Theater News for the Week Ending December 31st

By Bennett Liebman

Jeanine Tesori's Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/theater/jeanine-tesori-kimberly-akimbo-caroline-or-change.html

On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/theater/broadway-design-company-diana-musical.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

Omicron could not come at a worse time for Broadway

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2021/12/24/broadway-omicron-akimbo/

Will Broadway's biggest week be a bust?

https://www.marketplace.org/2021/12/29/will-broadways-biggest-week-be-a-bust/

Latest COVID Cancellations From Broadway

https://www.playbill.com/article/latest-covid-cancellations-from-broadway-and-beyond-including-clydes-come-from-away-moulin-rouge-more

Broadway understudies save the day as COVID surge sidelines stars

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/unsung-heroes-of-broadway-understudies-save-the-day-as-covid-sidelines-stars/

Theater 80 in New York City Could Become Another Pandemic Casualty

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/theater/theater-80-st-marks-nyc.html

Harvey Evans dead: actor in Broadway's classic musicals was 80

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/28/22857501/harvey-evans-dead-broadway-actor-was-80-theater-obituary

In Memoriam: Remembering the Theater Icons We Lost in 202

https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/in-memoriam-remembering-the-theater-icons-we-lost_93128.html

'The Lehman Trilogy' has been a critical standout on Broadway this fall, https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2021/12/24/lehman-trilogy-broadway/

Hugh Jackman Announces He Has Covid-19

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/theater/hugh-jackman-covid-the-music-man.html

'Ain't Too Proud' to end Broadway run Jan. 16

https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/28/aint-too-proud-to-end-broadway-run-jan-16/

Lincoln Center Is Reckoning With Its Racist History

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/lincoln-center-reckoning-its-racist-history

What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/theater/trouble-in-mind-caroline-or-change-clydes.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Welcome back, Sardi's

https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/welcome-back-sardis/

We'll Drink to That: The Top Theatre Stories of 2021

https://www.playbill.com/article/well-drink-to-that-the-top-theatre-stories-of-2021

10 reasons to be grateful for theater in 2021

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-12-17/year-in-reviewtheatre-2021

Could a concert venue across the street from the Encore Casino hurt Boston-area theaters?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/28/business/local-theaters-say-concert-venue-encore-casino-could-threaten-their-business/

Life is a cabaret - until Covid brings down the curtain on the West End

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/25/life-is-a-cabaret-until-covid-brings-down-the-curtain-on-the-west-end

COVID surge canceling Connecticut shows and arts events

https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-covid-causes-arts-cancellations-20211230-ap5jmdfnh5cvbbgjt6gy2rsxdq-story.html

Highlights and low points in a tough 2021 for Chicago theater

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-year-2021-chicago-arts-20211230-kjwx7rh5vzgqngto37lg4ymoeq-story.html

Local live venues keeping the faith heading into 2022

https://www.timesunion.com/music/article/Venues-16736308.php

2021's Top Posts, Plus a Few More for Your Reading List

https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/12/21/2021s-top-posts-plus-a-few-more-for-your-reading-list/

Why Lead a Theatre When You Could Share One?

https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/11/22/why-lead-a-theatre-when-you-could-share-one/

For some San Diego theaters, the show must not go on

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/story/2021-12-30/for-some-san-diego-theaters-the-show-must-not-go-on-due-to-covid-surge