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By Elissa Hecker posted 08-25-2023 08:18 AM

  

By Bennett Liebman

State of Theater, End Tag: Screen, stage and the state of theater (timesunion.com)

Genius of New Brain, Review: Is William Finn’s ‘A New Brain’ a Stroke of Genius? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Outsiders to Broadway, ‘The Outsiders’ Heads to Broadway in March - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Good Thing for Merrily, In ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Stars Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez Have a Good Thing Going | Vogue

New Schow Schedule for a Beautiful Noise, ‘A Beautiful Noise’ to change show schedule (broadwaynews.com)

Empowering Feminist Stories, Feminist Stories Are Being Set to a Pop Beat. But Are They Empowering? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

 Broadway’s Summer Openings,More Broadway shows brave summer openings — here’s why (broadwaynews.com)

Britney Spears Musical Closing, ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ announces closing (broadwaynews.com)

Partnering to Save Nonprofits, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and SeaChange partner to save NYC’s nonprofit theaters (broadwaynews.com)

Woke Theater Hurting, Woke Theatre Organizations Facing Financial Catastrophe as Audiences Flee, Donations Plunge (breitbart.com)

Fundraising Campaign for TheatreWorks, TheatreWorks launches fundraising campaign | News | Palo Alto Online |

Tempest in Central Park, Shakespeare in the Park returns with "The Tempest," starring Renee Elise Goldsberry - CBS New York (cbsnews.com)

Supporting Diverse Theater, Editorial: Pittsburgh's diverse theater scene needs post-pandemic support | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Brining Theater Together, Op-ed: It is essential that not-for-profit and commercial theaters begin to work together (chicagotribune.com)

Death of Inga Swenson, Inga Swenson, who went from stage to ‘Benson,’ dies at 90 (pressdemocrat.com)

Death of Ron Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, Emmy-winning star of "This Is Us," dies at 66 - CBS News

History of Show Merchandis, What's the History of Broadway Show Merchandise? (broadwayworld.com)

Ivo van Hove and Jesus Christ, Ivo van Hove to Direct JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in Amsterdam in 2024 (broadwayworld.com)

Reading Race Through Shakespeare, AMERICAN THEATRE | Reading Race Through Shakespeare, and Vice Versa

Temecula Techer and Angels in America Controversy, Temecula teacher, on leave after ‘Angels in America’ controversy, hopes to return to class – Press Enterprise

Theater Kids Run the World, Grown-Up Theater Kids Run the World - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Fundraising Campaign for Public Theater, Public Theater pauses season to mount fundraising campaign (sanantonioreport.org)

Ban of Students from Choir, Ban of trans & nonbinary student from TX choir highlights anti-LGBTQ+ policies — OnStage Blog

London Theatre in Row, London theatre in ‘fire and rehire’ row ahead of Ian McKellen play | Evening Standard

Next to Normal in London, Next to Normal in London, age, wit and deep empathy | London Theatre

Lily Allen in London, Lily Allen’s Second Act - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Dylan Mullaney on Broadway, Dylan Mulvaney in auditions for Broadway's "Cabaret" (pagesix.com)

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