This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Winter Doldrums on Broadway

Gross dips but capacity holds steady as Broadway hits standard winter doldrums

Wicked Defies Gravity

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Wicked Continues to Defy Gravity As Snow Falls on Broadway | Playbill

Reviews for Redwood

The Reviews Are In for Redwood on Broadway | Playbill

Tikkun Olam on Broadway

Idina Menzel's musical 'Redwood' has a song about Tikkun Olam – The Forward

Trump’s NEA Guidelines

AMERICAN THEATRE | New NEA Guidelines Require Compliance With Trump’s Anti-DEI, Anti-Trans Orders

NEA and DEI Programs

Arts org will no longer fund cultural institutions with DEI programs : NPR

Trump Takes Over Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar - The Washington Post

New Board at Kennedy Center

Trump Appoints Weirdest Board Ever to the Kennedy Center | The New Republic

Trump Elected Chair of Kennedy Center

President Trump elected chair of Kennedy Center by new board : NPR

Museum of Broadway Highlights Black Storytellers

Museum of Broadway highlights Black storytellers for Black History Month - CBS New York

Off-Broadway unionization

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril - The New York Times

Obit for Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts, a Nonchalant Pal in Woody Allen’s Films, Dies at 85 - The New York Times

A New Play by Joe Behar

For Those Who Can’t Get Enough of Joy Behar on ‘The View,’ the Comedian Now Has a Play, ‘My First Ex-Husband’ | The New York Sun

Broadway Musical Anniversaries in 2025

25 Broadway Musicals Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries in 2025 | Broadway Direct

Smash on Broadway

‘Smash’ Was a Cult TV Hit. Now Steven Spielberg and Friends Are Bringing It to Broadway | Vanity Fair

Keeping The Lion King Moving

How ‘The Lion King’s Resident Dance Supervisor Keeps the Musical in Motion - The New York Times

MFA Program Out at Brown and Trinity

Brown, Trinity indefinitely pause admissions to MFA program - The Brown Daily Herald

Will NYC Audiences Like Weird Musicals?

Will NYC Broadway audiences go to all these extremely weird new musicals?

The Douglas Lyons Trilogy

Douglas Lyons writes comedies centering Black women. How his trilogy could change theater - Los Angeles Times

Phillip Boykin In for Patrick Page in Hadestown

Phillip Boykin to return as star in Broadway's 'Hadestown' | Entertainment | postandcourier.com

Using Subtitles for Musicals

Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice | Theatre | The Guardian

Theater that Packs a Punch

Theater That Packs A Punch: Exhilarating Productions Of ‘Kyoto’ And ‘Oedipus’ Open In London

The Seagull in London

Chekhov Mates: Cate Blanchett and Emma Corrin Lead a Revelatory Reimagining of The Seagull in London | Vogue

Theatre Award Winners in London

David Tennant, Imelda Staunton and Starlight Express take top theatre awards

Jonathan Bailey in Richard II

Richard II with Jonathan Bailey starts performances at the Bridge Theatre

The Barrington Stage Season

Camelot, King James, N/A, More Revealed for Barrington Stage Company’s 2025 Season - TheaterMania.com

The Williamstown Theatre Season

Jeremy O. Harris, Raphael Picciarelli on Reinventing the Williamstown Theatre Festival With a Bold 2025 Season