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. BroadwayHD's website, which featured on demand streaming, launched in fall 2015 with 100 titles from Broadway and London's
West End.
She Loves Me livestream In June 2016, BroadwayHD produced a live stream of the Roundabout Theater Company's production of
She Loves Me from
Studio 54. The production earned BroadwayHD a
Guinness World Record for the first live stream of a Broadway show.
Tony Awards Backstage Broadcast 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. ==Productions==