This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Record for Good Night and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck Breaks Record for the Highest Grossing Play in Broadway History - TheaterMania.com

40 Shows on Broadway

Grosses analysis: Broadway offers 40 shows for first time in over six years

Shows Worth Seeing Now

Broadway shows worth seeing right now - The Washington Post

Reviews for John Proctor

Reviews Are Out for John Proctor Is the Villain, Starring Sadie Sink | Playbill

Reviews for Smash

Review Roundup: SMASH Opens On Broadway Starring Robyn Hurder and More

Bombshells on Broadway

‘Boop!’ and ‘Smash’ on Broadway, reviewed: Two bombshells hit Broadway - The Washington Post

Reviews of Irishtown

What Are Reviews Saying About Irishtown at Irish Rep? | Playbill

Scaling Up Stranger Things

How ‘Stranger Things’ Scaled Up for Broadway - The New York Times

Leslie Odom Returns to Hamilton

Leslie Odom Jr. to Return to 'Hamilton' on Broadway This Fall

Where Is the Hamilton Original Cast?

The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast: Where Are They Now? | Broadway Direct

Orville Pecks Jumps Into Cabaret

For His Broadway Debut in ‘Cabaret,’ Country Artist Orville Peck Is Jumping in Face-First | Vogue

50 Years of A Chorus Line

Original Broadway Stars Look Back on 50 Years of A Chorus Line

How Richard Kind Changed My Life

How Meeting Richard Kind Changed The Course Of My Life | Defector

Cast for Waiting for Godot

Keanu Reeves-Alex Winter 'Waiting For Godot' Sets Broadway Venue, Opening

Dreams of George C. Wolfe

AMERICAN THEATRE | Offscript: George C. Wolfe’s Dreams and Defiance

Discovering the Floyd Collins Story

How Tina Landau and Adam Guettel discovered the story of Floyd Collins

New Employment Bias Report

Actors’ Equity releases new employment bias report

A Day Out for Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters Loves a Day Out in New York - The New York Times

Nick Jonas on Broadway

The Pop Heartthrob Nick Jonas on Broadway | The New Yorker

An Action for Failure to Cast?

Can You Sue Your Theatre Program for Not Casting You? — OnStage Blog

Remembering William Finn

Remembering playwright William Finn ’74 – The Williams Record

Rachel Sheinkin on William Finn

AMERICAN THEATRE | William Finn Knew What He Liked, and Made Plenty to Love

Kelli O'Hara Reflects

AMERICAN THEATRE | She Built Herself a Home

Six Redefines Theater

From Beyoncé to Broadway: Why ‘Six’ is redefining musical theater | Datebook

San Francisco Arts Groups Scramble

San Francisco arts groups scramble after city cuts Dream Keeper Initiative grants - CBS San Francisco

Eliminating the NEA?

The case for and against eliminating the NEA | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Saving the Kennedy Center

How the Trump-troubled Kennedy Center can save itself - Los Angeles Times

Producing Tomorrow’s Producers

AMERICAN THEATRE | Producing the Producers of Tomorrow

Big Drop in UK Plays

Big drop in plays staged by theatres over past decade