This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

No Full Shows at Williamstown

Why Williamstown Theatre Fest has no full shows this summer (timesunion.com)

State Budget May Provide Funds for upstate Theaters

Alive Downtowns! Postitive As Budget Reaches Last Negotiations (broadwayworld.com)

Possible Equity Strike for Broadway Tours

Actors’ Equity National Council authorizes strike if tour deal cannot be met | Broadway News

Strike Threat Over Touring Contracts

AMERICAN THEATRE | Actors’ Equity Issues Strike Threat Over Touring Contract

Alex Edelman on Broadway

Alex Edelman, ‘Just for Us’ Comedian, Will Bring Show to Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

John Kander’s Return to Broadway

John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Lucille Lortel Nominations

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations 2023. Off Broadway’s Best – New York Theater

Keanu Reeves Waiting for Godot

Broadway buzz Keanu Reeves could star in 'Waiting for Godot' (pagesix.com)

Ethan Hawke at t Harlem Theater Company

Ethan Hawke Joins Off-Broadway Harlem Theater Company as a Trustee | Observer

The Future of Broadway Sound

AMERICAN THEATRE | Macy Schmidt: What Broadway’s Future Sounds Like

Shucked Reviews

Review Roundup: SHUCKED Opens On Broadway! The Critics Weigh In! (broadwayworld.com)

New Legislation and the Broadway Body

How New Legislation Could Redefine the Broadway Body | Playbill

Wicked to Become 4ht Longest Production

Wicked to Become 4th Longest-Running Production in Broadway History | Playbill

Sweeney Spurs Broadway Box Office

‘Sweeney Todd’ spurs box office surge | Broadway News

Sidney Brustein’s Window on Broadway

Lorraine Hansberry’s drama ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ to open on Broadway | Broadway News

Winners at Olivier Awards

“Prima Facie,” “Oklahoma!” win 2023 Olivier Awards | Broadway News

Credit for Chorographers

A new guild aims to get choreographers' work proper credit - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Center Stage LA

When it Comes to Theater, L.A. Is Center Stage - Truthdig

Audience Reaction to Oklahoma

Surviving in the States: Audience Rejection on the Road with Oklahoma! | HowlRound Theatre Commons

King Lear Makes Shakespeare the Box Office Champ

A D.C. ‘King Lear’ reaffirms Shakespeare as box office champ - The Washington Post

Joshua Malina Winging It

Joshua Malina Is Still Winging It | Backstage

Judge Blocks Tennessee Drag Law

Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee Law That Restricts Drag Performances - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Turning Theater Upside Down, TV-to-stage plays like Stranger Things are turning theatre upside down. They could make it or break it | Kate Wyver | The Guardian

Athens as the Hotbed of Theater

A wordless death, a dazzling new talent and a 50-day squat: is Athens the hotbed of European theatre? | Theatre | The Guardian

In Conversation with Jason Robert Brown

In conversation with Jason Robert Brown, composer and lyricist for ‘Parade’ (ajc.com)

The Desantis Drag Wars

How Desantis’ drag wars is affecting theater groups | Miami Herald

Broadway Programming in the NY Schools

Broadway program brings musical theater to NY schools | PIX11