This Week in Theater

By Bennett Liebman

Death of Maggie Smith

Dame Maggie Smith, of Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, and the Broadway/West End Stage, Dies at 89 - TheaterMania.com

Obit for Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith, Grand Dame of Stage and Screen, Dies at 89 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Roundabout Finds New Leader

Roundabout, With 3 Broadway Theaters, Finds Leader in California - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Christopher Ashley to Head Roundabout

Christopher Ashley Named Artistic Director Of Roundabout Theatre Co. (deadline.com)

Toying with Audience Expectations

Courting Dark Emotions, and Toying With Audience Expectations - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Political Dramas in Vogue

The Nation’s Politics Are Dramatic. Now Its Dramas Are Political. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Top Produced Playwrights

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Top 20* Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2024-25 Season

Most Produced Plays

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, FAT HAM Are the Most-Produced Plays of 2024/25 (broadwayworld.com)

Top  30 Off Broadway Shows

The 30 Off Broadway Shows You Need to See in Fall 2024 (timeout.com)

Broadway Gross Analysis

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Lincoln Center Theater's McNeal Joins The $1 Million Club | Playbill

Job Partners with Broadway for All.

Thriller 'Job' Partners With Broadway For All In Ticket Initiative (deadline.com)

More Casting for Gypsy Revival.

Broadway 'Gypsy' Casts 'The Notebook's Joy Woods & Jordan Tyson (deadline.com)

More Casting for All In

Lin-Manuel Miranda To Lead Second Company Of Broadway Comedy 'All In' (deadline.com)

Reading  for New Adaptation of Holiday

Rachel Brosnahan, David Corenswet to Lead Benefit Reading of Richard Greenberg’s Holiday Adaptation - TheaterMania.com

On James Earl Jones

AMERICAN THEATRE | Me and Mr. Jones

An Inclusive Our Town

'Our Town' review: Diverse cast, heads to Broadway in fall 2024 (northjersey.com)

Great Performances and Laura Donnelly

Great Performances: Laura Donnelly - DuJour

Hollywood Flees to Broadway

Hollywood Is Fleeing to Broadway. Peter Gallagher Knows Why. - InsideHook

Bringing Latin Stories to  the Stage

Producer Liesl Lar on bringing more Latin stories to the stage and more Latin audiences to Broadway (broadwaynews.com)

Rob Marshall to Direct Filmed Guys and Dolls

Rob Marshall to Direct Film Adaptation of Guys and Dolls | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Anna Shapiro Directs Noises Off

Anna D. Shapiro Has Wanted to Direct Noises Off For Years. Now She's Doing It At Steppenwolf | Playbill

Funding Cuts in Miami,

A blow to all of us’: Miami arts groups ready to put on a show despite funding cuts | WLRN

Rufus Norris to Leave the National

Rufus Norris, Creator of Broadway Hits, to Leave the National Theater - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

J. Smith Cameron on the West End

Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘There’s a bewildered vulnerability to middle age that is ripe to be explored’ | Theatre | The Guardian

Gov. Hochul Announces Arts Funding

Governor Hochul Announces $80 Million Available to Support Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Organizations Across New York State | Governor Kathy Hochul (ny.gov)

Here in America Review

Here in America review – Miller and Kazan test the bonds of friendship in McCarthy-era witch-hunt drama | Theatre | The Guardian