Theater News for the Week of June 4th
By Bennett Liebman
Broadway Theater Owner Cited by OSHA in Stagehand's Fatal Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/theater/death-winter-garden-theater-shubert-organization.html
Shubert Organization Fined Following Death of Stagehand
The heat is on for theater across American to make its comeback pop
A Chance to Fix the Tonys, and So Many Things to Fix
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/theater/tony-awards-broadway-fix.html
Some Venue Owners Get a Federal Lifeline. Others Are Told They're Dead
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/arts/music/shuttered-venue-operators-grants.html
As Grants For Shuttered Venues Trickle Out, Many Owners Are Still Waiting
The delay in relief funds is pushing small arts firms to the brink
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/small-business/delay-relief-funds-pushing-small-arts-firms-brink
Broadway's Back But the Audience is Tentative: Except for "Music Man" Ticket Sales Are Slow So Far, Even for "Hamilton"
As Broadway Goes Live, Smaller Theaters Cling to Life
https://therealdeal.com/2021/06/04/pulling-rabbits-out-of-a-hat-how-nyc-theaters-survived-covid-or-didnt/
Broadway productions now have more options for reopening dates
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/05/28/broadway-productions-now-have-more-options-for-reopening-dates/
New York neighborhood turned into 'Seven Deadly Sins' theater
https://nypost.com/2021/06/03/new-york-neighborhood-turned-into-seven-deadly-sins-theater/
Second City returns with scaled-down shows -- but bigger ones on the way
Actors' Equity Exec Director Mary McColl Announces Departure
Shea's Prepares to open
https://www.wkbw.com/am-buffalo/sheas-prepares-to-open
National Theatre commits to more plays from outside London
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/04/national-theatre-more-plays-outside-musical-gandhi-assassin
The Drama League Names Three-Time Tony Winning Producer Bonnie Comley President of The Board of Directors
The Age of Reopening Anxiety
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dept-of-returns/the-age-of-reopening-anxiety
For 40 Years, He Climbed Ev'ry Mountain for Rodgers & Hammerstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/theater/ted-chapin-rodgers-hammerstein.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
Intimacy: The professionals making it safe for today's theaters
Where Oscar Wilde Once Slept (in Prison Garb)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/world/europe/oscar-wilde-prison-jail.html
Andrew Lloyd Webber threatens legal action if June 21 rules relaxation stalls
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/andrew-lloyd-webber-threatens-legal-24239234
Column: Steppenwolf-born 'Pass Over' heads to Broadway
Digital Be Damned! Welcome to Shows You Can Touch and Feel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/theater/live-puppet-costumes-blindness.html
When Will Scott Rudin's Broadway Shows Reopen?
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scott-rudin-broadway-shows-reopen-224031863.html