Last Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Most Performed High School Plays

'Addams Family,' 'Clue,' are among the most performed high school shows in 2023 : NPR

Wayne Brady in The Wiz

Wayne Brady to star as title role in ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway (broadwaynews.com)

Jodie Comer Stops Performance Due to Air Quality

Jodie Comer stops ‘Prima Facie’ performance due to hazardous NYC air (nydailynews.com)

Air Crisis and Broadway

Broadway League determines shows will go on despite air crisis (broadwaynews.com)

Low Grossing Week on Broadway

Several Tony-nominated productions suffer lowest-grossing week as box office slides (broadwaynews.com)

Reviving Parade

These two high school roommates once dreamed of reviving ‘Parade.’ Now they’ve done that — and more (broadwaynews.com)

The Tony Awards on Pluto

Julianne Hough & Skylar Astin to Host The Tony Awards: Act One on Pluto TV (broadwayworld.com)

Here Lies Love and the Musicians

HERE LIES LOVE Releases New Statement on Negotiations With the Local 802 Musicians' Union (broadwayworld.com)

Despotism Meets Disco, In David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love,’ despotism meets disco - The Washington Post

Inder the Radar is Off the Charts

For the Under the Radar Festival, the Experiment is Over for Now - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Experimental Theater and Under the Radar

AMERICAN THEATRE | As Under the Radar Fest Goes Under, Whither Experimental Theatre?

Shaiman and Wittman and their Musicals

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on Sister Act, Hairspray, Smash, and more | EW.com

Barry Edelstein in San Diego

Old Globe artistic chief Barry Edelstein marks 10th year of summer Shakespeare in Balboa Park - The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Last Musical on East County Stage

Kids hope to do one last musical on this East County stage. The owners want them out. - The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Racial Injustice and Zoot Suit

Exploring racist injustice, 'Zoot Suit' birthed Chicano theater - The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Welsh Actors and Welsh Characters

Michael Sheen: ‘I find it very hard to accept actors playing Welsh characters when they aren’t Welsh’ (yahoo.com)

Adrienne Kennedy and the Beatles, ‘I was living in a fool’s paradise’: Adrienne Kennedy on meeting the Beatles and losing control of her play | Theatre | The Guardian

Martin McDonagh Likes a Shock, ‘I do like a shock’: Martin McDonagh on why casting Lily Allen in The Pillowman makes it even more electrifying | Theatre | The Guardian

Reviving Sondheim

AMERICAN THEATRE | No Sondheim Is Alone: 3 Directors on His First Posthumous Revivals

Reviewing Days of Wine and Roses, Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Weird Tonys Upcoming

The last thing Broadway needs is a weird Tonys. It’s what might occur. - The Washington Post

The Perelman Bloomberg Center

It’s the Perelman Performing Arts Center, But Bloomberg Gave More - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Journey of Ruthie Ann Miles, Ruthie Ann Miles’ Long Journey Back to Broadway | Playbill

Awarding the Audience at the Tonys

Why the Tonys should give an award to the audience this year - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Big Orchestras Return to Broadway

Big orchestras return to Broadway in 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Some Like It Hot' : NPR

Connecticut Theater Director Charged with Sexual Assault

Police charge former CT theater director with sexual assault (courant.com)