This Week in Theater News
By Bennett Liebman
Limited Schedule for Williamstown
NY Gov’s Budget Slashes Arts Funding
NY Governor’s Proposed Budget Slashes Arts Funding by More Than Half (hyperallergic.com)
Life Of Pi Opens
‘Life of Pi’ is a feast for the eyes, but don’t expect much drama - The Washington Post
Obit for Director Michael Rudman, Michael Rudman obituary | Theatre | The Guardian
Cal Shakes to pause theater productions in 2023 (berkeleyside.org)
Understudy Bookstore Opens in Chicago
AMERICAN THEATRE | The Understudy Opens a New Chapter for Chicago Bookstores
Wrestling with Theater
Disney and Orlando Arts
How Disney powers Orlando’s growing arts scene: ‘The whole community benefits’ – Orlando Sentinel
Growing a Musical, Robert Horn On Growing a Broadway Musical From the Ground Up | Observer
4 Sweeneys Talk
'Sweeney Todd' is back Broadway: We talk with 4 actors about the difficult role : NPR
Aaron Sorkin and Technology
Aaron Sorkin on technology and becoming a content creator | Adobe Blog
Meaning of Phantom
Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Meaning of ‘Phantom’ (vulture.com)
Broadway Bodies
Broadway Bodies: A Critical History of Conformity – New York Theater
Equity and LORT Agree
AMERICAN THEATRE | Actors’ Equity and LORT Reach New Tentative Agreement
The Jungle in DC. Review: ‘The Jungle’ at Harman Hall is essential viewing - The Washington Post
Producing Shucked
Equity and Political Action, Actors’ Equity announces political action committee | Broadway News
Grosses on Broadway
Tony Kushner on Theater, Tony Kushner talks Jewishness, Shakespeare, ‘Angels’ – Harvard Gazette
Alley Theatre Cancels Odyssey
Robert Falls Leaves Goodman, AMERICAN THEATRE | Robert Falls: Letting Go of the Goodman
Audra McDonald Balances Broadway, Audra McDonald On Balancing Broadway and Motherhood | Time
Spitting at the Ushers
Musicals as Great Plays
The best musicals are the equal of great plays, so why the snobbery? | David Benedict | The Guardian
72 Years of the King and I
The King and I Celebrates its 72nd Anniversary | London Theatre Direct