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
Daniel Fish's Most Happy in Concert Joins Williamstown Theatre Festival 2022 Season
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
More Than 8,000 Sign Change.org Petition to Cancel Planned Production of Emmett Till Opera
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:'
Cast Announced for THE KARATE KID- THE MUSICAL
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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