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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

Meet the woman whose job is to preserve and shape the legacy of Lorraine Hansberry (broadwaynews.com)


Long Wharf’s New Season

Long Wharf Theatre Launches of '23-'24 Season 'Theatre of Possibility' | New Haven, CT Patch


Hoe Hadestown Survived, How Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown survived growing pains on the long road to Broadway - The Globe and Mail


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

National Theatre joins London venues to create first sustainable production centre | Evening Standard


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

Richard Thomas to Continue as Atticus Finch in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Tour for 2023-24 Season (broadwayworld.com)


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

‘Prima Facie’ breaks house record for third time in final week as overall box office dips (broadwaynews.com)


Wanting Theater to Push You

Sarah Benson, Soho Rep’s Former Director, Wants Theater to Push You - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


Beneatha’s Place, ‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place | Stage | The Guardian


The Collapsing Cultural Bubble

The Great Collapsing Culture Bubble | The Nation


Filipino Audiences and Here Lies Love

For Filipino Audiences, ‘Here Lies Love’ Offers Emotional Rip Currents - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


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

New Artistic Director 2023 - OSF News (osfashland.org)

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