premiere theatrical publishing and licensing company, is now accepting requests for professional and amateur performance rights for the five-time Tony Award Nominated smash hit Rock of Ages. Fresh from a six-year run on Broadway, Rock of Ages joins Samuel French's collection of great musicals including Chicago, Grease, The Rocky Horror Show and Heathers the Musical.

Samuel French, the world's premiere theatrical publishing and licensing company, is excited to announce its exclusive representation of worldwide professional and amateur stage performance rights to Heathers The Musical. Direct from its Off-Broadway run, the delightfully dark musical joins the Samuel French catalogue alongside other great musicals such as Grease, Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, and Rock of Ages.

Samuel French, the world's oldest theatrical publishing and licensing company, has announced their new customer rewards program: THE 1830 CLUB. Named for the year in which the company was founded, the new program allows members to earn discounts each time they shop on the Samuel French website.

Samuel French, the 184-year-old publishing and licensing company, has announced a collaboration with HowlRound, an online community for theatre artists, this summer on a four-day event (July 14-17) that will focus on intellectual property and the rights of artists in the theatre.

Samuel French, the 184-year-old publishing and licensing company, has announced the new members of its 2014 Advisory Committee. They comprise notable industry professionals representing a wide spectrum of interests and perspectives in the theatrical community. The 2014 Advisory Committee members are Polly Carl (Director and Editor of HowlRound: A Center for the Theater Commons at Emerson College), Kristoffer Diaz (playwright and educator; plays include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Welcome to Arroyo's, The Upstairs Concierge), Seth Glewen (Co-Head of The Gersh Agency Theater Department), Amanda Green (Tony-nominated lyricist/composer), Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director of the Paper Mill Playhouse), David Roth (Head of Theatre Dept. at Staples High School in Westport, CT), and Lou Ursone (Executive Director of Curtain Call Theatre).

Samuel French Inc. today announced that Bruce Lazarus has joined the company as Executive Director. Lazarus will oversee company strategy, marketing and business affairs.

On Sunday, November 6, 2011, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), now celebrating its 20th year, will host the 2011 TRU Love Benefit at Caroline's on Broadway (1626 Broadway between 49th and 50th ). The Benefit was created to honor those who have lent standout service to the theatrical community. This year's award recipients are producer Bruce Lazarus; Ben Cameron and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; and Lou Rodgers of Golden Fleece Limited.