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By Elissa D. Hecker posted 06-07-2024 11:48 AM

  

By Bennett Liebman

Box Office Takes Dip, Box office takes a dip as Tony Awards ceremony approaches (broadwaynews.com)

Box Office Hasn’t  Totally Bounced Back, Box Office: Why Broadway Never Bounced Back (hollywoodreporter.com)

New Theater Bill from Blumenthal, New bill from Blumenthal would give $1 billion to nonprofit theaters annually (wshu.org)

Special Tony for Baltimore Educators, The special Tony Award for educators goes to Baltimore community artist CJay Philip | Fox News

What It Means to Be Nominated, What It Means For These Artists To Be Nominated For A Tony Award (forbes.com)

Obit for Janis Paige, Janis Paige, Star of Broadway’s ‘The Pajama Game,’ Is Dead at 101 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Jessica Stone as Director, Tony Nominee Jessica Stone on Her Journey From Actor to Director | Observer

Making Sondheim Proud, Merrily We Roll Along Director Maria Friedman Was Determined to Make Sondheim Proud | Playbill

Are Subscriptions Dead? AMERICAN THEATRE | Subscriptions Are Dead, Long Live Subscriptions!

Solidarity Covid Relief for Arts Workers, AMERICAN THEATRE | How Cultural Solidarity Fund Got $1 Million Covid Relief to NYC Arts Workers

Come as You Are, AMERICAN THEATRE | Come As You Are

Hills of California to Broadway, Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ to Open on Broadway - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Public Theater Takes to the Parks, Public Theater Takes Shakespeare in the Park Out on the Town - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Saving Taproot, AMERICAN THEATRE | Taproot Theatre Campaigns to Save Its Season and Its Future

The Success of Cabaret, How ‘Cabaret’ became Broadway’s hottest ticket — and most divisive show - The Washington Post

What Made the Season Belong? In their words: What made the 2023-2024 Broadway season’s shows belong in this year? (broadwaynews.com)

Alex Timbers Interviews David Korins, Artist to Artist: Alex Timbers Interviews David Korins About Creating the Here Lies Love Set - TheaterMania.com

Reviving Micro-Musicals in Austin, Austin theaters are reviving lost Broadway gems as micro-musicals (statesman.com)

Wild Year of William Jackson Harper, William Jackson Harper’s Wild, Wonderful Year on the New York Stage | Vanity Fair

Justin Peck on Illinoise, Broadway Q&A: Illinoise director and choreographer Justin Peck (timeout.com)

Long Extension for Stereophonic, 'Stereophonic' Gets A Confident Five-Month Broadway Extension (deadline.com)

Strange Loop Author Aims for Discomfort, Tony-winning author of 'A Strange Loop' aims for discomfort - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Ryder Farm Suspending Operations, AMERICAN THEATRE | SPACE on Ryder Farm to Suspend Operations

Trying to Fund the Aurora, Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company seeks funding to stay afloat (berkeleyside.org)

A New Dolly Parton Musical, Dolly Parton’s Workin’ on a Broadway Musical for 2026 (vulture.com)

How Much Theatre Are You Seeing? Nestruck on Theatre: Are you seeing more or less theatre right now – and why? - The Globe and Mail

Big and Bold in Pasadena, Danny Feldman has gone big and bold at Pasadena Playhouse - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Possible New Ending for Dear England, Play about England football team to return with potential for new final act | James Graham | The Guardian

Dominic West in A View from the Bridge, A View from the Bridge, Theatre Royal Haymarket, review: Dominic West is a revelation in this production (telegraph.co.uk)

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