Theater News for the Week Ending March 18th

By Bennett Liebman

Upstate Theater Coalition For A Restart Applauds Senate And Assembly

https://www.broadwayworld.com/central-new-york/article/Upstate-Theater-Coalition-For-A-Restart-Applauds-Senate-And-Assembly-One-House-Budget-Proposals-20220315 https://www.wivb.com/community/things-to-do-buffalo/sheas-unveils-2022-23-broadway-series-and-special-engagements/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

Shea's unveils 2022-23 Broadway Series and Special Engagements

https://www.wivb.com/community/things-to-do-buffalo/sheas-unveils-2022-23-broadway-series-and-special-engagements/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral

Daniel Fish's Most Happy in Concert Joins Williamstown Theatre Festival 2022 Season

https://www.theatermania.com/berkshires-theater/news/daniel-fish-most-happy-in-concert-williamstown_93494.html

Broadway marks two years since COVID shutdown

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-stage-episodes/2022/03/12/broadway-marks-two-years-since-covid-shutdown

Hadestown Actor Goes on for Role Played by a Female to Save the Show

https://people.com/theater/hadestown-actor-goes-on-for-role-typically-played-by-a-female-to-save-the-show/

Slain Broadway vocal coach mourned by Jewish cantors she taught

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-701542

Comedy Undercut 'The Life.' Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/theater/billy-porter-the-life-encores.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Swastikas found drawn on Broadway theater's doors

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/swastikas-found-drawn-on-broadway-theaters-doors

Theatre Industry Supports Ukraine

https://www.theatrely.com/post/theatre-industry-bands-together-to-support-ukraine

Broadway League Retuns to Releasing Individual Show Grosses

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/17/broadway-league-returns-to-releasing-grosses-for-individual-shows/

Broadway Grosses

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Grosses-for-Week-Ending-March-13-2022-20220315

Actors' Equity begins return to in-person auditions

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/16/actors-equity-begins-return-to-in-person-auditions/

Ukrainian Playwrights Step Up, and the Theater World Attends

https://newyorktheater.me/2022/03/16/ukrainian-playwrights-step-up-and-the-theater-world-attends-qa-with-drama-leagues-gabriel-stelian-shanks-%ef%bf%bc/

More Than 8,000 Sign Change.org Petition to Cancel Planned Production of Emmett Till Opera

https://playbill.com/article/more-than-8-000-sign-change-org-petition-to-cancel-planned-production-of-emmett-till-opera-its-authors-respond

They bombed a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine. Somewhere, Chekhov is weeping.They bombed a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine. Somewhere, Chekhov is weeping

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/03/17/mariupol-theater-ukraine-war-bombing/

Oksana Shvets, Acclaimed Ukrainian Stage Actor, Killed in Russian Rocket Attack

https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/Oksana-Shvets-Acclaimed-Ukrainian-Stage-Actor-17009990.php

When suing a theater festival over accessibility didn't work, a Utah school official started her own

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/03/10/theater-festival-deaf/

"The Bechdel Test" underscores the need for more diverse theater

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/03/17/the-bechdel-test-underscores-the-need-for-more-diverse-theater/

Why a Vermont theater group is rebranding itself after 86 years

https://www.wcax.com/2022/03/14/why-vermont-theater-group-is-rebranding-itself-after-86-years/

The Subtext Voices of Ukraine

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/17/the-subtext-voices-of-ukraine/

With Its Future Uncertain, the Humana Festival Will Not Return in 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/arts/humana-festival-canceled.html

Glacial' Change: AEA Hiring Report Shows Continued Bias

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/15/glacial-change-aea-hiring-report-shows-continued-bias/

Leaving its New Haven home of 57 years, Long Wharf Theatre aims for accessibility

https://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/Long-Wharf-Theatre-new-haven-future-plans-17007153.php

'I've always longed to see a Korean Disney princess:'

https://www.wtnh.com/on-air/connecticut-families/ive-always-longed-to-see-a-korean-disney-princess-so-a-greenwich-college-student-creates-her-own/

Cast Announced for THE KARATE KID- THE MUSICAL

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cast-Announced-for-THE-KARATE-KID--THE-MUSICAL-Pre-Broadway-Engagement-20220317

Six the Musical to be staged at Hampton Court Palace

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/six-the-musical-hampton-court_56137.html?

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