Theater News for the Week of December 18th
By Bennett Liebman
Stimulus talks could spill into weekend as lawmakers scramble to complete deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/17/stimulus-checks-900-billion-relief-package/
Behind The Scene: David Weingarden on the Battle to Save Our Stages
https://relix.com/articles/detail/behind-the-scene-david-weingarden-on-the-battle-to-save-our-stages/
The Flea Theater Conflict Raises Questions of Equity and Exploitation
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/the-flea-theater-off-broadway-interviews-72294/
When Broadway comes back: 5 ways the pandemic will transform the live theater industry, https://fortune.com/2020/12/13/covid-live-theater-broadway-west-end-reopening-innovation/
What is the Future of Streaming Theater
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/virtual-streaming-theater-pandemic-2020-72309/
Bushnell Needs Aid to Survive Pandemic
New York City Awards to Cultural Groups
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/arts/nyc-arts-grants.html
UK Theatre Problems
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/15/this-government-wrong-foots-british-theatre-at-every-step
Ann Reinking and Chicago
Ann Reinking Dies at 71
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/theater/ann-reinking-dead.html
Shubert Organization Appoints Pamela Newkirk
Manhattan West Includes Theater
'Moulin Rouge' to Tour
https://deadline.com/2020/12/moulin-rouge-musical-national-tour-2022-1234657514/
Lin-Manuel Hopeful about Broadway
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lin-manuel-miranda-hopeful-broadway-140054334.html
Covid-19 and LA Cultural Institutions
Live Theater in Atlanta
https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/live-theater-or-not-that-is-the-question/QVEUDZZC7BFFZD74V5NNH7MZGE/
Producers and Podcasts
Actors Finding Work
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/15/how-out-of-work-broadway-actors-find-ways-to-earn-money-amid-pandemic.html
Changing the American Theatre
AFTA Leader Robert Lynch on Leave
Theater community takes on new roles during the pandemic https://broadwaynews.com/2020/12/18/theater-community-takes-on-new-roles-during-the-pandemic/
Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/theater/broadway-film-adaptations.html