Theater News for Week Ending May 6th
By Bennett Liebman
Broadway's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Dropped
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, on HBO Max
https://newyorktheater.me/2022/05/04/spring-awakening-those-youve-known/
Spring Awakening doc:
https://slate.com/culture/2022/05/spring-awakening-lea-michele-jonathan-groff-hbo-documentary.html
Ariana DeBose to Host This Year's Tony Awards Ceremony
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/theater/ariana-debose-tony-awards-host.html
A white librettist wrote an opera about Emmett Till
'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway to star Wendell Pierce
https://thegrio.com/2022/05/03/death-of-a-salesman-on-broadway-wendell-pierce-sharon-clarke/
Julianne Hough on her Broadway debut
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/julianne-hough-on-her-broadway-debut-in-potus-050422
Broadway grosses see 15% drop as six shows open
https://broadwaynews.com/2022/05/04/broadway-grosses-see-15-drop-as-six-shows-open/
A Letter to Sanaz Toossi from Heidi Schreck
https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/trailers/heidi-schreck-review-response-wish-you-were-here/
Tony Awards Administration Committee Issues Final Eligibility Ruling
https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/tony-awards-eligibility-ruling-final-2022_93753.html
What Happened at The Lark?
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/02/what-happened-at-the-lark/
Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse revisit roles
The Shubert Organization announces partnership with livestream service
Are Broadway stars obsolete? Jackman, LuPone prove they're not
Actors' Equity to Take on Broadway Touring Industry via 'Waitress'
Randy Rainbow debuts in Vegas; is Broadway next?
Virginia Woolf Reviews in LA
Meat Loaf musical to open Las Vegas Strip residency
Bechdel Project Names Jeanne Dorsey Its Inaugural Resident Writer
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/02/bechdel-project-names-jeanne-dorsey-its-inaugural-resident/
This Trump Play in London Is a Comedy. Unless You're American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/theater/the-47th-play-trump-london.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nyttheater
Timothée Chalamet's West End debut cancelled
Cinderella: Row intensifies over cancellation of Lloyd Webber musical
Emma, Hershel, and Me
https://www.americantheatre.org/2022/05/05/emma-hershel-and-me/
'Jerusalem,' a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance, Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/theater/in-jerusalem-review.html