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This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman


The High School Harry Potter Spinoff

Puffs, the Harry Potter spoof, is a huge hit. J.K. Rowling could learn from it. (slate.com)


Renewed Broadway Tax Credit

Governor Hochul renews tax credit program for Broadway productions (broadwaynews.com)


Stats on Broadway

Statistics - Broadway in NYC | The Broadway League


Filling Seats on Broadway, Theater

Filled Broadway seats reach pre-pandemic levels in first full season since Covid closures | CNN Business


Broadway Still Recovering

Broadway's first post-pandemic season shows theater industry still recovering | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com)


Playwrights Save the Tony Awards

How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


Impact of the WGA Strike

A Look at the Impact of the WGA Strike on the 2023 Tony Awards | Observer


Black Tony Nominees

Tony Awards are abundant with Black nominees (amsterdamnews.com)


A Tony for Pasadena

Pasadena Playhouse wins Tony for regional theater amid hot streak - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)


Students Protest After District Vetoes

Students protest after district vetoes play | Whidbey News-Times (whidbeynewstimes.com)


Board Members Leave the Walton Board

More board members leave the Walton Arts Center amid controversy - Arkansas Times (arktimes.com)


High School Students Stage Independent play

Carroll students take play to independent stage after school cancellation | Schools | journalgazette.net


School Removes Nazis from Sound of Music

An OC School Removed Nazi Symbols From 'The Sound Of Music.' Some Parents Say It's Censorship | LAist


Black Audiences Only in London

Why is a Black Audiences-Only London Theatre Night Causing a Scandal? (timeout.com)


Making Six a Hit

How fan videos made 'Six' the musical a hit on Broadway, beyond - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)


MTC Prospering Over the Decades

For Five Decades The Manhattan Theatre Club Has Prospered Under Her Leadership (forbes.com)


Arian Moayed Plays Creepy

Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


Kimberly Akimbo Funds High School Musicals

AMERICAN THEATRE | ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Gives Grants to Fund High School Musicals


AI and the Theater

AI and the Future of Theater — OnStage Blog


Leopoldstadt, the TV Show

Will Broadway's Leopoldstadt Become a TV Series? | Playbill


Celebrating Rebecca Luker

Take a Look as Broadway Celebrates Rebecca Luker in Song at Symphony Space | Playbill


Chita Rivera, the Nun

‘I was going to be a nun!’ Broadway legend Chita Rivera on Chicago, West Side Story – and her love of sumo wrestling | Theatre | The Guardian


Increasing Performing Arts Accessibility

Bay Area Theatre Week Returns to Increase Performing Arts Accessibility | Business Wire


Miriam Silverman and Good Morning America

Miriam Silverman Was Born on ‘Good Morning America.’ Next, a Tony Award? (thedailybeast.com)


Broadway League Award Recipients

AMERICAN THEATRE | Broadway League Names 2023 Award Recipients


Audience Choice Award Winners

‘Into the Woods’ leads winners of 2023 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards (broadwaynews.com)

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