News & EVents

This article explores how recent court rulings have reaffirmed the power of the fair use defense in the theater industry, particularly in relation to parodies, projections, and derivative works. It highlights key cases, such as Campbell v. Acuff-Rose and Blanch v. Koons, and discusses how theater artists can navigate copyright concerns while creating transformative works.

Jason Baruch as co-chair of the Theatre and Performing Arts Committee of NYSBA’s Entertainment Arts & Sports Law (EASL) section assembles a team of writers to (including Sendroff & Baruch, LLP partner Jason Aylesworth) publish the article “30 Years Later – The Show Must Go On: Current Trends and Issues in the Theater Industry” in the EASL Law Journal to celebrate the 30th anniversary of EASL.

Jason Aylesworth teaches his CLE Program, “Preparation for Negotiation in Deal-making” at the Practicing Law Institute.

As production counsel for THE BAND’S VISIT, we congratulate Orin Wolf and the rest of the producing team on the show’s ten (10) 2018 Tony Award wins, including Best Musical. Congratulations also to our firm’s other 2018 Tony Award recipients: Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters and Barbara Whitman for ANGELS IN AMERICA (Best Revival of a Play), Witzend Productions for ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Best Revival of a Musical), and La MaMa E.T.C., the recipients of the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award.

As production counsel for THE BAND’S VISIT, we congratulate Orin Wolf and the rest of the producing team on the show’s eleven (11) 2018 Tony Award nominations, including its nomination for Best Musical. As co-production counsel for SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: THE MUSICAL, we congratulate Nickelodeon and the rest of the producing team on the show’s twelve (12) 2018 Tony Award nominations, including its nomination for Best Musical. We also extend our congratulations to our other producing clients: Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters and Barbara Whitman for ANGELS IN AMERICA (Best Revival of a Play), Eric Falkenstein for both EDWARD ALBEE’S THREE TALL WOMEN (Best Revival of a Play) and EUGENE O’NEILL’S THE ICEMAN COMETH (Best Revival of a Play), Christine Schwarzman for MEAN GIRLS (Best Musical), Witzend Productions for ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Best Revival of a Musical); Julie Boardman for RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL (Best Revival of a Musical). Finally, we congratulate Michael Starobin, who was nominated for Best Orchestrations for the musical revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, and La MaMa E.T.C., the recipients of the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Jason Baruch again puts on the intensive 2-night program, at which he also speaks, about the legal aspects of commercial theater producing. This 7-hour seminar is a joint program of EASL of the New York State Bar Association and the Commercial Theater Institute.