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Get all the top news & discounts for Industry & beyond. No password required. This week's theater news is shaped by consolidation and new ventures across the industry, from a proposed merger between two of Dallas' leading performing arts institutions to the completed union of Pittsburgh's CLO and Public Theater. New leadership and business launches are also In Focus , with a longtime Disney executive stepping into a global production role and a veteran casting director opening his own agency. Internationally, performers and venues saw notable wins, including a ratified pay agreement for West End performers, restored government funding for dozens of French arts institutions, and the reopening of a historic Edinburgh theater after redevelopment.

A. in Theatre Arts, a flexible online program that lets Working Theatre professionals earn their degree without leaving their careers or communities. (Read more) RWS Global announced Matt Conover as Divisional President, Global Production, following 37 years at The Walt Disney Company in live entertainment leadership roles. (Read more) The Pekoe Group announced a round of staff promotions, recognizing several team members with new titles at the New York-based company. (Read more) Duncan Stewart , two-time Artios Award-winning casting director backed by over two decades of Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, film, and television work, has launched of DEFINE, an independent casting company based in New York City.

(Read more) Two of Dallas' largest performing arts institutions are joining forces. The AT&T Performing Arts Center (AT&T PAC) and Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announced today exploratory plans to combine their organizations, a partnership the two say will expand programming and arts education while preserving the distinct artistic identity and mission of each institution. (Read more) Pittsburgh CLO and Pittsburgh Public Theater completed their merger, uniting two of the region's most storied performing arts institutions into a single company, which will be the largest professional producing theater in Pittsburgh.

(Read more) Equity members voted overwhelmingly to approve a new three-year deal with the Society of London Theatre, raising minimum pay and improving conditions for West End performers and stage managers. (Read more) Audiences have officially returned to a theatre that has been part of Edinburgh's cultural life for more than a century.