BroadwayHD is an on-demand digital streaming media company. Based in New York City, the company records and distributes live theater performances and previously recorded theatrical productions through its platform.[2][3][4]
Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley, Tony Award-winning producers, wanted to democratize the niche market of Broadway by filming live productions and making them available to a wider audience through the internet. As long standing members of the community, they formed agreements with all 17 unions, guilds and associations behind Broadway shows so that show creators are compensated for filming. BroadwayHD has partnered with leading theatre companies such as Roundabout Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Geffen and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.[5][6] BroadwayHD's website, which featured on demand streaming, launched in fall 2015 with 100 titles from Broadway and London's West End.[7][8]
In 2016 BroadwayHD produced the first extra behind-the-scenes video content streamed show during the CBS telecast of the awards, live from the Beacon Theatre.[14]
Productionsedit
In addition to its livestream of She Loves Me, the company has also produced livestreams of The Geffen Playhouse's Long Day's Journey into Night starring Jane Kaczmarek and Alfred Molina,[15]Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, starring Bryce Pinkham and Corbin Bleu,[16] and Ernest Shackleton Loves Me.[17]
^ abChristopher Zara (January 10, 2018). "Live-Streamed Broadway Shows? The Tech Was Easy, But Oh The Drama!". Fast Company.
^"Broadway on Demand? New Streaming Service Aims to Bring Stage to Screens" by Gordon Cox, Variety, October 26, 2015
^Angelica Fusco (May 27, 2016). "Broadway goes digital with subscription service". CBS News.
^Lee Seymour (December 10, 2015). "Broadway Goes Digital: From Livestreams To Subscription Services". Forbes.
^ abRich Mintzer (17 April 2018). "How This Huband-and-Wife Team Made Broadway Accessible". Entrepreneur.
^"Backstage with Richard Ridge: Meet the Masterminds Behind BroadwayHD- Bonnie Comley and Stewart F. Lane!". Broadway World.
^James Williams (February 10, 2018). "BroadwayHD Is An Entertainment Game Changer For Theater Fans". News Talk Florida.
^Gordon Cox (October 26, 2015). "Broadway on Demand? New Streaming Service Aims to Bring Stage to Screens". Variety.
^ abVincentelli, Elisabeth (2017-11-20). "A Night at the Theater From Your Couch? No Apologies Needed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^Margaret Lyons (July 1, 2016). "Broadway Comes to a Laptop Near You". New York Times.
^Robert Diamond (June 29, 2016). "What's the Future of Live Streamed Musicals? BroadwayHD Co-Founders Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley Explain + She Loves Me!". Broadway World.
^Walter McBride (April 22, 2017). "Photo Coverage: Guinness World Record Certificate Awarded to BroadwayHD". Broadway World.
^"Broadway is making history by live-streaming She Loves Me direct from the stage" by Aja Romano, Vox, June 30, 2016
^"BroadwayHD Announces First-Ever Second Screen Backstage Broadcast at the 70th Annual Tony Awards".
^BWW News Desk. "Geffen Playhouse's Starry LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT to Stream with BroadwayHD". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.