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
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
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
Hollis Resnik dies: critically acclaimed Chicago stage actress was 66
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
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
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