This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Palace Intrigue in Albany

Palace intrigue: Sorting out what’s going on at Albany theater (timesunion.com)

NY Times Review of Lunar Eclipse

‘Lunar Eclipse’ Review: A Dark, Cloudy Night of the Soul - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Regional Theaters Fighting for Life

A look at the regional theaters fighting to save their historic art form | PBS NewsHour

Kicking 15 People Out of Theaters

Opinion | These 15 people would get kicked out of a musical like Lauren Boebert - The Washington Post

How to Behave in the Theater, Column: How should we behave in the theater? (chicagotribune.com)

Theater in CC Finding Its Stride

Theater in DC “Is Finding Its Stride Again” Post-Covid - Washingtonian

SF Theater Ditching Leadership Model

Another S.F. theater is ditching the hierarchical leadership model | Datebook (sfchronicle.com)

Rachel Bloom’s New Show

Theater Review: Rachel Bloom’s ‘Death, Let Me Do My Show’ (vulture.com)

Obit for Michael McGrath

Michael McGrath, Tony Award-winner and Boston stage favorite, is dead at 65 | Boston Irish

Times Obit for Michael McGrath

Michael McGrath, Tony Winner and ‘Spamalot’ Veteran, Dies at 65 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Diversifying Theater Productions

A Puerto Rican lighting designer works to diversify theater productions (bostonglobe.com)

Need for Theatrical Tax Fairness

Theatrical unions ramp up letter-writing campaign in support of tax fairness legislation (broadwaynews.com)

Sweeney Todd Struggles Without Groban, ‘Sweeney Todd’ struggles without Groban as Broadway’s overall box office rises slightly (broadwaynews.com)

Melissa Etheridge on Broadway

Melissa Etheridge started several Broadway projects — but Bruce Springsteen ultimately sparked her new solo show (broadwaynews.com)

SoundShirt in Chicago

Lyric Opera's new SoundShirt lets you feel the music (chicagotribune.com)

Financial Concerns In Chicago

As Beverly Arts Center Slashes Live Theater Budget, Concerns Surface About Its Financial Stability (blockclubchicago.org)

Behaving in the Theater

If You Can’t Behave Yourself in a Theater, Don’t Go Out (thebulwark.com)

Second Stage Founder Retiring

Second Stage Founder Carole Rothman Will Depart After 45 Years (broadwayworld.com)

Leave Illegally Blonde Alone

Leave ‘Illegally Blonde’ Alone: Theater Kids Deserve Space to Struggle | Arts | The Harvard Crimson (thecrimson.com)

The Interactive Only Murders in the Building

Hulu to Bring ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Interactive Experience to NYC Theater (broadwayworld.com)

Patsy Ferran in Pygmalion

Patsy Ferran on stage stardom, performing with Paul Mescal, and Pygmalion: ‘I only ever watched the first 75 per cent of My Fair Lady’ | The Independent

Secret of Simon Stephens Success

Curious Incident playwright Simon Stephens: ‘I used to think my success was an administrative error’ | The Independent

Filling Venue Seats

Local nonprofit arts organizations gather to discuss the challenges of filling venue seats (sacobserver.com)

A.I. and Broadway, A.I.-Scripted Stories, and a Counterpoint, Take the Stage Off Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Return of Purlie Victorious

‘Purlie Victorious’: Ossie Davis’s ‘Gospel to Humanity’ Returns to Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Brian Cox as Bach

After Amadeus: Brian Cox as Bach is theatre’s latest orchestral manoeuvre | Theatre | The Guardian

Gutenberg on Broadway

Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells on Broadway’s Gutenberg! The Musical! (timeout.com)