Theater News for the Week
By Bennett Liebman
Shea's president pulled from day-to-day supervision
Shea's announces management reorganization
Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Kander Team On 'New York, New York'
https://deadline.com/2022/08/lin-manuel-miranda-new-york-new-york-musical-john-kander-1235099489/
Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return
How Classic Movies From 'High Noon' to 'Almost Famous' Are Getting Reboots
https://www.thewrap.com/classic-movies-broadway-stage-high-noon-almost-famous-devil-wears-prada/
I Was Stranded in Canada on 9/11, and Even I Learned from 'Come From Away'
https://observer.com/2022/08/i-was-stranded-in-canada-on-9-11-and-even-i-learned-from-come-from-away/
Angelica Ross on making Broadway history as trans actress in 'Chicago'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/22/angelica-ross-chicago-broadway-history/
Confessions Of A Former David Mamet Admirer
https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2022/8/25/confessions-of-a-former-david-mamet-admirer
Broadway box office feels the weight of three fewer shows
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/08/23/broadway-box-office-feels-the-weight-of-three-fewer-shows/
New fellowship developed to grow the number of Black talent agents
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/08/19/new-fellowship-developed-to-grow-the-number-of-black-talent-agents/
Anna Deveare Smith Developing Ella Fitzgerald Musical
'Sweeney Todd' revival starring Josh Groban headed to Broadway
https://nypost.com/2022/08/24/sweeney-todd-revival-starring-josh-groban-headed-to-broadway/
Theater Blog Roundup: Theater as Class Struggle
https://newyorktheater.me/2022/08/24/theater-blog-roundup-theater-as-class-struggle/
Executive director Criss Henderson resigning at Chicago Shakes
You Couldn't Say No to Myrna Salazar
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/08/22/you-couldnt-say-no-to-myrna-salazar/
In Anna Deavere Smith's 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,' the voices of a shattered city
'Hair' care in 2022: The times, they are a changin'
'Hamilton' To Donate Damages From Church To LGBTQIA+ Coalition
https://deadline.com/2022/08/hamilton-door-mcallen-church-lgbtqia-south-texas-equality-project-1235099182/
In a Small Mountain Town, a Beloved Theater Company Prevails
A Broadway detour brings 'Sing Street' to the Huntington
https://www2.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/25/arts/broadway-detour-brings-sing-street-huntington/
How one Berkeley company plans to house traveling artists
Those Trying To Make Joan Of Arc Nonbinary Can't Pigeonhole Her
Musical Tammy Faye tells gay icon's life story with score by Elton John
How much longer can the Edinburgh Fringe festival survive?
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/edinburgh-festival-strike-sadowitz-josie-long/
At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast, At Salzburg Festival