Theater News for Week Ending April 29th

By Bennett Liebman

Break a Leg but Never Whistle: How Stage Superstitions Live On

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/theater/macbeth-superstitions-theater.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Tommy Mottola bringing Johnny Cash musical to Broadway

https://pagesix.com/2022/04/28/tommy-mottola-bringing-johnny-cash-musical-to-broadway/

Billy Crystal is back on Broadway and bringing the funny

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/27/billy-crystal-mr-saturday-nig

Gabby Beans Was Studying Neuroscience and Now She's Making Her Broadway Debut

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202128/gabby-beans-was-studying-neuroscience-and-now-shes-making-her-broadway-debut-in-the-skin-of-our-teeth/

Lileana Blain-Cruz on Her Vital New Staging of 'The Skin of Our Teeth'

https://www.vogue.com/article/lileana-blain-cruz-on-the-skin-of-our-teeth-lincoln-center-theater-interview

'POTUS' Broadway Review: The President Can't Be Held Responsible for This Mess

https://www.thewrap.com/potus-broadway-review-rachel-dratch-vanessa-williams-julianne-hough/

A Strange Loop' is Broadway's best new musical

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/04/26/a-strange-loop-broadway/

Beanie Feldstein's Funny Girl receives mixed reviews

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/beanie-feldstein-funny-girl-broadway-reviews-b2065490.html

A "Titanic" musical with Celine Dion songs is coming to New York

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celine-dion-titanique-musical-new-york-off-broadway-titanic/

'Cost of Living' Will Come to Broadway This Fall

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/theater/cost-of-living-majok-broadway.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Tony Award Nominations Postponed Because of Coronavirus Delays

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/22/theater/tony-awards-schedule-coronavirus.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Broadway extends vaccine requirement for actors

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/04/28/broadway-extends-vaccine-requirement-for-actors

Broadway grosses dip slightly despite increased attendance

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/04/27/broadway-grosses-dip-slightly-despite-increased-attendance/

Robert E. Wankel to Receive 2022 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award,

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202144/robert-e-wankel-to-receive-2022-isabelle-stevenson-tony-award/

Clay Aiken Wins Compensation Fight With Broadway Christmas Show

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwsauth.bloombergindustry.com%2Fwsauth%2Fblawauth%3Ftarget%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bloomberglaw.com%252Fbloomberglawnews%252Femployee-benefits%252FXBL4C9O4000000%253Fbna_news_filter%253Demployee-benefits#jcite

Library of Congress Acquires Neil Simon Papers

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/theater/neil-simon-archives.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater

Lea Salonga On Her 20s

https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/lea-salonga-reflection-pretty-little-liars-original-sin

Lynn Nottage makes it work

https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/ghost-light/lynn-nottage-makes-it-work/

How I Went Broke Succeeding in Theatre

https://thelocal.to/how-i-went-broke-succeeding-in-theatre/

Veteran 'In the Heights' collaborators ready to give Lin-Manuel Miranda musical a fresh spin

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/theater/story/2022-04-29/veteran-in-the-heights-collaborators-ready-to-give-lin-manuel-miranda-musical-a-fresh-spin

Hadestown' returns to Los Angeles, where it first took off

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-04-27/hadestown-back-in-california-opening-night-anais-mitchell

Prima Facie: Critics praise Jodie Comer in her West End debut

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61255096

The Subtext: In the Middle With Heather Raffo

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/04/27/the-subtext-in-the-middle-with-heather-raffo/

A Simple Task to Reframe Deaf Narratives

https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/02/10/a-simple-task-to-reframe-deaf-narratives/

Oh what a gun-totin' morning

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/26/oklahoma-firearms-rogers-hammerstein-daniel-fish-gun-violence-racial-tension