Theater News for Week Ending April 15

By Bennett Liebman

'Macbeth' Goes Onstage After Actor Tests Positive for Virus 'Macbeth'

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/theater/macbeth-broadway-coronavirus.html?smid=url-share

Will the Virus Cooperate With Broadway's Spring Rebound?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/theater/broadway-reopening-omicron-covid.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur

Covid Cancellations Hit Broadway as BA.2 Variant Spreads

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/covid-cancellations-hit-broadway-as-ba-2-variant-spreads

Some Broadway shows see spring boost amid COVID-19 cancellations

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/12/broadway-grosses-sees-spring-rise-amid-covid-19-cancellations/

Review: In 'Harmony,' a Band's Success Collides With History

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/theater/harmony-review.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

At 90, Elaine May remains a deceptively Jewish artist

https://forward.com/culture/485473/elaine-may-turns-90-jewish-director-comedian-a-new-leaf-ishtar-mikey-and/

Headed for the Great White Way

https://eugeneweekly.com/2022/04/14/headed-for-the-great-white-way/

Birthday Candles' Review: Another Year, Another Cake, Another Profundity

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/theater/birthday-candles-review.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

'American Buffalo' returns to Broadway

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/theater/birthday-candles-review.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

James Nederlander Still Donating Thousands to GOP

https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2022/4/14/james-nederlander-donated-thousands-to-donald-trump-and-gop-organizations-in-2021

Jill Rafson Named Producing Artistic Director of Classic Stage

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/14/jill-rafson-named-producing-artistic-director-of-classic-stage/

James McAvoy is a Cyrano knockout, and Sam Rockwell is a blast in Mamet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/14/cyrano-mcavoy-buffalo-rockwell/

Women Are Finally Finding a Voice on New York Stages

https://www.thewrap.com/women-are-finally-finding-a-voice-on-new-york-stages-from-six-to-suffs-guest-blog/

Non-union actors on 'Waitress' tour seek union representation

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/12/non-union-tour-of-waitress-seeks-union-representation/

Lead actress in Arena Stage's fall run of "Toni Stone" says she felt unsafe onstage

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/13/arena-stage-toni-stone-canceled/

Theater Notebook: San Diego theaters rolling back their vaccine and mask policies

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/story/2022-04-12/theater-notebook-san-diego-theaters-rolling-back-their-vaccine-and-mask-policies-as-state-restriction-lifts

Why is big Broadway musical Waitress at small NC theater?

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article260322480.html

Equinox Theatre promises to come back changed for the better

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article260322480.html

Huntington Theatre to reopen a year ahead of schedule

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/13/arts/huntington-theatre-reopen-year-ahead-schedule/

Can an all-Mormon cast pull off 'Fiddler on the Roof'?

https://jweekly.com/2022/04/12/can-an-all-mormon-cast-pull-off-fiddler-on-the-roof-i-went-to-utah-to-find-out/

People react to Turlock High School's canceled musical

https://www.modbee.com/news/local/turlock/article260311055.html

The Gender Pay Gap in Professional Theatre

https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2022/4/12/the-gender-pay-gap-in-professional-theatre

Russian Dmitry Krymov directs 'The Cherry Orchard' at Wilma Theater and worries about fate of Ukraine

https://www.inquirer.com/arts/dmitry-krymov-wilma-theater-cherry-orchard-20220411.html

Sad! Is Donald Trump just too boring for a grand Shakespearean makeover?

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/14/donald-trump-shakespearean-the-47th-mike-bartlett-bertie-carvel

Audrey who? Meet Amara Okereke, star of London's new My Fair Lady

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/amara-okereke-interview-my-fair-lady-eliza-doolittle-london-coliseum-bartlett-sher-b994091.html