Theater News for the Week Ending April 22

By Bennett Liebman

Review Roundup: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE Opens On Broadway

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-HOW-I-LEARNED-TO-DRIVE-Opens-On-Broadway-20220419

David Morse ('How I Learned to Drive') exclusive video interview

https://www.goldderby.com/feature/david-morse-how-i-learned-to-drive-broadway-video-interview-1204925112/

Jersey Boys to End Off-Broadway Run

https://playbill.com/article/jersey-boys-to-end-off-broadway-run

'Some Like It Hot' announces Broadway run at the Shubert Theatre

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/20/some-like-it-hot-announces-broadway-run-at-the-shubert-theatre/

Review | Half a century on, 'for colored girls' shines again

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/broadway/review-half-a-century-on-for-colored-girls-shines-again/

Broadway Theaters to Drop Vaccine Requirements in May

https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/broadway-to-drop-vaccination-checks

New Play About Billie Jean King by Anna Deavere Smith

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LOVE-ALL-a-New-Play-About-Billie-Jean-King-by-Anna-Deavere-Smith-is-in-Development-20220420

Tony Awards Issue Warning About 'No Violence Policy'

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tony-awards-will-smith-oscars-slap_n_62605119e4b041ee264fe3b4

I Believe Broadway Can Be Accessible

https://www.christopherreeve.org/blog/life-after-paralysis/i-believe-broadway-can-be-accessible

Martin McDonagh Isn't Done Talking

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/martin-mcdonagh-hangmen

Martin McDonagh, Paula Vogel and Ntozake Shange add to spring bounty

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/21/hangmen-drive-colored-girls-broadway/

From "Islander" to "Cyrano" to "Macbeth," Scots are invading New York's theater scene

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/islander-musical-macbeth-broadway-james-mcavoy-cyrano-de-bergerac/

Broadway box office rises as productions return

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/19/broadway-box-office-rises-as-productions-return/

Calista Flockhart on playing a storied role by Edward Albee

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-04-21/calista-flockhart-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-geffen-playhouse-edward-albee

Colorado theater: Thrilling, smart, messy productions coming out of COVID

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/21/colorado-theater-post-covid-productions/

Tony-winning Atlanta actor Shuler Hensley keeps expanding roles

https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/tony-winning-atlanta-actor-shuler-hensley-keeps-expanding-roles/VOVQ5CUC75AK7D6HKTPNFJ4AN4/

Hollis Resnik dies: critically acclaimed Chicago stage actress was 66

https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2022/4/18/23030282/hollis-resnik-dead-chicago-stage-actress-theater-obituary

Tracy Letts Talks 'Winning Time' and Jack McKinney

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/tracy-letts-winning-time-jack-mckinney-interview

A Russian director's 'Cherry Orchard' shakes an American theater to its roots

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/17/cherry-orchard-chekhov-ukraine/

How Raja Feather Kelly Fuses Dance to Theatre, and Vice Versa

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/08/how-raja-feather-kelly-fuses-dance-to-theatre-and-vice-versa/

War in Ukraine leads La Jolla Playhouse to pull 'Mother Russia' from fall schedule

https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2022-04-20/war-in-ukraine-leads-la-jolla-playhouse-to-pull-mother-russia-from-fall-schedule

How Playwright August Wilson Captured the Highs and Lows of Black America

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-august-wilson-captures-highs-lows-black-america-180979957/

Oscar Hammerstein Museum - Nonprofit Seeks to Preserve Historic Farm

https://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat_new/d.php?id=2536478

Gustavo Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre reimagine opera

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-04-17/review-deaf-west-in-collaboration-with-gustavo-dudamel-and-the-la-phil

How This West End Star Built His 20-Year Career

https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/how-this-west-end-star-built-his-20-year-career-75025/

Younger Than It Looks, but No More Diverse: France's Top Theater Prize

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/theater/moliere-theater-awards.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur