Theater News for Week Ending June 10th
By Bennett Liebman
Jodie Comer to Make Broadway Debut in 'Prima Facie' Next Spring
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/theater/jodie-comer-broadway-prima-facie.html
'Dear Evan Hansen' To End Broadway Run This Fall
https://deadline.com/2022/06/dear-evan-hansen-broadway-closing-1235039771/
For Better or Worse, We Still Live in Joe Papp's World
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/06/03/for-better-or-worse-we-still-live-in-joe-papps-world/
'Tina' to play final Broadway performance in August
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/07/tina-to-play-final-broadway-performance-in-august/
Broadway grosses slide as multiple shows close
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/08/broadway-grosses-slide-as-multiple-shows-close/
Ariana DeBose & Kate Shindle Weigh in on Swings and Understudies
The records that could be broken at the 2022 Tony Awards
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/06/07/the-records-that-could-be-broken-at-the-2022-tony-awards/
At this year's Tonys, diversity wins
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/09/arts/this-years-tonys-diversity-wins/
New wave of Black, queer narratives takes Broadway by storm
The Tonys bring energy missing from other awards show
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/09/arts/tonys-bring-energy-missing-other-awards-shows/
At Tony Awards on Sunday, the stakes could not be higher for Broadway
https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/06/09/tony-awards-75th-broadway/
Theatrical corporate-climate protesters deserve Tony Awards
https://nypost.com/2022/06/09/theatrical-corporate-climate-protesters-deserve-tony-awards/
Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre Will Be Renamed for Lena Horne
Come From Away to close on Broadway in October
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/come-from-away-broadway-close-1.6482581
Tom Stoppard's 'Leopoldstadt' Will Open on Broadway This Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/theater/stoppard-leopoldstadt-broadway.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater's Sacred Monsters?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/theater/men-american-theater.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
New 42 Worker Files Bias Lawsuit Over Diversity Training
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/theater/new-42-diversity-lawsuit.html?smid=tw-nyttheater&smtyp=cur
Counting down to Broadway's biggest night
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/on-stage-episodes/2022/06/04/counting-down-to-broadway-s-biggest-night-
New York lawmakers fight to keep Broadway theaters running as 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'Come From Away,' 'Tina,' announce closures
https://abc7ny.com/broadway-shows-closures-save-our-stages-dear-evan-hansen/11939861/
MAMMA MIA!, FROZEN JR. & More Top the List of School Theatre's Most Popular
Tender and Callow Fellows: Flint Rep's Gay 'Fantasticks'
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/06/08/tender-and-callow-fellows-flint-reps-gay-fantasticks/
Colorado's Jason Veasey taking Black Pride to Broadway's biggest night
John Leguizamo explores 'the beginning of Latin man' in new musical, 'Kiss My Aztec'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/john-leguizamo-kiss-my-aztec-musical-rcna32351
San Diego REP Suspends Productions
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/06/08/san-diego-rep-suspends-productions/
Shakespeare's works and fantastical musicals dominate Oregon's summer theater season
Review: LeBron mania informs a tale of friendship in 'King James'
Live updates | Kyiv theater reopens with soldout performance
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-government-and-politics-e58e3ed29772c8354990ca241f6c043f
Guys & Dolls: Immersive Musical Set At London's Bridge Theatre
Cursed Child star Noma Dumezweni: 'As a Black woman in acting, I'm fearless now'
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jun/09/noma-dumezweni-harry-potter-cursed-child-dolls-house-undoing