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

https://www.forbes.com/sites/leeseymour/2022/04/08/as-stars-catch-covid-broadway-braces-for-a-chaotic-month/?sh=3177bed33fad

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

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/theater/2022/04/06/detroit-broadway-detroit-public-theatres-birthday-candles/9471537002/

Lileana Blain-Cruz Keeps You Thinking

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/theater/lileana-blain-cruz-broadway-skin-of-our-teeth.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

On cheering for a problematic man on Broadway

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-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

https://about.americanexpress.com/all-news/news-details/2022/American-Express-Travel-56-of-Surveyed-Consumers-Ready-to-Attend-Live-Entertainment-Events/default.aspx

Harvard class examines representation in theater

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/harvard-class-examines-representation-in-theater/?utm_medium=Feed&utm_source=Syndication

Jewish Diversity as Vibrant Issue

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwsauth.bloombergindustry.com%2Fwsauth%2Fblawauth%3Ftarget%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bloomberglaw.com%252Fproduct%252Fblaw%252Fdocument%252FR9ZFFI6QRTHD%253Fcriteria_id%253D8c1eb2d4615d6ee2d2c627009030fe0d%2526searchGuid%253D330c0db2-1f17-4fc4-98f8-795fb31b473c

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'

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-mad-cow-theatre-board-leader-quits-20220407-qprtveansfggffxdccp6svgq4a-story.html

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/