Theater News for the Week of January 22nd
By Bennett Liebman
New Report: Audiences Want Vaccines and Masks Before They Return
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/01/21/new-report-audiences-want-vaccines-and-masks-before-they-return/
Actors' Equity warns delay in vaccination efforts will hurt theater industry restart
In two years, a sea change in the number of women running Connecticut theaters
Gov. Cuomo proposes tax credits for theatrical productions
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/01/20/gov-cuomo-proposes-tax-credits-for-theatrical-productions-in-new-york/
Cuomo Introduces Tax Credits For Arts & Entertainment
Cuomo offers 'peanuts' to restaurants and theaters
A starry, elegant inaugural ceremony launches a new era
Broadway Reacts to the 2021 Inauguration
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Social-Roundup-Broadway-Reacts-to-the-2021-Inauguration-20210120
Actors' Equity Blasts Trump's Freeze On $110 Million NEA & NEH Funding
Remembering Philip J. Smith
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/01/19/remembering-philip-j-smith-a-behind-the-scenes-broadway-power-player/
Community theaters, shut out of COVID relief funding, lobby for help
Paging Through Broadway While the Stages Are Dark
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/theater/critics-playbills-as-memories.html
UK theatre bosses eye 2021 with resilience and realism
'Moulin Rouge!' Was Their Ticket, Then 2020 Happened.
How Theater Stepped Up to Meet the Trump Era
Milwaukee Rep Awards $60,000 in Freelance Artist Relief
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/theater/theater-in-trump-era.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
The Black Seed Unveils Generous Grant Program for Black Theatres
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/01/20/milwaukee-rep-awards-60000-in-freelance-artist-relief/
My nominees for a Secretary of Culture in the Biden Cabinet
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-18/culture-secretary-biden-administration-cabinet
Will Chicago have music and arts this summer?
'Let's Open Up Music Venues For COVID Testing'
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/iatse-music-venues-covid-vaccine-1234886741/
Broadway Veteran Exiting Theatre Biz for Teaching Career
https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/broadway-veteran-teacher-kate-elliott-1234888990/