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