Theater News for the Week Ending July 22
By Bennett Liebman
A Bold Concert of Songs and a Potent Play Leave Audiences Abuzz
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/theater/williamstown-most-happy-concert-man-of-god.html
Billy Crystal's Mr. Saturday Night to End Broadway Run
Tony-winning playwright Christopher Durang diagnosed with aphasia
Playwright Christopher Durang Diagnosed With Aphasia
https://deadline.com/2022/07/christopher-durang-aphasia-diagnosis-1235072273/
'Funny Girl' drama timeline
'The Kite Runner' :Afghan story to Broadway
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/20/1112105425/kite-runner-broadway
Broadway Advocacay Coalition, Ato Blankson-Wood, Asmeret Ghebremichael & More to Take Part in Broadway Advocacy Coalition's Arts in Action Festival
Deirdre O'Connell & More to Star in Sarah Ruhl's BECKY NURSE OF SALEM
It Was an Understudy's Time to Shine, When Into the Woods ' Lead Actor Was Out on Opening Night
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/woods-lead-actor-opening-night-222307780.html
'Into the Woods' is back on Broadway
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112105706/into-the-woods-broadway
'Paradise Square': How an Ambitious Broadway Musical Got Overshadowed
https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/Paradise-Square-How-an-Ambitious-Broadway-17314832.php
Broadway League extends optional mask policy through August
'A Strange Loop' writer and composer started out on Broadway as an usher
https://www.weku.org/2022-07-18/a-strange-loop-writer-and-composer-started-out-on-broadway-as-an-usher
If Internships Go Away, What's Next for the Next Generation
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/07/18/after-internships-whats-next-for-the-next-generation/
'Dear Evan Hansen' writer Steven Levenson is generating drama
A Neil Diamond show heads to Broadway. Just don't call it a jukebox musical
Blumenthal & accessibility
The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded
https://www2.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/20/arts/side-by-side-by-side-by-side/
'Devil Wears Prada' stage musical arriving in grand style
Ingrid Michaelson Debuts Song from Musical Adaptation of The Notebook
Ken-Matt Martin, Dismissed by Victory Gardens Board, Won't Return
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/07/20/ken-matt-martin-dismissed-by-victory-gardens-board-wont-return/
Liza Minnelli Should Be a Kennedy Center Honoree
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/11-stone-cold-theater-icons-who-should-get-kennedy-center-honors-072621
An Immersive 'Next to Normal' Debuts in Barcelona
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/theater/immersive-next-to-normal.html
Canadian Actors' Equity will respect U.S. union's prohibitions on working with Drabinsky
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-garth-drabinsky-producer-union/
London's West End gets first purpose-built theatre in 50 years
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/21/london-west-end-new-theatre-sohoplace
Drag Queen banned by London's National Theatre after explicit joke about children