Russell Granet News

As Broadway is preparing to reopen, so is New 42 Studios, the rehearsal studio nestled in the heart of the theatre district.

New 42 has announced their slate of upcoming summer programming. Highlights include New Victory Dance Jams, live, interactive dance engagement as part of this season’s New Victory Dance, the annual summer series serving New York summer schools and camps in all five boroughs of New York City with free dance performances, and a New Victory at Little Island programming partnership featuring New Victory LabWorks and Teaching Artists. 

On Saturday, June 5, New 42 celebrated arts educators in a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor celebration on 42nd Street in Times Square.

Today, New 42 announces the addition of Ann Unterberg, Isaac Mizrahi and Yemi Benedict-Vatel to their Board of Directors.

The WNET Group has announced the honorees for its Education is Everything Virtual Gala celebration on Thursday, April 22. The WNET Group will recognize John B. King, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Education and President and CEO of The Education Trust; New 42 and its President & CEO, Russell Granet for New Victory Education programs; and more.

Crain's New York Business has named Courtney J. Boddie, New 42 Vice President, Education & School Engagement, a 2021 Notable Black Leader and Executive for her creative solutions in bringing performing arts to New York City's underserved communities, and for strengthening schools through New Victory Education programs.

New Victory names nicHi douglas (where love lies fallow, Under the Radar 2020), ChelseaDee Harrison (2020 Broadway Advocacy Coalition Artivism Fellow), Nambi E. Kelley (National New Play Network Annual Commission 2020 Recipient) and Christopher Rudd (2019 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow) as the theater's 2020-21 New Victory LabWorks Artists.

In celebration of the last 25 years as a leader in performing arts access for New York City children, friends of the New Victory, including Renée Elise Goldsberry, John Lithgow and Sarah Jessica Parker, among others, wish the theater a Happy 25th Birthday.

New 42 has announced the addition of four new board members--Tiffany Gardner, Sammy Lopez, Henry Tisch and Lucinda Zilkha--who share in the cultural nonprofit's mission to make extraordinary performing arts a vital part of everyone's life from the earliest years onward.

New 42 has announced that all New Victory education programs will be free for NYC public schools in the 2020-21 academic year. New 42 will offer robust arts education to more than 500 classroom teachers and 20,000 kids at no cost to New York City Department of Education schools and charter schools.

In response to the news that Broadway is shutdown until Spring 2021, there is a new advocacy campaign launching on 42nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue today as New 42 has turned on the marquee lights to The New Victory Theater to put their entire weight behind #ArtsAreMySuperpower, on their prime 42nd street location.

 New 42, the performing arts nonprofit behind New 42 Studios and New Victory Theater, announces the promotions of Courtney J. Boddie to Vice President, Education and School Engagement, and Lindsey Buller Maliekel to Vice President, Education and Public Engagement.

Russell Granet, President & CEO of New 42nd Street has released a statement, sharing that the New Victory Theater building will remain closed through Spring of 2021.

With over half a million views to date, New Victory Arts Break is about to get an even bigger audience! New Victory has announced a content partnership with The WNET Group's Camp TV, a new one-hour public television series that brings the day camp experience to children nationwide.

Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Celia Keenan-Bolger will be hosting the New 42 Virtual Gala 2020 on Monday, June 1, honoring Marc Spilker with the Marian Heiskell Award. The virtual event will include appearances by New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and more.

Through an initiative called New Victory Arts Break, New Victory Theater is inspiring families to learn performing arts skills from the comfort of their own home.

In anticipation of the PAAL Summit happening Friday, December 6, 2019, New 42 will sponsor childcare provision for the first national summit on parent support. This sponsorship allows the PAAL Summit to provide free on-site childcare for event attendees and volunteers. Broadway Babysitters, LLC, will be the professional caregiving service providing care.

According to American Theatre, the New 42nd Street, the nonprofit that supports the New Victory Theater and the New 42nd Street Studios, has announced leadership changes, including Mary Rose Lloyd as their new artistic director.

The de Blasio Administration today announced the launch of the IDNYC renewal campaign, new and returning benefit partners, and the IDNYC Middle School Card. With the fifth anniversary of the IDNYC program approaching and the first set of cards set to expire beginning in January 2020, the program has also introduced a new card design and a comprehensive, citywide advertising and targeted outreach campaign to promote renewals. IDNYC is the largest and most successful municipal ID program in the country with over 1.3 million cardholders.

David Byrne's American Utopia just celebrated opening night yesterday, October 20 at the intimate Hudson Theatre on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and we're taking you to the star-studded red carpet below!