This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Top 20 Most Produced Playwrights

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2023-24 Season

Top 10 Most Produced Plays, AMERICAN THEATRE | The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2023-24 Season

Constitution Is Most Produced Play

‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Is This Season’s Most-Staged Play - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Lynn Nottage on Creating Theater

Lynn Nottage: ‘There’s no such thing as the perfect sandwich or song – just the joy that goes into creating’ | Theatre | The Guardian

Suffs Head to Broadway

‘Suffs’ Heads to Broadway With Hillary Clinton as a Producer - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Leads to Leave Sweeney Todd, Josh Groban And Annaleigh Ashford Set Final ‘Sweeney Todd’ Performance – Deadline

New Repertory Theatre Shutting Down

New Repertory Theatre in Watertown is shutting down - The Boston Globe

National Theatre Moving to Earlier Show Times

National Theatre in London to pilot earlier start times | National Theatre | The Guardian

Almost Famous Back int Workshops

Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe to Redevelop Almost Famous at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center | Playbill

Maria Friedman on Directing Merrily

Maria Friedman On Directing Sondheim’s ‘Merrily, We Roll Along’ | Observer

Merrily Among Top Earners

Merrily We Roll Along’ With Daniel Radcliffe Among Top Broadway Earners – Deadline

Fewer People Going to Arts

Fewer people are going to movies, theater and museums, NEA study shows - The Washington Post

Doubt Cast Announced

Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Zoe Kazan complete the cast of ‘Doubt’; dates announced (broadwaynews.com)

Harry Potter on Tour

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ will tour North America (broadwaynews.com)

Impact of the Arts on the Ecoomy

Americans for the Arts releases new findings about the arts’ impact on U.S. economy (broadwaynews.com)

Danny DeVito and Family Return

Danny DeVito, His Daughter and a Lot of Baggage (Onstage) - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Barry Mainlow on Broadway with Harmony

Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s Harmony Finally Arrives on Broadway | Broadway Direct

Arts Brings Value to Long Island

My Turn: The arts bring great value to Long Island - Opinions - The Island 360

Shucked to Close

‘Shucked’ to Play Final Performance at Broadway’s Nederlander Theater - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Death of a Salesman in Mandarin, A Play Revisits the Making of ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Mandarin - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Ambition and Artistry in Theater

AMERICAN THEATRE | Co-Pros and Solos, Sure, But Also Ambition and Artistry

Bull Durham the musical

Bull Durham returns to Triangle North Carolina as a musical | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com)

Joplin Show Off-Broadway, ‘The Picher Project’ musical on off-Broadway in New York | Local News | joplinglobe.com

Obit for Joanna Merlin, Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92 - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

Tagging Along with Jesse Green, Tagging Along With The New York Times’s Chief Theater Critic - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

St. Louis Theatre Faces Lage Deficit, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis faces $2.5 million deficit (stltoday.com)