This Week in Theater News

By Bennett Liebman

Penzance Closes with Large Box Office Haul

Broadway: Pirates! The Penzance Musical Closes, Wicked Takes Top Spot

Box Office Slows

Broadway Box Office Stumbles During July 4th Holiday Week, With Star Absences Hitting ‘Gypsy', ‘Call Me Izzy' & ‘Death Becomes Her'

Liberation Moving to Broadway

Bess Wohl’s ‘Liberation’ Is Heading to Broadway This Fall - The New York Times

Kelli O’Hara Joins Tom Hanks

Kelli O’Hara Joins Tom Hanks In His Off Broadway Play ‘This World Of Tomorrow’ - IMDb

Cast for the Balusters

Renée Elise Goldsberry Richard Thomas cast in Broadway's The Balusters

Richard Greenberg Obit in the UK

Richard Greenberg obituary | Theatre | The Guardian

Lessons from Kimberly Bellflower

Lessons learned from a season on Broadway: A Q&A with Kimberly Belflower

New Glow at the Delacorte

Free Shakespeare’s Central Park Home Gets an $85 Million Glow Up - The New York Times

Chiara Aurelia in John Proctor

Chiara Aurelia On Her Self-Made Career and Just Letting Go in John Proctor is the Villain | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

The Hamilton Legacy

Interview: Ebrin R. Stanley on HAMILTON's 10-Year Legacy

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern Says Goodbye to Downton Abbey and Hello to Ava Gardner | Playbill

The Chorus Line at 50 Concert

Video: Inside the A CHORUS LINE 50 Concert With Donna McKechnie, Robyn Hurder & More

Recasting  Maybe Happy Endings

Maybe Happy Ending Creators Respond to Casting Controversy | Playbill

Asian Representation and  Maybe Happy Endings

‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Casting Change Ignites Debate About Asian Representation - The New York Times

Rebecca Habel Returns to Roundabout

Rebecca Habel will return to Roundabout Theatre Company as new managing director

Jon Michael Hill and His Purpose

Jon Michael Hill talks finding his ‘Purpose’ on Broadway

The Bat Boy Revival

Alex Newell, Andrew Durand, Kerry Butler, More Join Encores! Bat Boy Revival | Playbill

Obit for Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson, Provocative Playwright of ‘Einstein on the Beach,’ Is Dead at 83 - The New York Times

An immigrant Theatremakers Roundtable

AMERICAN THEATRE | Here, There, and Everywhere: An Immigrant Theatremakers Roundtable

David Muse Leaves DC Theater

David Muse, one of D.C.’s top theater makers, is leaving. What does it mean for the future? - The Washington Post

The Trump Center?

GOP bill proposes renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump : NPR

Future of Pittsburgh’s CLO

Pittsburgh's CLO at a major crossroads as it faces rising costs, increased competition | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Restructuring at a San Diego Theater

Award-winning Escondido theater company to downsize and restructure – San Diego Union-Tribune

Chicago Theater Heads for the Wrecking Ball

Afternoon Briefing: Another Chicago theater is headed for the wrecking ball – Chicago Tribune

Billie Jean King On Stage

Review: ‘Billie Jean’ in Chicago is a straightforward account of a champion’s story

Chicago to Help Arts Groups

Chicago says it will help some arts groups that lost critical NEA dollars - Chicago Sun-Times

Macbeth and Annie in Canada

On Canada’s Top Stage, Macbeth and Annie Are Talking to Americans - The New York Times

Inter Alia at the National

‘Inter Alia’ Review: Rosamund Pike at the National Theater - The New York Times