This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Box Office Takes Dip

Box office takes a dip as Tony Awards ceremony approaches (broadwaynews.com)

Box Office Hasn’t  Totally Bounced Back

Box Office: Why Broadway Never Bounced Back (hollywoodreporter.com)

New Theater Bill from Blumenthal

New bill from Blumenthal would give $1 billion to nonprofit theaters annually (wshu.org)

Special Tony for Baltimore Educators

The special Tony Award for educators goes to Baltimore community artist CJay Philip | Fox News

What It Means to Be Nominated

What It Means For These Artists To Be Nominated For A Tony Award (forbes.com)

Obit for Janis Paige

Janis Paige, Star of Broadway’s ‘The Pajama Game,’ Is Dead at 101 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Jessica Stone as Director

Tony Nominee Jessica Stone on Her Journey From Actor to Director | Observer

Making Sondheim Proud

Merrily We Roll Along Director Maria Friedman Was Determined to Make Sondheim Proud | Playbill

Are Subscriptions Dead?

AMERICAN THEATRE | Subscriptions Are Dead, Long Live Subscriptions!

Solidarity Covid Relief for Arts Workers

AMERICAN THEATRE | How Cultural Solidarity Fund Got $1 Million Covid Relief to NYC Arts Workers

Come as You Are

AMERICAN THEATRE | Come As You Are

Hills of California to Broadway

Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ to Open on Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Public Theater Takes to the Parks

Public Theater Takes Shakespeare in the Park Out on the Town - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Saving Taproot

AMERICAN THEATRE | Taproot Theatre Campaigns to Save Its Season and Its Future

The Success of Cabaret

How ‘Cabaret’ became Broadway’s hottest ticket — and most divisive show - The Washington Post

What Made the Season Belong?

In their words: What made the 2023-2024 Broadway season’s shows belong in this year? (broadwaynews.com)

Alex Timbers Interviews David Korins

Artist to Artist: Alex Timbers Interviews David Korins About Creating the Here Lies Love Set - TheaterMania.com

Reviving Micro-Musicals in Austin

Austin theaters are reviving lost Broadway gems as micro-musicals (statesman.com)

Wild Year of William Jackson Harper

William Jackson Harper’s Wild, Wonderful Year on the New York Stage | Vanity Fair

Justin Peck on Illinoise

Broadway Q&A: Illinoise director and choreographer Justin Peck (timeout.com)

Long Extension for Stereophonic

'Stereophonic' Gets A Confident Five-Month Broadway Extension (deadline.com)

Strange Loop Author Aims for Discomfort

Tony-winning author of 'A Strange Loop' aims for discomfort - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Ryder Farm Suspending Operations

AMERICAN THEATRE | SPACE on Ryder Farm to Suspend Operations

Trying to Fund the Aurora

Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company seeks funding to stay afloat (berkeleyside.org)

A New Dolly Parton Musical

Dolly Parton’s Workin’ on a Broadway Musical for 2026 (vulture.com)

How Much Theatre Are You Seeing?

Nestruck on Theatre: Are you seeing more or less theatre right now – and why? - The Globe and Mail

Big and Bold in Pasadena

Danny Feldman has gone big and bold at Pasadena Playhouse - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Possible New Ending for Dear England

Play about England football team to return with potential for new final act | James Graham | The Guardian

Dominic West in A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge, Theatre Royal Haymarket, review: Dominic West is a revelation in this production (telegraph.co.uk)