Theater News for the Week of February 19th
By Bennett Liebman
Australia, with low covid rates, is open for theater business again
Broadway stars in 2021 Time 100 Next List
https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news-features/broadway-stars-acknowledged-in-2021-time-100-next-list
New York City cultural institutions like Broadway and theaters fear being left out of Andrew Cuomo reopening
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/hospitality-tourism/cultural-institutions-fear-being-left-out-cuomos-reopening
What We Talk About When We Talk About Reopening
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/02/17/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-reopening/
Broadway: Broken or Business as Usual
How to Continue Helping Arts Workers During an Unprecedented Era of Theatre
https://www.playbill.com/article/how-to-continue-helping-arts-workers-during-an-unprecedented-era-of-theatre
Pandemic Starves Entertainment of Billions in Sponsorship Dollars, But Will They Return?
Broadway Across America raises the curtain on national tours
https://culturess.com/2021/02/18/broadway-across-america-national-tours/
Chris Jones: On Second City, private equity and the sad lack of a Chicago comedy savior
Second City Is Sold to Private Equity Group
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/arts/second-city-sold.html
West End will bounce back quicker than Broadway
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/west-end-broadway-kevin-mccollum-theatre-recovery-b919598.html
What we can learn from the Dr. Phillips Center about reopening safely
Curtain Up beer boosts Broadway
Broadway leaders look to fall reopening
https://www.amny.com/news/ambroadway/
Berkshire cultural workers seek to pull back curtain on pay
National Theatre to halt Europe tours over Brexit rules
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/17/national-theatre-to-halt-europe-tours-over-brexit-rules
Community theaters deemed eligible for Save Our Stages funding
Actor loses tribunal claim over loss of Color Purple role after homophobic comments
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/17/actor-loses-tribunal-claim-over-loss-of-lgbt-color-purple-role
'"We See You, White American Theater'"
Cicely Tyson: Grace, Poise, Mischief, and Always Truth
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/02/17/cicely-tyson-grace-poise-mischief-and-always-truth/
'Theater In Quarantine': All The World's A Stage, Including This Closet
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/18/969151120/theater-in-quarantine-all-the-worlds-a-stage-including-this-closet