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By Elissa D. Hecker posted 06-14-2024 09:33 AM

  

By Bennett Liebman

Broadway Box Office Soars, Broadway box office soars over same week last season as multiple shows have highest-grossing week (broadwaynews.com)

Shubert Foundation Grants, Shubert Foundation awards $40 million in arts grants (broadwaynews.com)

Powerhouse Year for Non-Profits, Tony Awards 2024: A Powerhouse Year for Nonprofits - WSJ

Public Theater Company Workers to Unionize, Public Theater Company Workers Vote to Join IATSE | Playbill

Floyd Collins Coming to Broadway, A Cave Explorer Died 99 Years Ago. Now His Story Is Broadway Bound. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Suffs Has a New Tune, On Broadway, ‘Suffs’ Has a New Tune (and 6 Tony Nominations) - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Drama Desk Winners, 2024 Drama Desk Award winners announced | New York Theatre Guide

Has Broadway Reconciled with Pop Music?Has Broadway finally reconciled with popular music? - The Washington Post

NY Times Tony Predictions, Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Merrily’ and ‘Stereophonic’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Water for Elephants Making a Mark on Broadway, 'Water For Elephants' is making its mark on Broadway with 7 Tony nominations, including 'Best Musical' - ABC7 New York (abc7ny.com)

The Impact of a Tony Performance, The Impact of a Tony Performance (broadwaynews.com)

Everyone Has an Opinion on Cabaret, The Broadway Show You Need to Have an Opinion on This Season (yahoo.com)

Tonys Roundtable, Tonys Roundtable: Rachel McAdams, Daniel Radcliffe, Eddie Redmayne and More (hollywoodreporter.com)

The In Memoriam Segment for the Tony Awards, 2024 Tony Awards ‘In Memoriam’ segment to feature performance from Nicole Scherzinger (broadwaynews.com)

Talking the Mothe Show, Jessica Lange and Paula Vogel on Breaking, and Keeping, the Family Contract - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

New Leadership at LORT, League of Resident Theatres announces new board leadership (broadwaynews.com)

The Fight Club t the Outsiders, How ‘The Outsiders’ Staged a Broadway Fight Club - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Layoffs in Seattle, Seattle Rep layoffs to include majority of its artistic staff | The Seattle Times

Patti LuPone on Projection, ‘I can’t understand a lyric’: Patti LuPone laments lost art of projection in musical theatre | Theatre | The Guardian

The Death of America’s Federally Funded Theater, The Yale Review | Why Conservatives Killed America's Federally Funded…

Saving Oregon Children’s Theater, Oregon Children's Theatre needs $150K to stay open through fall | kgw.com

Michael Greiff and Hell’s Kitchen, Broadway Q&A: Hell's Kitchen director Michael Greif (timeout.com)

Keecia Lewis Gets Her Nom, After A 40-Year Broadway Career, Kecia Lewis Gets Her First Tony Nomination for Hell's Kitchen (forbes.com)

The History of Purlie Victorious, Exclusive: On the History and Hope of PURLIE VICTORIOUS (broadwayworld.com)

The Birdie Songwriters, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at the Kennedy Center is as feather-light as ever - The Washington Post

Staging Seven Musicals in St. Louis, How the Muny stages 7 Broadway-caliber shows each summer (stltoday.com)

Ukrainian Actors in the UK, ‘The war was not going to stop me’: amateur Ukrainian actors stage King Lear in UK | Theatre | The Guardian

Making More from Less in the Summer, ‘New normal’ for summer theater: Trying to make more out of less (timesunion.com)

Idina Menzel Returning to Broadway, Idina Menzel returning to Broadway in new musical Redwood (yahoo.com)

All the Lonely People, AMERICAN THEATRE | All the Lonely People

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