This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Midsummer Theater Dream

My Midsummer Dream: 7 Plays, 5 Days, 4 Stages, 1 Story - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Peter Falk as a Broadway Roomate

When Peter Falk Was My Roommate, and Theater Ruled NYC | Vanity Fair

The Start of Once upon a Mattress

'Once Upon a Mattress' started at a socialist Jewish summer camp (forward.com)

Sutton Foster as a Perfect Princess

'Once Upon a Mattress' review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway (nypost.com)

Cast Donfirmed for Sept Away

'Swept Away' Broadway Cast: John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands To Star (deadline.com)

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Return to Broadway

Tony Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Returns to Broadway With ‘Purpose’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Alyssa Milano to Chicago

Alyssa Milano will make Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ (broadwaynews.com)

Greatest Showman as Musical

The Greatest Showman Broadway Musical Coming From Disney (hollywoodreporter.com)

Branford Marsalis Boards Louis Armstrong Musical

Branford Marsalis Boards Broadway's Louis Armstrong Musical (deadline.com)

The Wiz Skips Off with Big Box Office

'The Wiz' Skips Off With A Hefty $2M In Broadway Box Office (deadline.com)

Big Cast for Glengarry Glen Ross

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr to Star Glengarry Glen Ross Play (hollywoodreporter.com)

The New Frontier of Fandom

Is Broadway Ready for the New Frontier of Fandom? (broadwaynews.com)

How Chicago Became an International Brand

How ‘Chicago’ became an international brand (broadwaynews.com)

Kristin Chenoweth in Versailles

An Exclusive Look at Kristin Chenoweth in the Broadway-Bound Musical ‘The Queen of Versailles’ | Vogue

Theater Breaks Ties with Ivo van Hove

Theater Breaks Ties With Ivo van Hove After Report on Bullying - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Lorin Lattaro on  the Backstory

For choreographer Lorin Latarro, backstory is everything (broadwaynews.com)

Sydney Lemmon on Tech and Humanity

Sydney Lemmon Puts the Twisted Humanity Behind Tech on Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

A Different Romeo and Juliet

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor Are Set to Star in a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Unlike Any Before It | Vogue

Succession on Broadway

Succession Stars on Broadway: The Who, What, & When | Broadway Direct

Tim Minchin Believes in the Stage

Tim Minchin is a Born-Again Believer in the Sacredness of the Stage | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Death of Peter Marshall

'Hollywood Squares' host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies | Chattanooga Times Free Press

 The Lasting Change We Need

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Lasting Change We Need

What Streams May Come

AMERICAN THEATRE | What Streams May Come

Alex Edelman Guest Column

Alex Edelman Guest Column on 'Just For Us' Special (hollywoodreporter.com)

What’s Next for Williamstown?

With 2024 season complete, Williamstown Theatre Fest eyes what’s next (timesunion.com)

Zephyr Teachout on Theater

Vermont Conversation: Zephyr Teachout on theater, politics and being ‘willing to fight’ - VTDigger

Fifty Years of Compulsive Theater

‘Peter Capaldi was punched off his chair’: Fifty years of explosive theatre company Paines Plough | Stage | The Guardian