This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Broadway Grosses

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/21/24 - HELL'S KITCHEN, CABARET & More Top the List (broadwayworld.com)

Oh Mary Breaks Box Office Record

Broadway's 'Oh, Mary!' Extends Run, Breaks Box Office Record (deadline.com)

CBA with Off-Broadway League

Actors' Equity Association And Off-Broadway League Reach New Collective Bargaining Agreement (broadwayworld.com)

New Casting  for Cabret

Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho Will Join CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB This Fall (broadwayworld.com)

Molly Osborne to Join Othello Cast

Othello On Broadway: Molly Osborne Cast With Denzel & Jake Gyllenhaal (deadline.com)

Creating Redwood, the Musical

Creating a ‘cutting-edge’ musical with ‘Redwood’ (broadwaynews.com)

Bringing Suffrage to Music

The challenges of bringing the suffrage movement to life through song and story. (insidehighered.com)

Dates Set for the Last Five Years

'The Last Five Years' starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren gets opening date on Broadway - ABC News (go.com)

Broadway Doesn’t Have to Be Serious

Let me tell you—Broadway doesn’t need to be that serious (timeout.com)

Mandy Gonzales as Norman Desmond

Mandy Gonzalez to Play Norma Desmond at Select Performances of Sunset Boulevard on Broadway - TheaterMania.com

Maybe Happy Endings Delays Opening

'Maybe Happy Ending' With Darren Criss Delays Broadway Opening A Month (deadline.com)

Reclaiming Old Musicals

How a Ballroom ‘Cats,’ a Gay Kiss and a Black Marine Reclaimed Old Musicals - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Heather Hitchens on Arts Advocacy

Heather Hitchens’ advice for arts advocacy and rallying government support (broadwaynews.com)

Crisis at Connecticut Theaters

How Connecticut theaters have found themselves in 'crisis' (registercitizen.com)

America’s War on Theater

America’s War on Theater | Los Angeles Review of Books (lareviewofbooks.org)

New Managing Director at South Coast Repertory

South Coast Repertory announces hiring of new managing director – Orange County Register (ocregister.com)

Favorite Broadway Stage Props

Our 10 favorite Broadway stage props: From ‘Cats’ tire to the DeLorean - The Washington Post

Empire Records Set for NJ Premiere

‘Empire Records’ musical will premiere at McCarter Theatre Center (broadwaynews.com)

Mapping Theatre Futures

AMERICAN THEATRE | Offscript: Mapping Our Theatre Futures

Reopening the Delacorte in 2025

Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh to Reopen the Delacorte Theater with Twelfth Night in 2025 | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Peter Pan Is Updated

‘Peter Pan’ musical updated for Indigenous representation - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Reviving the Producers in London

Mel Brooks' 'The Producers' Play Sets Major London Revival (variety.com)

Shuttered Theater Spaces in Denver

Let's take a ghostly graveyard tour of Denver's shuttered theater spaces | John Moore | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Henry 6 in San Diego

Theater review: Old Globe’s engrossing ‘Henry 6’ an eye-popping thriller – San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Protests at Rowling Play

JK Rowling Edinburgh Trans Rights Play 'TERF' Primed For Protests (deadline.com)

Fanngirls Review

'Fangirls' review — Yve Blake's smart new musical is a celebration of young female expression | London Theatre

Must the Show Go On?

Must the show go on? Theatre’s plucky motto may be out of step with our times | Stage | The Guardian