Theater News for the Week Ending December 17th
By Bennett Liebman
Sen. Schumer promotes Save Our Stages funding as Proctors in Schenectady reopens
NYS Council on the Arts Grants
https://www.nysca.org/downloads/files/FY2022_Round_3_Grantee_List.pdf
Live theater in London, NYC grapple with new virus outbreaks
Broadway Cancels Some Performances as New York City's Covid-19 Cases Rise
Broadway shows, newly reopened after COVID, face new cancellations
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1065015609/theater-performances-canceled-covid-broadway-west-end
Broadway Is Canceling Shows Due to Positive Covid Tests
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/theater/broadway-coronavirus-cancellations.html
As cases rise, Broadway League explores booster shot policy for theater workers
Review: Broadway's 'Flying Over Sunset' comes in for a crash landing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/12/13/flying-sunset-broadway-review/
'The Music Man' Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased.
'The Woman Gave Him His Ticket, and He Walked Off'
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
Broadway League elects 13 new members to board of governors
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/15/broadway-league-elects-13-new-members-to-board-of-governors/
Special Stephen Sondheim Playbills swiped in 'Company' heist
https://pagesix.com/2021/12/13/special-stephen-sondheim-playbills-swiped-in-company-heist/
Broadway stage managers see strides in diversity
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/15/broadway-stage-managers-see-strides-in-diversity/
For This Theater Leader, a Mission That Goes Beyond the Stage
Senator Murray Pushes to Extend COVID Grant Disbursement Deadline
As theaters adapt to a new reality, streaming takes the stage
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/17/arts/theaters-adapt-new-reality-streaming-takes-stage/
Major Music Acts Are Seeing 20% No-Show Rates at Concerts
Being Alive Together
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/12/sondheim-omicron-theater
'Hanging on by our fingertips': theatres fear Omicron's impact on festive season
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/16/theatres-omicron-impact-covid
Review: First the Party, Then the Crash, in a 'Cabaret' Revival
'It's been annihilated': businesses hard hit by plan B falloff in trade
Andrew Lloyd Webber 'heartbroken' as theatregoers exit stage right
Terry Gilliam's Disputed Sondheim Show Finds a Home
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/theater/gilliam-sondheim-into-the-woods.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
'Without live theatre, we are nothing:' 2021 brought a return to the stage in CT
https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/ct-live-performaces-pandemic-reflect-2021-16703870.php