Theater News for the Week of March 26th

By Bennett Liebman

Coming to Broadway: Vaccinations for New York's Theater Workers

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/theater/broadway-vaccinations-coronavirus.html

NYC to vaccinate Broadway workers ahead of fall return

https://nypost.com/2021/03/25/nyc-to-vaccinate-broadway-workers-ahead-of-fall-return-de-blasio/

Construction on Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany complete

https://dailygazette.com/2021/03/23/new-site-cost-14-2-million-performances-will-start-eventually/

Goodspeed pushes live indoor shows to September

https://www.courant.com/ctnow/arts-theater/hc-ctnow-goodspeed-postpones-season-further-20210325-zs46b4byyvgg3mr7liay6rrcvm-story.html

Fauci says Broadway reopening this fall still likely

https://broadwaynews.com/2021/03/23/fauci-says-broadway-reopening-this-fall-still-likely/

'Why Are We Stuck?' Stage Actors Challenge Their Union Over Safety

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/theater/actors-equity-health-safety.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

California COVID-19 rules leave theaters unable to plan

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-03-24/covid-california-tier-theater-concerts-outdoors

PPP2, SVOG, OMG: What You Need to Know About Relief for Your Theatre

https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/03/25/ppp2-svog-omg-what-you-need-to-know-about-relief-for-your-theatre/

When Will Theaters See Covid Funds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/theaters-covid-relief-fund-delay/2021/03/21/8e66140a-898a-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html

Can You Autograph a Playbill Through Your Screen?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/theater/broadway-virtual-stage-door.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

Vanessa Williams Stars in Black Theater United's 'Stand for Change' Music Video

https://people.com/movies/vanessa-williams-wants-black-theater-uniteds-uplifting-stand-for-change-music-video-to-be-our-legacy/

Huntington set to raise the curtain on its $55 million theater renovation project

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/25/arts/huntington-set-raise-curtain-its-55-million-theater-renovation-project/

How theater is changing maybe forever

https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2021/03/23/a-year-into-covid-how-theater-is-changing-maybe-forever/

NYC Public School Students Get a Taste of Broadway

https://www.broadwayleague.com/press/press-releases/nyc-public-school-students-get-a-taste-of-broadway-through-streaming/

What It Will Take for New York Theater to Come Back

https://ruthiefierberg.medium.com/what-it-will-take-for-new-york-theater-to-come-back-as-the-industry-and-community-it-professes-to-21352184d8e1

Andrew Lloyd Webber Talks Emerald Fennell and Cinderella

https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/andrew-lloyd-webber-emerald-fennell-cinderella-just-for-variety-1234936884/

For a night at the theater, bring a negative coronavirus test

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/world/for-a-night-at-the-theater-bring-a-negative-coronavirus-test.html

Vaccine passports could speed return to normalcy

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/editorials/our-opinion-vaccine-passports-could-speed-return-to-normalcy/article_ca98e27a-8c1b-11eb-b498-0f4970e27662.html

Could Covid kill off the interval?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/could-covid-kill-off-the-interval/

Shakespeare's Globe to reopen in May staging plays with no intervals

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/24/safety-measure-for-measure-shakespeares-globe-to-reopen-with-covid-protocols?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Detroit's famous Fisher Theatre to be acquired by U.K. company

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/03/22/detroits-famous-fisher-theatre-acquired-u-k-company/6956950002/

How We Can Create a New Broadway Out of Its Myopic Past

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/how-we-can-create-a-new-broadway-out-of-its-myopic_92047.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=23mar2021