Theater News for the Week of December 3rd
By Bennett Liebman
Broadway theaters to dim lights Dec. 8 in memory of Stephen Sondheim
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/02/broadway-theaters-to-dim-lights-dec-8-in-memory-of-stephen-sondheim/
Stephen Sondheim: London Theaters to Pay Tribute by Dimming Lights
https://variety.com/2021/legit/global/london-theaters-lights-stephen-sondheim-1235121164/
Stephen Sondheim Taught Me How to Be a Person,
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/stephen-sondheim-taught-me-how-to-be-a-person
The Life and Legacy of Stephen Sondheim
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/podcasts/the-daily/stephen-sondheim.html
A Heart Broken, Also Full: What Sondheim Gave Us
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/12/01/a-heart-broken-also-full-what-sondheim-gave-us/
No Ordinary Sunday: See Broadway's Brightest Pay Tribute
Sam Mendes: Sondheim: 'He was utterly open and sharp as a knife'
With death of Stephen Sondheim, Broadway loses a musical genius
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stephen-sondheim-1930-2021-11637976460
Broadway Box Office Climbs 30% To $33M For Thanksgiving Week
https://deadline.com/2021/11/broadway-box-office-33m-thanksgiving-week-1234882180/
Theater district restaurants cautiously welcome back diners
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/02/theater-district-restaurants-cautiously-welcome-back-diners/
'American Utopia' cancels additional Broadway performance
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/12/02/american-utopia-cancels-additional-broadway-performance/
Stephen Sondheim Rewrote His Own Dialogue in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Tick, Tick... Boom!'
https://www.thewrap.com/stephen-sondheim-lin-manuel-miranda-tick-tick-boom/
How Broadway got its groove back
8 Rules of Theater Etiquette, According to Broadway Actors
https://www.businessinsider.com/8-rules-of-theater-etiquette-according-to-broadway-actors-2021-11
Patti LuPone comes home to Broadway and LI
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/patti-lupone-company-northport-1.50434395
Ron Cephas Jones Has Something to Prove Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/theater/ron-cephas-jones-broadway-clydes.html
Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/t-magazine/tony-kushner-caroline-west-side.html
Dominique Morisseau on ending 'Paradise Blue's' West Coast run
Drama department becomes stage for race, harm & freedom of speech
The Road to Reopening Theater Across the Country
https://broadwaydirect.com/the-road-to-reopening-theater-across-the-country/
Bartlett Sher Talks Fair Lady
Bette Midler, Kennedy Center honoree, is the people's diva
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/11/29/bette-midler-kennedy-center-honors/
Antony Sher, celebrated actor on stage and screen, dies aged 72
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/dec/03/antony-sher-celebrated-actor-on-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-72
Boris Johnson accused of flouting request to wear mask
SOLT and UK Theatre plead with audiences to wear face masks
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/solt-and-uk-theatre-plead-with-audiences-to-wear-face-masks