Theater News for the Week Ending February 4th
Updated: Feb 14, 2022
By Bennett Liebman
Upstate New York theaters call for funding safety net
A Progress Report on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, Anti-Racism, and Anti-Oppression at Williamstown Theatre Festival
https://wtfestival.org/progress-report-feb-2022/
'MJ' Michael Jackson Broadway Musical Ignores Sexual Abuse Allegation
https://variety.com/2022/scene/news/mj-michael-jackson-musical-1235169558/
'MJ' Review: Michael Jackson Musical Won't Look in the Mirror
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/theater/mj-musical-review.html
I wasn't looking forward to sitting through the new Michael Jackson musical. Then I saw it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/02/01/mj-michael-jackson-musical/
Broadway Press Agency booting reporter from red carpet of MJ: 'The Musical' is shameful
Martin McDonagh's 'Hangmen' Will Open on Broadway This Spring
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/theater/hangmen-broadway.html
'Smash' Musical Planning Workshop for Summer
https://variety.com/2022/theater/news/smash-broadway-adaptation-summer-workshop-1235171546/
The Transformative History of African American Theater
Shakespeare In The Park Returns This Summer With Danai Gurira As Richard III
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/shakespeare-park-returns-summer-danai-gurira-richard-iii
Fall grosses show big wins for old brands, tougher economics elsewhere
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/01/31/grosses-show-big-wins-for-old-brands-tougher-economics-elsewhere/
Private Data Shows Broadway's Hits and Misses After Reopening
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/theater/broadway-hamilton-wicked-lion-king.html
Broadway grosses fall to $15 million amid winter downturn
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/02/01/broadway-grosses-fall-to-15-million-amid-winter-downturn/
I Left Tech to Pursue a Career in Musical Theatre
https://www.businessinsider.com/i-left-tech-to-pursue-a-career-in-musical-theatre-2022-2
ZACH Theatre Managing Director Elisbeth Challener to Retire
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/02/03/zach-theatre-managing-director-elisbeth-challener-to-retire/
Addressing problematic material in American theater classics
Richard Christiansen has died at 90
Philanthropists Gift $2 Million to Old Globe Theatre to Help Develop New Plays
Again, Shakespeare goes in search of new audiences
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/29/shakespeare-search-new-audience/
Latino Theater Company Partners With Los Angeles Community College District To Make An IMPACT
The Lab Where the Method Was Born
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/02/03/the-lab-where-the-method-was-born/
'There is nothing more magical': resurrected theatre brings ancient Greece to life
Honk if you hate theatre! Trucker protests shut down stage legend Walter Borden's solo show at National Arts Centre
James McAvoy: 'Play Hamlet? Nah - he's always seemed a bit of a moaner to me',
'Shakespearean' Donald Trump to be subject of play in blank verse