Theater News for the Week Ending March 25th
By Bennett Liebman
'Music Man' Sets Box Office Record for a Reopened Broadway
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/theater/music-man-broadway.html
'The Music Man' tops $3 million as weekly grosses resume
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/23/the-music-man-tops-3-million-as-weekly-grosses-resume/
Hugh Jackman Is Worth Millions To Broadway As Industry Recovers
Vaccine mandate for Broadway performers remains unchanged after NYC announcement
'MJ' to launch North American tour
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/03/21/mj-to-launch-north-american-tour-in-2023/
POTUS Moves Up Broadway Opening, Will Be Eligible for 2022 Tony
https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/potus-moves-up-broadway-opening-tony-eligible_93549.html
Broadway tickets more expensive as pandemic eases
Broadway prepares for nonstop opening nights
https://www.amny.com/entertainment/broadway/ambroadway-broadway-prepares-for-nonstop-opening-nights/
After 'Grey's Anatomy,' Jesse Williams Takes the Stage
When Broadway hitches its wagon to a star, the ride can get bumpy sometimes
Whose song is this to sing? A new opera about Emmett Till faces scrutiny and protest
https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/03/22/emmett-till-opera-protest/
Shaina Taub's 'Suffs' Tells the Suffragist Tale in Song
Wife Of Broadway Stagehand Who Fell To His Death Sues 'Beetlejuice'
https://deadline.com/2022/03/beetlejuice-stagehand-lawsuit-winter-garden-theatre-peter-wright-1234984010/
New York's Broadway Makers Marketplace provides fans both crafts and community
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1087242381
Newsies--An Oral History
https://www.theatrely.com/post/newsies-an-oral-history-how-it-all-happened
Oscar-tipped family drama Coda to be adapted into stage musical
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/23/coda-film-adapted-stage-musical
Wilma Theater returns donation from group close to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/philly-s-wilma-theater-is-returning-a-donation-from-a-group-close-to-russian-oligarch-roman-abramovich/ar-AAVpjMR?ocid=BingNewsSearch
Atlanta theater leaders on moving through stages
A Native American play goes on a major national tour
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/03/23/native-american-play-sayet/
In-person theater is back. These artists chose not to return with it
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-03-24/pandemic-artists-theater-lost-generation
From Newark to New Orleans: Richard Schechner's Backstory
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/03/21/from-newark-to-new-orleans-richard-schechners-backstory/
Meet the couple behind Artists Who Code, a group helping artists switch careers to tech
https://news.yahoo.com/meet-couple-behind-artists-code-214745011.html
'If there is art, life goes on': Kyiv theatre company takes shelter underground
Ukrainian theatre's new drama? Making dumplings for soldiers
https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/ukrainian-theatres-new-drama-making-dumplings-for-soldiers-1.86642718
A tiny English-language Kyiv theatre turned 'art shelter' goes to war
https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_a1f339ce-5ec5-4cfb-befb-e658d6a8323d
Russian director to open Avignon Festival despite travel ban
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220324-russian-director-to-open-avignon-festival-despite-travel-ban