Theater News for the Week Ending November 19th
By Bennett Liebman
If Remote Work Empties Downtowns, Can Theaters Fill Their Seats?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/arts/music/san-francisco-theaters-concert-halls.html
Broadway grosses hit new high
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/11/16/broadway-grosses-hit-new-high/
Proctors wins preservation award
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Proctors-wins-preservation-awards-for-affiliates-16628296.php
Live theatre returns to Shea's
How Broadway entities have quietly addressed allegations against William Ivey Long
https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2021/11/16/william-ivey-long-allegations
Broadway costume designer William Ivey Long accused of sexual abuse
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/16/1054756926/william-ivey-long-broadway-sexual-abuse
In words and music, New York theater aims at an America at war with itself
Stephen Sondheim feted at 'Company's' Broadway performance
Broadway professionals share their pandemic stories
In time for Thanksgiving, Broadway serves up a turkey
Andrew Cuomo Lurks As Evil Villain In Former Lawyer's New Off-Broadway Musical Comedy
Theater Workers Call for an End to 10 Out of 12s
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/theater-worker-group-demand-better-working-conditions-74253/
Ed Bullins, Leading Playwright of the Black Arts Movement, Dies at 86
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/theater/ed-bullins-dead.html?smid=tw-share
Broadway, touring productions set new COVID-19 testing rates
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/11/18/broadway-touring-productions-set-new-covid-19-testing-rates/
Live Performers Find Red State Rules a Tough Act to Follow
https://khn.org/news/article/covid-safety-conservative-states-live-theater-vaccination-mask-mandate-bans/
Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future, On the Stage, On the Screen
There's No Easy Path To Getting Louisville Audiences Back To Theater Seats
https://www.leoweekly.com/2021/11/theres-no-easy-path-to-getting-louisville-audiences-back-to-theater-seats/
Laura Osnes loses another theater gig
https://www.startribune.com/laura-osnes-loses-another-theater-gig-apparently-over-vaccine-status/600117779/
Dave Chappelle's Netflix comments prompt Duke Ellington school to postpone renaming
Contemporary Plays, Teaching From the Page as Well as the Stage
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/11/16/contemporary-plays-teaching-from-the-page-as-well-as-the-stage/
The Silent Voice of the Costume Designer
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/11/16/the-silent-voice-of-the-costume-designer/
More than half of arts jobs furloughed due to Covid restrictions
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/more-than-half-of-arts-jobs-furloughed-due-to-covid-restrictions--report
Two thirds of people struggle to hear live theatre
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/two-thirds-of-people-struggle-to-hear-live-theatre--survey
Has 'Grease' been canceled? Schools scrap musical amid sexism fears
https://nypost.com/2021/11/17/has-grease-been-canceled-schools-scrap-musical-amid-sexism-fears/
Interview: Bartlett Sher Talks MY FAIR LADY at the London Coliseum