This Week in Theater

By Bennett Liebman

Danny Burstein Joins Gypsy

Danny Burstein Set For Broadway's 'Gypsy' Opposite Audra McDonald (deadline.com)

The Scenic Design for Our Town

Video: How Beowulf Boritt Found Grover's Corners to Bring Back OUR TOWN (broadwayworld.com)

Grosses Up

Broadway’s box office up 26% year over year; nearly every show rises in attendance (broadwaynews.com)

New Leads in Cabaret

Auliʻi Cravalho and Adam Lambert Take Over Cabaret's Kit Kat Club Tonight | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

McNeal Sells out

Robert Downey Jr. Broadway Debut 'McNeal' Sells Out Another Week (deadline.com)

Buena Vista Social Club Headed to Broadway

A ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Will Open on Broadway Next Year - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Marsha Mason Replaces Mia Farrow in the Roommate

Mia Farrow Bows Out of ‘The Roommate’ With Covid; Marsha Mason Steps In - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Stereophonic Extends

'Stereophonic' Extends Broadway Run for Final Time (rollingstone.com)

Real Women Sets Broadway Run

'Real Women Have Curves' Musical Sets 2025 Broadway Run (deadline.com)

Post-Election Tickets to Ragtime

Woman With Tickets to RAGTIME Post-Election Unsure if She’s Going to Cry for the Good Reason or the Bad Reason (thebroadwaybeat.com)

Stranger Things to Broadway

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Is About to Turn Broadway Upside Down | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Suffs Encouraging Young Voters

SUFFS Will Offer Discount Tickets Aimed at Mobilizing Young Voters (broadwayworld.com)

Directing JOB

As a Kid, Michael Herwitz Used to Knit Backstage With Kelli O'Hara. Now He's Directing JOB | Playbill

Making Shakespeare Move

How Sonya Tayeh Is Making Shakespeare Move (broadwayworld.com)

Artistic Congress at Long Wharf

AMERICAN THEATRE | Long Wharf to Hold Artistic Congress at Yale

Remembering James Earl Jones

Theater community remembers James Earl Jones (spectrumlocalnews.com)

Broadway with New Friends

‘You’re Basically on a Broadway Stage, With New Friends’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Bull Durham a Home Run

Bull Durham a home run on musical stage (wral.com)

Brooke Shields Gives Back to the Theater

Brooke Shields says she's giving back to the theater as head of Actors' Equity union | National Press Club

The Perfect Pie for Waitress

AMERICAN THEATRE | Perfect Prop Pie

Rave for Great Comet in Chicago

Review: "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" is simply superb at Writers Theatre (chicagotribune.com)

Fundraising for Orlando Theater

Orlando Shakes theater company shares fundraising, budgeting ideas - Orlando Business Journal (bizjournals.com)

Theater Struggles after Losing Grant Money

Venice Theatre struggling to rebuild after losing grant money – SNN News (snntv.com)

Brie  Larson  on the West End

Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson to make UK stage debut in West End play | The Independent

Themed Cocktails  at the Theatre

Doubtfire Daiquiri, madam? How theatres are ramping up the drama with themed cocktails | Cocktails | The Guardian

Why Am I So Single Review

‘Why Am I So Single?’ Review: After ‘Six,’ a Scrappy, Sappy Dating Musical - The New York Times (nytimes.com)