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
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
Broadway understudies save the day as COVID surge 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
'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
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?
Life is a cabaret - until Covid brings down the curtain on the West End
COVID surge canceling Connecticut shows and arts events
Highlights and low points in a tough 2021 for Chicago theater
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