I hope you don’t mind, but I had to take a break from talking about the business . . . so I could talk about these people who are making themselves a big part of the business.

Just read this:

Brian Belding‘s The White Rose opened Off Broadway this past winter. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, they released an album. You can stream it here. And as far as the show goes, it looks like London is next.

Jenne Wason‘s Winesday opened Off Broadway this Spring at The Theater Center. It got this great write up in that nationally published Wine Spectator (her target audience!) The show is planning a return to NYC this fall.

Catherine Gropper‘s The Meeting: The Interpreter is running Off Broadway right now starring top notch talent and getting fantastic press. (It’s a very timely topic.) The show is executive produced by Broadway and Off Broadway producers and general managers, Tony Castrigno and Mark Rubinsky, who are becoming quite the specialists in this market. You can grab tickets here.

Jason Rose, who produced ¡Americano! Off-Broadway at New World Stages during the pandemic is back again with another attention grabbing show . . . The Ghost of John McCain. It opens in September at The Soho Playhouse. Get tickets here.

Stewart Alden Tabler’s The Runaround won the Rainbow Award at the Border Light Theater Festival in Cleveland.

Producer Megan Ann Rasmussen‘s Spells of the Sea secured a spot at The Kennedy Center. Oh, and she also got her first Broadway producing credit, with more to come. Check out her website here.

Aaron Spitz, Evan Goldfischer and Patrick Gandy‘s new musical just had a “sold-out” reading packed with Broadway talent (and they raised money as a result).

Producer Brian Purcell had two presentations in NYC, grabbed a producing partner, and is in talks for a London concert production of his musical, Jo.

Doug Devita just emailed me . . . from his second regional production in just about as many months of another one of his plays, Fable. And it’s getting raves!

Mike Sheedy‘s new musical featuring all songs made famous by Cher (which he secured the rights to) had its first reading, and is now planning its second . . . with a Broadway creative team.

They’ve done all that. And it’s only August. I can’t imagine what they’ll do next. But I’m going to be there. Because every one of the theatermakers above is a part of our special group we put together, designed to get people where they want to go with their shows or their career – faster than they can get there on their own.

I’m proud of them. So I had to share.

I hope you’ll go see their shows or listen to their albums . . . or even just send a little positive energy their way. It’s not easy doing what they’ve done.

And if you’re working on a show – I wish you the same success.