Theater News for the Week Ending April 8th
By Bennett Liebman
Broadway Utica announces strategy to meet future needs
https://romesentinel.com/stories/broadway-utica-announces-strategy-to-meet-future-needs,132294
Industry capacity drops as more Broadway shows began previews
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/05/industry-capacity-drops-as-more-broadway-shows-began-previews/
As Stars Catch Covid, Broadway Braces For A Chaotic Month
Broadway attendance, ticket sales still behind pre-Covid levels
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/arts/broadway-attendance-ticket-sales-still-behind-pre-covid-levels
Broadway Mask And Vaccine Mandate Will Remain Through April 30
https://deadline.com/2022/04/broadway-mask-covid-vaccine-mandate-1234992648/
Sarah Jessica Parker Tests Positive for Coronavirus
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/theater/sarah-jessica-parker-covid-positive.html
From Detroit to Broadway: Detroit Public Theatre's 'Birthday Candles
Lileana Blain-Cruz Keeps You Thinking
On cheering for a problematic man on Broadway
Tony Awards returns to full calendar of events
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/07/tony-awards-returns-to-full-calendar-of-events/
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams star in a winning 'Take Me Out'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/04/take-me-out-jesse-tyler-ferguson/
How 'Suffs' Makes a Musical Out of Women's Right to Vote
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/suffs-makes-musical-women-vote-023050288.html
Suffs' Stars Phillipa Soo and Jenn Colella on Why the New American History Musical Is More Than Just 'Hermilton'
https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Suffs-Stars-Phillipa-Soo-and-Jenn-Colella-17059486.php
TikTok to fund its first-ever Broadway musical
https://nypost.com/2022/04/06/tiktok-to-fund-its-first-ever-broadway-musical/
What Claudia Rankine learned from talking to white people
https://andscape.com/features/what-claudia-rankine-learned-from-talking-to-white-people/
56% of Survey Ready to Attend Live Entertainment
Harvard class examines representation in theater
Jewish Diversity as Vibrant Issue
Long Wharf Theatre transforms business model in survival bid
https://www.newhavenbiz.com/article/long-wharf-theatre-transforms-business-model-in-survival-bid
Mad Cow Theatre leader quits: 'It's a mess'
Let's Crack the Proscenium and Breathe New Air
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/06/lets-crack-the-proscenium-and-breathe-new-air/
What has #MeeTooDone for the theatre?
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/07/me-too-have-things-changed-for-women-in-theatre
Theater review: 'The True' a splendid look at Albany politics in 1977
https://dailygazette.com/2022/04/06/theater-review-the-true-a-splendid-look-at-albany-politics-in-1977/