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By Elissa Hecker posted 06-30-2023 02:08 PM

  

By Bennett Liebman

Wanting Bigger and Broader Theater Audiences, Victoria Bailey Wants Bigger and Broader Theater Audiences - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

BAM Cuts Staff, Brooklyn Academy of Music cuts 13% of staff | Crain's New York Business (crainsnewyork.com)

Camelot Closing Early, ‘Camelot’ to end Broadway run early (broadwaynews.com)

Larrissa Fasthorse Paving the Way, Larissa FastHorse isn’t just Broadway’s first Native American female playwright — she’s paving the way for more (broadwaynews.com)

50 Tears of KTS, TKTS Booth celebrates 50 years (ny1.com)

TKTS Saving Theater, Bargains on Broadway: How TKTS helped to save theater and Times Square - Gothamist

Box Office Gains on Broadway, ‘Fat Ham,’ ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ have highest-grossing weeks as box office grows (broadwaynews.com)

John Legend and John Legend and Lynn Nottage are adapting ‘Imitation of Life’ for the stage (broadwaynews.com)

Gutenberg to Broadway, Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad to star in ‘Gutenberg! The Musical’ on Broadway (broadwaynews.com)

Discrimination Suit Against Hadestown, Actor Files Lawsuit Against Broadway's Hadestown, Alleging Racial Bias | Playbill                                            

Changing Winds in Chicago, AMERICAN THEATRE | Winds of Change in the Windy City

Making Six a Hit, How fan videos made 'Six' the musical a hit on Broadway, beyond - The San Diego Union-Tribune (sandiegouniontribune.com)

What Happened at Taper, Commentary: Why did CTG really halt Taper Forum programming? - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Seattle Theatre to Close, Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre to close after 33 years | The Seattle Times

Theater Industry Devastated in California, California’s Devastated Live Theater Industry Hopes for a Bailout: ‘We’re All Dying’ (yahoo.com)

The Effect of Broadway HD, BroadwayHD : Revolutionizing Accessibility or Diminishing The Magic? (usatoday.com)

How the Turntable Made it to Broadway, The Turntable May Be Popular on Broadway, But It Was Actually Invented in Japan | Playbill

Looking at Hammerstein’s’ Home, Broadway actors get look at home where Oscar Hammerstein wrote his greatest works, as home faces uncertain future | Southeastern Pennsylvania | wfmz.com

Chita Rivera at 90, At 90, Broadway legend Chita Rivera recalls a life working with Fosse, Sondheim, Bernstein – Orange County Register (ocregister.com)

Jeremey Harris on Diversifying Theater, 'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater : NPR

Alex Edelman and Bigots, A comic goes undercover with bigots. You’ll want to hear how it went. - The Washington Post

Death of Sheldon Harnick, AMERICAN THEATRE | Sheldon Harnick: A Blessing on His Head, Mazel Tov

Obit for Sheldon Harnick, Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Sarah Snook to the West End, Sarah Snook to play Dorian Gray as hit Australian production heads to London’s West End | Theatre | The Guardian

Rufus Norris at the National, Rufus Norris has made the National Theatre more diverse – on both sides of the curtain | Theatre | The Guardian

Dollar Bill to Broadway Bill, Bill Bradley was an NBA star and a senator. Now he’s a one-man show. - The Washington Post

Labor and Material Crisis for Theater, AMERICAN THEATRE | The Big Crunch: Theatre’s Labor and Materials Crisis

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