This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Lempicka to End Broadway Run

‘Lempicka’ to End Broadway Run a Month After Opening - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Mincemeat Eyes Broadway

Olivier-Winning OPERATION MINCEMEAT Is Eying Broadway (broadwayworld.com)

How Illinoise Used a  Record Album

How 'Illinoise' Used Sufjan Stevens Album to Create Broadway Musical (variety.com)

The Treasure of Musicals

Opinion | Why Was This Treasure of Musical Theater All but Lost to the Ages? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Sugar Daddy Sets Pre-Broadway Run

Sam Morrison's 'Sugar Daddy' Sets Pre-Broadway Run In Beverly Hills (deadline.com)

Tony Awards To Be Simulcast at Lincoln Center

Tony Awards To Be Simulcast On Outdoor Screen At Lincoln Center Park (deadline.com)

Some New Shows Are Slipping

Broadway Begins Its Spring Crunch Shake-Out As Some Newcomers Start To Slip (deadline.com)

Small Dip in Box Office

‘Sweeney Todd’ finishes strong while overall box office takes a dip (broadwaynews.com)

Public Theater Stage Reopening in Central Park

Public Theater To Reopen Central Park Stage For 'Twelfth Night' 2025 (deadline.com)

Robert Downey to Broadway

Robert Downey Jr. To Make Broadway Debut In 'McNeal' This Fall (deadline.com)

Schmigadoon to DC

‘Schmigadoon!’ stage musical will premiere at Kennedy Center - The Washington Post

Eboni Booth and the Pulitzer

Eboni Booth on Winning the Drama Pulitzer for ‘Primary Trust’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Patti LuPone as Cinderella?

Patti LuPone Reveals She Auditioned for Cinderella for the Original INTO THE WOODS (broadwayworld.com)

Hair in 2024

‘Hair’ was famous for its nudity. How does the musical do it in 2024? - The Washington Post

Lortel Award Winners

Kecia Lewis, Patrick Page, Natalie Venetia Belcon Win 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards - TheaterMania.com

The Phony Awards

Tony Awards 2024: Welcome to the Phonys (vulture.com)

The Tony Nominee in Hell’s Kitchen

The Tony Nominee Starring in Alicia Keys’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Jessica Lange on Returning to Broadway

Jessica Lange on Her Broadway Role in Mother Play, Tony Nomination (hollywoodreporter.com)

Free Booze and Cabaret

Boozed up patrons disrupting Broadway hit 'Cabaret' (pagesix.com)

Teacher Charged with Improper Relationship

Theatre teacher charged with improper relationship with student — OnStage Blog

50 Years in Sarasota

Florida Studio Theatre marks 50 years of growth in Sarasota (heraldtribune.com)

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as Broadway Playwright

Despite a Tony Nomination, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Is Still Unsure If He's a Broadway Playwright | Playbill

Recovering from a Financial Crisis

How Theatre Baton Rouge stabilized after last year’s financial crisis (225batonrouge.com)

Researching Mary Todd

'Less Than None': Cole Escola Reveals How Much Lincoln Research They Did for Broadway-Bound Oh, Mary! | Playbill

Sting in Chicago

'Message in a Bottle,' the British dance production set to Sting's music, is coming to the Miller Theatre (inquirer.com)

NYTW Exec Director to Leave

AMERICAN THEATRE | NYTW Exec Director Jeremy Blocker to Depart

Romeo and Juliet on the Roof

Rialto Chatter: Tom Holland Will Open West End ROMEO & JULIET With a Scene on the Theatre's Roof (broadwayworld.com)