Theater News for the Week Ending March 11th

By Bennett Liebman

Industry grosses, capacity fall as Broadway Week ends

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/08/industry-grosses-capacity-fall-as-broadway-week-ends/

Costume Designer, Paul Tazewell, Talks Building Characters With Fabric

https://observer.com/2022/03/costume-designer-paul-tazewell-talks-building-characters-through-fabric-and-color-profile/

Tony Awards ceremony returns to Radio City Music Hall this June

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/09/tony-awards-ceremony-returns-to-radio-city-music-hall-this-june/

Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway 'Merrily' Revival

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/theater/daniel-radcliffe-merrily-sondheim.html

Broadway Plots a Comeback

https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/Broadway-Plots-a-Comeback-How-the-Theater-16989192.php

Tony Walton, award-winning stage designer who was married to Julie Andrews, dies at 87

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/03/08/stage-designer-tony-walton-dies/

Pamela Anderson heads to Broadway in well-deserved second act

https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/pamela-anderson-heads-to-broadway-in-well-deserved-second-act/

What 'The Chinese Lady' Can Teach Us About Asian America

https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/10/27/what-the-chinese-lady-can-teach-us-about-asian-america-then-and-now/

Black Theatre United launches marketing internship program

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/10/black-theatre-united-launches-marketing-internship-program/

How Amazon's Audible Moved Into Theater Radio Drama for a Podcast Age

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/theater/amazon-audible-theater.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

The Flea Theater, Experimenting Again, Walks a New Tightrope

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/theater/flea-theater-fled-collective.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

Theater Falls Short In Diversity & Inclusion Hiring, Union Says

https://deadline.com/2022/03/actors-equity-theater-diversity-inclusion-report-1234975201/

Equity Report on Diversity

https://actorsequity.org/resources/diversity/diversity-inclusion-reports/hiring-bias-2020.pdf

A Little Understanding for the Understudies

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/10/a-little-understanding-for-the-understudies/

The Shows That Got Away and/or Found a Way

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/10/the-shows-that-got-away-and-or-found-a-way/

Lawsuits over venue relief grants help some applicants secure millions

https://crosscut.com/culture/2022/03/lawsuits-over-venue-relief-grants-help-some-applicants-secure-millions

After two years of upheaval, the arts need audiences to get in the act

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/10/arts/after-two-years-upheaval-arts-need-audiences-get-act/

LeBron James is an invisible star of the new play 'King James'

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-03-09/lebron-james-play-king-james-rajiv-joseph

'Hadestown' review: the stage musical is positively heavenly

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/3/22960383/hadestown-review-chicago-stage-musicals-positively-heavenly

Korean princess musical launched on TikTok has its author

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3169662/korean-princess-musical-launched-tiktok-has-its-author

Olivier awards: Cabaret and Anything Goes lead nominations

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/08/olivier-awards-nominations-best-actor-actress

Despite pandemic and racial reckoning, unpaid theater internships still abound

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/despite-pandemic-and-racial-reckoning-unpaid-theater-internships-still-abound

An Exiled Theater With a Warning for Europe

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/theater/belarus-free-theatre-exile.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

'Anne Boleyn's tiara was from Claire's Accessories'

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/07/anne-boleyn-tiara-claires-accessories-how-we-made-six-musical-beyonce-lily-allen-adele

How Universes Solves a Problem Like 'Maria'

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/07/how-universes-solves-a-problem-like-maria/