This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Women Take Charge of Broadway

Theater Fall Preview: Women Are Taking Charge On Broadway And Off | Observer

The Best Theater Pranks

The best pranks that theater people play on one another - The Washington Post

Best Upcoming Broadway Shows

The Best Broadway Shows Opening This Fall: What to See (vulture.com)

Why are Theaters Disappearing

Why are so many local theater companies disappearing? | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Sonia Sotomayor and Theater

Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court side hustle: A children’s musical - The Washington Post

Empire Records and Broadway

With ‘Empire Records: The Musical,’ Zoe Sarnak Revives a ’90s Cult Classic - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The Theater Is Never Completely Dark

Opinion | The Theater Is Never Completely Dark - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Full Cast for Tammy Faye

Full Cast Set For TAMMY FAYE, Starring Katie Brayben, Christian Borle, and Michael Cerveris (broadwayworld.com)

Box Office Softens

Broadway’s box office softens as summer winds down (broadwaynews.com)

Tech Invades Off-Broadway

Feeld's polyamory play: Why tech is invading off-Broadway theatre - Fast Company

Field Trip for Our Town

Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, & Katie Holmes: Stars of Broadway's Our Town Took A Field Trip (townandcountrymag.com)

Extension for Romeo + Juliet

Broadway’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ receives extension one month ahead of previews (broadwaynews.com)

Democracy on Stage

Democracy Takes Center Stage in Two New Off Broadway Plays (ourtownny.com)

A Thriller for the Extremely Online

A Broadway thriller for the extremely online | CNN

Changing Theater Names

How Often Do Broadway Theatre Names Change? (broadwayworld.com)

Immersive Theater at Carmine’s

Legendary NYC restaurant Carmine's is launching an immersive theater experience (timeout.com)

Nicole Scherzinger on Broadway

Nicole Scherzinger: From Pussycat Doll to Broadway Show Star (vulture.com)

Celeb Producers of Sugar Daddy

Billy Porter and Alan Cumming to Produce Sam Morrison's 'Sugar Daddy' (variety.com)

Filling Your Theater Prescription

AMERICAN THEATRE | Filling Your Theatre Prescription

Making Room for Mental Health

In sports and the arts, making room for mental health and disabilities - CSMonitor.com

Eboni Booth and Primary Trust

AMERICAN THEATRE | Eboni Booth on ‘Primary Trust’: Only Connect

Williamstown Theatre Fills Leadership Team,

Williamstown Theatre Festival fills out leadership team (timesunion.com)

London Preview

A Six follow-up, an LA clown … and War Horse rides again: theatre, comedy and dance autumn preview | Stage | The Guardian

What’s Opening in London?

What's opening in London theatres this month? (September 2024) | London Theatre Direct

Cate Blanchett to London

Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke to star in new version of 'The Seagull' | London Theatre

The Play that Changed My Life

The play that changed my life: ‘The Buddy Holly musical showed the arts are for everybody’ | Buddy Holly | The Guardian

Theater as a Life Saver

For a trans kid, 'Civility of Albert Cashier' was a life saver - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)