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

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201611/no-ordinary-sunday-see-broadways-brightest-gather-together-to-pay-tribute-to-stephen-sondheim/

Sam Mendes: Sondheim: 'He was utterly open and sharp as a knife'

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/nov/29/sam-mendes-stephen-sondheim-passionate-sharp-knife-musicals?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1638206705

With death of Stephen Sondheim, Broadway loses a musical genius

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/sondheim-death-appreciation/2021/11/26/532e0d2a-4f0a-11ec-b73b-a00d6e559a6e_story.html

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

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-how-broadway-got-its-groove-back-and-canadian-theatregoers-can-make/

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

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-12-01/dominique-morisseau-paradise-blue-west-coast-cancellation-geffen-playhouse

Drama department becomes stage for race, harm & freedom of speech

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-02/a-theatre-professor-told-students-their-hurt-feelings-were-no-big-deal-hes-no-longer-teaching

The Road to Reopening Theater Across the Country

https://broadwaydirect.com/the-road-to-reopening-theater-across-the-country/

Bartlett Sher Talks Fair Lady

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/story/2021-11-28/tony-winner-bartlett-sher-talks-about-my-fair-lady-tour

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

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/24/boris-johnson-accused-of-flouting-request-to-wear-mask-at-theatre?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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