EASL Theater News for the Week of September 18th

By Bennett Liebman

When Will Long Island Theaters Reopen?

https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/long-island-theaters-fall-1.49095540

On the Anniversary of 9/11, Lincoln Center Awakens With Hope https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/arts/table-of-silence-9-11.html

How to Birth a New American Theater

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/theater/how-to-change-theater.html

Leading live theatre through a pandemic The Nonprofit Journal Project

https://www.secondwavemedia.com/features/nonprofit-journal-project-090920-regina-spain.aspx

Challenged to examine their White bias, some theater companies are taking on diversity -- from the top

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/challenged-to-examine-their-white-bias-some-theater-companies-are-taking-on- diversity--from-the-top/2020/09/16/4d094120-f6a1-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

Broadway for Racial Justice Launches Initiative to Diversify Casting Offices https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/broadway-for-racial-justice-diversity-in-casting-71731/

Commentary: I'm lost without live theater. My wish list for how the digital show can go on

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-15/zoom-theater-season-covid

Broadway's Roundabout Theatre Names Miranda Haymon As Resident Director https://deadline.com/2020/09/roundabout-theatre-miranda-haymon-broadway-resident-director-1234577293/

Looking to Past Pandemics to Determine the Future of Theater

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/t-magazine/theater-coronavirus-covid-pandemic.html

A Broadway Season in Purgatory

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a33915216/broadway-2020-season-coronavirus-impact/

Fauci says Broadway will see a 'gradual return to normal' through 2021

https://nypost.com/2020/09/16/broadway-will-see-a-gradual-return-to-normal-through-2021/

Boston-area theaters foresee a long road to recovery before reopenings are possible https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/17/arts/boston-area-theaters-foresee-long-road-recovery-before-reopenings-are-possible/

Gateway Playhouse suing Actors Equity for understudy benefits https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/gateway-sues-actors-equity-1.49326077