Theater News for the Week of July 9th
By Bennett Liebman
Actors' Equity partners with air quality group on theater ventilation protocols
'Waitress' and More Broadway Shows Return Thanks to Federal Grant
https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/waitress-returns-to-broadway-with-federal-grant-73628/
Disney, With Benefit Concert, Makes an Early Return to Broadway
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/theater/disney-broadway-benefit-concert.html
How Shakespeare in the Park and New York Theater Are Changing
https://variety.com/2021/theater/features/shakespeare-in-the-park-new-york-theater-1235010326/
In 'What to Send Up,' I See You, Black American Theater
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/theater/what-to-send-up-bam.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
Met Opera Strikes Deal With Stagehands Over Pandemic Pay
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-local-one-deal.html
A Call to Diversify Theater Stage Managers
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/theater/stage-managers-diversity.html
Virtual Awards for Virtual Theater Deserve Real Recognition
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/virtual-awards-theater-recognition-1190137/
As economy reopens, Bay Area venues 'left behind' by bungled federal program
'I don't own that job': Rethinking the theater scene's long tenures and limited opportunities
America needs a Department of Arts and Culture
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/08/opinion/america-needs-department-arts-culture/
'Guys and Dolls': Bill Condon to Direct Remake
Actors' Equity Lifts Masking, Testing Mandates For Vaccinated Theater Companies
Former Folksbiene CEO a 'mastermind' at resume-padding
Theater Is in the Streets of New York, if You Listen
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/theater/new-york-city-audio-tours.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
New York Times features Drama Class of 2020, which graduated amidst the COVID-19 shutdown
https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20210708-new-york-times-features-drama-class-of-2020.aspx
Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers?
Sexual assault allegations at Epic Theatre spark internal investigation, staff resignations
Theater Blog Roundup: Are Theater Screens Here to Stay?
Sonia Friedman: Commercial sector is weeks from collapse and needs support now
Theatre producers call on government to change isolation rules immediately after show cancellations
https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/theatre-producers-call-on-government-isolation_54445.html
An all-white cast at WaterTower Theatre has sparked outrage
Thoughts of a Colored Man Scribe Keenan Scott II on the Play's Unexpected Journey to Broadway