top of page
Search

Theater News for the Week Ending June 3rd

By Bennett Liebman

'Almost Famous' coming to Broadway in the fall

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-almost-famous-broadway-cameron-crowe-20220602-qawk243zznbhxbypm2jidflvhy-story.html

New, diverse Broadway leadership helps change the theater landscape

https://www.marketplace.org/2022/05/30/will-new-diverse-leadership-help-bring-cultural-change-to-broadway/

With Cameras on Every Phone, Will Broadway's Nude Scenes Survive?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/arts/broadway-nudity-phone-cameras.html

Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/theater/history-theater-suffs-paradise-square.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur

The 2022 Tony Awards could be a boon for Broadway's box office

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/05/31/the-2022-tony-awards-could-be-a-boon-for-broadways-box-office/

'Death Of A Salesman' Revival Finds Broadway Home, Sets Opening

https://deadline.com/2022/06/death-of-a-salesman-broadway-revival-wendell-pierce-sharon-d-clarke-hudson-theatre-opening-date-1235036007/

Broadway box office holds steady in first week of 2022-2023 season

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/01/broadway-box-office-holds-steady-in-first-week-of-2022-2023-season/

Andre de Shields Reflects on Hadestown Run

https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/andre-de-shields-leaving-hadestown-interview-rcna30458

This Broadway Season, High Risk Came With High Reward

https://www.vogue.com/article/broadway-season-risk-dana-h-a-strange-loop-potus

Ruth Negga on Ireland, Broadway, Macbeth and the future

https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/ruth-negga-ireland-broadway-macbeth-future

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Reflects On A Most Unusual Broadway Season

https://deadline.com/2022/06/jesse-tyler-ferguson-tony-awards-broadway-take-me-out-deadline-interview-1235035222/

A STRANGE LOOP Partners With Meta

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/A-STRANGE-LOOP-Partners-With-Meta-to-Launch-New-AR-Effect-on-Facebook-Instagram-for-Pride-20220602

Larissa FastHorse to become first female Native American playwright on Broadway

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/03/larissa-fasthorse-to-become-first-female-native-american-playwright-on-broadway/

Summer theater is cropping up in unexpected places

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/06/02/summer-theater-outdoors/

Maryland tax credit incentive bill passes benefitting national tours and pre-Broadway tryouts

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/02/maryland-tax-credit-incentive-bill-passes-benefitting-national-tours-and-pre-broadway-tryouts/

Prize-winning Texas drama teacher to get special Tony Award

https://www.startribune.com/prize-winning-texas-drama-teacher-to-get-special-tony-award/600178537/

In Arkansas, a New Festival, and a New Way of Doing Things

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/06/01/in-arkansas-a-new-festival-and-a-new-way-of-doing-things/

The Black Actors Guild showed its teeth

https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/the-black-actors-guild-showed-its-teeth-john-moore/article_03be66cc-de93-11ec-a56b-c31efd47a88c.html

Lin-Manuel Miranda to join 'Freestyle Love Supreme' cast

https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/freestyle-love-supreme-philadelphia-lin-manuel-miranda-20220601.html

Strike First, Strike Hard: How 'The Karate Kid' Became a Musical

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/theater/karate-kid-musical.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

The Subtext: Lynn Nottage, Learning From Every Job

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/31/the-subtext-lynn-nottage-learning-from-every-job/

See Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Visit Opening Night of A.R.T.'s 1776

https://www.playbill.com/article/see-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-visit-opening-night-of-a-r-t-s-1776

Theater abounds on Chicago's stages this summer

https://chicago.suntimes.com/summer-guide/2022/6/1/23131578/summer-guide-2022-theater-things-to-do-chicago-stages-entertainment

Look inside the mind of an Orlando theater director or three

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-orlando-theater-directors-forum-20220602-wg67wlkcmrg3vfxwiwen6ylozi-story.html

Review: Amy Adams in a Too-Fragile 'Glass Menagerie

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/theater/amy-adams-glass-menagerie.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

Stage fright: why has British theatre still not recovered from Covid?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/stage-fright-has-british-theatre-still-not-recovered-covid/


0 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

By Bennett Liebman Barrington Stage and Williamstown Join Forces Barrington Stage Company and Williamstown Theatre Festival join forces to present 'A New Brain' in August | Arts-theater | berkshireeag

By Bennett Liebman Looking at the Casino Contenders, Rolling the dice: A closer look at the 10 contenders seeking lucrative New York casino licenses | amNewYork (amny.com) Post City Hall Life, Adams I

By Leah Gaydos Edited by Elissa D. Hecker Entertainment Gov. Ron DeSantis Clears a Way to Revoke Disney’s Special District in Florida Florida Governor Ron DeSantis leads the way to revoking the "Disne

bottom of page