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/