This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Big Winners at Tony Awards

2025 Tony Awards Highlights: Hamilton Reunion, Historic Wins and Robot Romance | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Good TV Ratings for Tony Awards

2025 Tony Awards Scores Best TV Ratings Since 2019 and Highest Streaming Numbers Winners at Tony Awards,  Ever | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Cynthia Erivo Is Funny

Cynthia Erivo is funny — and other takeaways from the 2025 Tony Awards : NPR

Best and Worst of the Tony Awards

Best and Worst Moments From the 2025 Tony Awards - The New York Times

How Happy Endings Became a Hit

How ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Overcame a Shaky Start and Won Big at the Tonys - The New York Times

Epic Reunion for Hamilton

Original ‘Hamilton’ Cast Delivers Epic Reunion At 2025 Tonys | HuffPost Entertainment

Broadway Grosses Analysis

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Bonkers Final Weeks for Good Night, and Good Luck and Othello Send Broadway Box Office Soaring | Playbill

Broadway Model Is Broken

Producer Sonia Friedman: The Model on Broadway Is Broken - TheaterMania.com

 The Costs of Shows

Costs Behind Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows Starring George Clooney, Sarah Snook - Bloomberg

Affordable Ticket Options

We Are Excited to Offer These Affordable Broadway Ticket Options - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Smash to Close

Broadway’s Smash Becomes First Post-Tony Awards Casualty - TheaterMania.com

Inaugural Broadway in Memoriam

William Finn, Linda Lavin, Charles Strouse, and More to Be Honored at Inaugural Broadway in Memoriam - TheaterMania.com

Billy Porter in La Cage

Billy Porter to Star in La Cage aux Folles at New York City Center Encores! - TheaterMania.com

 7 Million Viewers for Good Night and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck Broadcast Brought In More Than 7.3 Million Viewers | Playbill

Rob Madge on Broadway

Broadway Dreams Were Dashed, Then Rob Madge Knocked on Some Doors - The New York Times

Influencers and Broadway

Are Influencers Becoming Broadway's Biggest Stars?

Smart and Krasinski Go It Alone

Jean Smart and John Krasinski Go It Alone, on Broadway and Off | The New Yorker

The Rise of One Person Plays

Going Solo: What's Behind the Meteoric Rise of One-Person Plays?

Reviews of Call Me Izzy

Review Roundup: CALL ME IZZY is Now Playing on Broadway

Working at the Muny

Why Do Broadway Actors Love to Work Summers at The Muny in St. Louis? - The New York Times

Amy Morton Back On Stage

Amy Morton is back on stage in "You Will Get Sick" at Steppenwolf

The Trump Arts Takeover

Trump's public arts takeover echoes beyond the Kennedy Center stage

Trump at the Theater, A Night Out for Trump at the Theater, With a Pocket of Dissent - The New York Times

Trump and Les Mis

Trump Loves ‘Les Mis,’ Can’t Say What It’s About

Covid and Theater in 2025

COVID still affecting theater in 2025. Here's the latest postponement

Review for  Arts  Funding in UK

Government spending review is ‘deeply concerning’ and ‘self-imposed injury’, arts leaders warn

Ancient Myths and Musicals

From Hadestown to Hercules: ancient myths are the gods’ gift to musicals | Musicals | The Guardian