Theater News for the Week of November 13th

By Bennett Liebman

Drama League forms new directors council

https://broadwaynews.com/2020/11/12/drama-league-forms-new-directors-council/

Pride Films and Plays faces fresh turmoil as new artistic director resigns https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chris-jones/ct-ent-pride-film-plays-artistic-director-resigns-1113-20201110-yf7qbhvzmjeevopdwshxszybby-story.html

New Study: Digital Performances Are Landing With Loyal Audiences https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/11/11/new-study-digital-performances-are-landing-with-loyal-audiences/

In Biden victory, a cast change: Out with Richard III, in with Atticus Finch,

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/biden-victory-speech-atticus-finch/2020/11/09/e5f36976-21d8-11eb-952e-0c475972cfc0_story.html

How Ticketmaster Plans to Check Your Vaccine Status for Concerts: Exclusive https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9481166/ticketmaster-vaccine-check-concerts-plan/

No More: Off-Broadway Theaters Bring Litigation to Obtain the Same New York Reopening Rights Granted to Restaurants and Bowling Alleys

https://theaterandlaw.com/2020/11/11/off-broadway-theaters-bring-litigation-to-obtain-reopening-rights/?fbclid=IwAR2-3Ij-vSLqBboFfQh2AoysFJheDanV0wtZrll7Q_Dx-4JiUtZi4FKnlVw

Where Theater Goes From Here, According to an Actor, Producer + Artistic Director

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/how-broadway-theater-succeeds-after-coronavirus-72061/

How To Cope With the Broadway Closure

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/how-to-cope-with-the-broadway-closure-72038/

Broadway shows may not report grosses upon return https://broadwaynews.com/2020/11/11/broadway-shows-may-not-report-grosses-upon-return/

Educational Theatre Association Releases Results of Survey Tracking Effects of COVID-19 on School Theatr

https://www.playbill.com/article/educational-theatre-association-releases-results-of-survey-tracking-effects-of-covid-19-on-school-theatre

What Is Black Theatre United Up to Since Its Founding?

https://www.playbill.com/article/what-is-black-theatre-united-up-to-since-its-founding

Broadway, fans, and COVID-19: The show must go on(line)

https://www.zdnet.com/article/broadway-fans-covid-19-the-show-must-go-online/

Waiting in the wings: how a second lockdown halted theatre's comeback https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/10/waiting-in-the-wings-how-a-second-lockdown-halted-theatres-comeback

No shows, no insurance: Broadway actors losing health care as shutdown drags on https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/no-shows-no-insurance-broadway-actors-losing-healthcare-as-shutdown-continues.html

BROADWAY'S REOPENING GETS A SHOT IN THE ARM

http://broadwayjournal.com/broadways-reopening-gets-a-shot-in-the-arm/

For Germany's Theaters, a Reluctant Intermission https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/theater/germany-theater-second-lockdown.html

A.R.T./New York Executive Director Virginia P. Louloudes Steps Down Amid Systemic Racism Concerns and Investigation

https://www.playbill.com/article/art-new-york-executive-director-virginia-p-louloudes-steps-down-following-systemic-racism-concerns-and-investigation