This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Most Recent Broadway Grosses

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/18/25 - OTHELLO and More Lead Grosses and Ticket Prices

Tony Nominations and Broadway  Grosses Broadway box office: The Ups And Downs Of Tony Award Nominations

Winners of  Chita Rivera Awards

Robyn Hurder, Kevin Csolak, Buena Vista Social Club, More Are Winners of 2025 Chita Rivera Awards | Playbill

Drama League Award Winners

All the Winners at the 2025 Drama League Awards | Vogue

Art Returns to Broadway

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale Lead Broadway ‘Art’ - The New York Times

Tom Hanks Off-Broadway

Tom Hanks to Star in a New Off-Broadway Play He Co-Wrote About Time Travel and Love

Hugh Jackman Off-Broadway

Video: Hugh Jackman Talks New Theater Company and Off-Broadway Play on THE VIEW

The Design for Maybe Happy Endings

Creating a world for Helperbots: Dane Laffrey on the scenic design of ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ (exclusive images)

Tony Predictions

Tonys 2025 Predictions: Who Will Win? And Who Should? - The New York Times

Meet Audra McDonald

Meet Audra McDonald: Actor With the Most Tony Award Nominations in History

Danny Burstein on Gypsy Nomination

Danny Burstein on His 'Gypsy' Tony Nomination- 'Audra McDonald Was Right!'

Tom Francis Talks Tony Nomination

Tom Francis talks Tony nomination, ‘Sunset Boulevard’ outside walk

Mary Todd Lincoln and Cabaret

Mary Todd Lincoln as a cabaret star? How Cole Escola's 'stupid' dream came true | WRVO Public Media

Bobby Darin and Jonathan Groff

Bobby Darin Did It All And, In 'Just In Time, So Does Jonathan Groff

The Story Behind Mincemeat

'Operation Mincemeat': The wild true story behind the Broadway show

Resisting Radically

AMERICAN THEATRE | We Must Resist With Radical Imagination

NYC Arts Groups and Funding Cuts

NYC arts groups face ‘existential’ challenge with Trump cuts to federal funding - Gothamist

Looking at the Kennedy Center Finances

Head of Trump’s Kennedy Center Calls for Inquiry Into Its Finances - The New York Times

Drag Productions at the Kennedy Center 'Who’s going to tell' him? Trump mocked as Kennedy Center lineup featuring notorious drag productions

Emergency Arts Grants

Foundations' emergency arts and humanities grants provide temporary fix for gaps left by Trump’s slashing of federal funding - undefined

Managing the NEA Cuts

AMERICAN THEATRE | Unkindest Cuts: How Theatres Are Managing the Loss of NEA Funds

Latin Theater Events Paused in Chicago

Two key Latino theater events paused in Chicago. Are more ahead? - Chicago Sun-Times

Newsom Cuts Performance Arts Funding

Governor Newsom slashes $11.5M for performing arts fund

Pasadena Playhouse Owns Its Building

Pasadena Playhouse once again owns its historic building

Avoiding a Dallas Theater Closing

Dallas’ Theatre Three launches $200k fundraiser to avoid closure

Still Haunted by the Crucible

Abuse, witch-hunts and hangings: why Arthur Miller’s masterpiece The Crucible still haunts us | Theatre | The Guardian

Stereophonic in the West End

None of this should have worked’: David Adjmi on how Led Zeppelin sparked Broadway smash Stereophonic | Theatre | The Guardian