Theater News for the Week Ending June 3rd
By Bennett Liebman
'Almost Famous' coming to Broadway in the fall
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
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
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
A STRANGE LOOP Partners With Meta
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
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
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
Look inside the mind of an Orlando theater director or three
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/