Theater News for the Week of September 3rd
By Bennett Liebman
When The World Shuffled Off to Buffalo
Musicals Return to Broadway With 'Waitress' and 'Hadestown
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/theater/broadway-reopening-hadestown-waitress.html
What Theater Learned While Being Closed for 18 Months
https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/theater-broadway-reopening-lessons.html
Celebrities wade into West Stockbridge feud as permit hearing looms for The Foundry
Broadway shows are back, but different from before
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/02/entertainment/broadway-returns-new-york/index.html
Broadway Theater Safety, Proof of Vax, Masks and Live Theater, https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/broadway-theater-safety-proof-vax-masks-live-theater-1218367/
Broadway Returns! But Where Will it Go Now?
https://www.vogue.com/article/curtain-up-new-york-theaters-reopen
Broadway Theater Owners and Producers Start Campaign to Bring Back Locals
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/theater/this-is-broadway-campaign.html
TKTS Times Square reopens Sept.14
https://broadwaynews.com/2021/09/01/tkts-times-square-will-reopen-september-14/
Patti LuPone Is Anxious and Emotional About Broadway's Return
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/patti-lupone-is-anxious-and-emotional-about-broadways-return
Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033011323/broadway-musicals-reopen-covid-delta
Trans March on Broadway, Protesting Statements Made by Cameron Mackintosh
Alexandra Billings Counters Transphobic Cameron Mackintosh Comments
How 'Pass Over' on Broadway and other shows are rehearsing safely
3 Broadway Veterans Prepare For Opening Night After The Pandemic
Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz: 'The US arts scene is like a totalitarian state
At 23, She Created A Not-For-Profit To Give Women And Non-Binary Theater Artists All The Tools
'Hamilton' reopens at the Hollywood Pantages
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-08-27/hamilton-hollywood-pantages-covid-delta
Inside Disney Theatrical's Global Restart After Pandemic Shutdown
https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/disney-broadway-lion-king-frozen-beauty-and-the-beast-1235052207/
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Announces New Leadership Structure
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/09/02/oregon-shakespeare-festival-announces-new-leadership-structure/
Theatre's Fall Plans, and the Delta Variant
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/08/27/theatres-fall-plans-and-the-delta-variant/
'Let It Go' was about pressure on women: Frozen's songwriters on redefining Disney
Tom Stoppard admits being at odds with 'lively' leftwing UK theatre scene
Edinburgh's festivals bounce back to sell more than 520,000 tickets despite late lifting of restrictions
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/edinburghs-festivals-bounce-back-to-sell-more-than-520000-tickets-despite-late-lifting-of-restrictions-3365295 Watch Hadestown Cast Serenade Audience With "Lean On Me" After First Show Back https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/watch-hadestown-cast-serenade-audience-with-lean_92703.html