This Week in Theater News
By Bennett Liebman
Theater and Pandemic Recovery
The theater world hasn't recovered from the pandemic and is in crisis - The Washington Post
Getting People Back to the Theater
The theatergoing habit is broken. How do theaters get people back? - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Trouble for Non-Profits
Story of the Week: America’s Not-For-Profit Theaters Are in Trouble (theatermania.com)
Theater Director Detained in Moscow
Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of Theater Director Berkovich (rferl.org)
Obit for Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Preserving the Hansberry Legacy
Long Wharf’s New Season
Long Wharf Theatre Launches of '23-'24 Season 'Theatre of Possibility' | New Haven, CT Patch
Brilliance of Into the Woods
'Into the Woods' Brings Broadway Brilliance to L.A.'s Ahmanson: Review - Variety
Feminism at an English Country House
How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Broadway Closings
4 Broadway Shows Close Today (broadwayworld.com)
School Plays as Cultural Battleground
School Plays Are the Latest Cultural Battleground - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Theatre Poster Violates Junk Food Ads
London theatre show’s cake poster falls foul of junk food ad rules | Advertising | The Guardian
A Sustainable Production enter
Anger at Miss Saigon
The 'racist' Miss Saigon musical is back on stage - and people are angry (inews.co.uk)
Alex Edelman Working in Clay
Broadway’s Alex Edelman is a comic who works clay as well as the room - The Washington Post
Richard Thomas, Forever Atticus Finch
Juliet Stevenson in NYC, Juliet Stevenson On Her Return to the New York Stage | Observer
Arthur Miller’s Connecticut Studio
Arthur Miller's old studio is in a Connecticut parking lot (wcvb.com)
Prima Facie Breaks House Record
Wanting Theater to Push You
The Collapsing Cultural Bubble
The Great Collapsing Culture Bubble | The Nation
Filipino Audiences and Here Lies Love
Obit for Jack Goldstein
Jack Goldstein, a Savior of Broadway Theaters, Dies at 74 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
New Leader for Oregon Shakes