Theater News for the Week Ending May 27th
By Bennett Liebman
Broadway Revenue and Attendance for 2021-22 Season Less Than Half of Pre-Pandemic Heights
https://www.thewrap.com/broadway-revenue-attendance-2021-2022-season-numbers/
Almost all Broadway shows see uptick at box office in final week of 2021-2022 season
MJ', 'A Strange Loop' and Hugh Jackman beg for Tony votes, 'MJ'
https://nypost.com/2022/05/24/mj-a-strange-loop-and-hugh-jackman-beg-for-tony-votes/
Meet the 2022 Tony Nominees: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH's Gabby Beans
Donja R. Love is rewriting the narrative on Black, queer, and HIV-positive representation
Angela Lansbury Will Receive Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/theater/tony-awards-2022-angela-lansbury.html
Museum of the Moving Image to Celebrate the Tony Awards With Collection of Broadway-Muppet Crossovers
Pioneering Camille A. Brown creates a Broadway rainbow
Encores! 'Into The Woods' will transfer to Broadway this summer
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/05/26/encores-into-the-woods-will-transfer-to-broadway-this-summer/
Patricia McGregor Will Be The Next Artistic Director Of New York Theatre Workshop
Broadway League extends mask policy through June 30
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/05/20/broadway-league-extends-mask-policy-through-june-30/
Backstage COVID Protocols (And How They Have Changed
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Backstage-COVID-Protocols-And-How-They-Have-Changed-20220525
Hugh Jackman Is Having Fun Playing as 'Arrogant as You Possibly Can'
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/theater/hugh-jackman-the-music-man.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
Why the Tonys Need an Award for Best Ensemble, Why the Tonys Need an Award for Best Ensemble
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/theater/tony-awards-2022.html
How Molly Ranson Went From Off-Broadway to Broadway
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/molly-ranson-broadway-plaza-suite-interview-75158/
How Mary-Louise Parker's Kids Kept Her 'Hopeful' Through the COVID Shutdown
https://people.com/theater/how-mary-louise-parker-kids-kept-her-hopeful-through-broadway-covid-19-shutdown/
To revive us, we need plays like the Pulitzer-winning 'Fat Ham'
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/05/26/fat-ham-ijames-hunter/
This year's Tony-nominated shows push audiences to reconcile with history
Suffs' Shaina Taub on Those Hamilton Comparisons and Her Musical's Broadway Future
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a40071793/suffs-shaina-taub-interview/
Where does Seattle stand 2 years into working on theater's anti-racism demands?
Utah Shakespeare Festival's artistic director abruptly steps down
This year, the world looks to Orlando Fringe Festival
Trevor Nunn turns classical 1961 film Parent Trap into a West End Musical
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/1615840/classical-film-The-Parent-Trap-musical-trevor-nunn
A Theatrical Neophyte With the Know-How of a Pro
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/theater/jodie-comer-prima-facie.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater