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By Elissa D. Hecker posted 05-09-2025 10:36 AM

  

By Bennett Liebman

Record Grosses for “ Good Night,” Broadway Grosses Analysis: Good Night, and Good Luck Has the Highest-Grossing Single Week for a Play Ever | Playbill

“Good Night” First Play to Gross Over $4 Million, Grosses analysis: ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ is first play to gross over $4 million in a single week

Trump’s Broadway Second Act, Trump’s Broadway dreams get second act with Kennedy Center takeover - The Washington Post

Winners of  NY Drama Critics Awards, 'Maybe Happy Ending', 'Purpose' Take Top NY Drama Critics' Circle Awards

Purpose Wins Pulitzer, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 'Purpose' Wins Pulitzer Prize For Drama

Theatre World Award Winners, Helen J Shen, Louis McCartney, Marjan Neshat and more named 2025 Theatre World Award winners

Muny to Receive Tony Award, The Muny to Receive the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Tony Nominees to Tour, Tony-Nominated 'Maybe Happy Ending' And 'Buena Vista Social Club' To Tour

Ragtime to Kick Off Lincoln Center Season, 'Ragtime' To Kick Off Fall 2025 Lincoln Center Theater

Heathers Returning to NY This Summer, Lorna Courtney and Casey Likes to Lead Summer Return of Heathers the Musical | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com

Bernadette Peters on Stephen Sondheim, Exclusive | Back on Broadway, Bernadette Peters misses her friend Stephen Sondheim: 'I've had dreams about him'

Jeffrey Seller Tells His Story, Jeffrey Seller Produced ‘Hamilton.’ Now, in ‘Theater Kid,’ He’s Telling His Story. - The New York Times

The Road from Regionals to Broadway, The changing road from the regionals to Broadway

DEI and Trump and Broadway, Opinion | DEI in Broadway theaters is beyond Trump’s reach - The Washington Post

NY Organizations Dealing with Art Funding Cuts, Local organizations deal with art funding cuts

NYC Arts Groups Reel from Cuts, NYC Arts Groups Reel as Trump NEA Cuts Hit Home | THE CITY — NYC News

Will the NEA Be Killed? Story of the Week: Will President Trump Kill the National Endowment for the Arts? - TheaterMania.com

Grant Cuts at NEA, NEA hit with grant cuts after Trump administration's call for elimination : NPR

NEA Begins Terminating Grants, The National Endowment for the Arts Begins Terminating Grants - The New York Times

Federal Agency Axes LGBTQ’s Festival Funding, Federal agency axes LGBTQ festival's funding, says it 'does not align' with Trump's priorities

Philly Theaters Reel from Funding Cuts, Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding - WHYY

Trump NEA Cuts and Community Theater, What Trump’s NEA Cuts Mean for Community Theatre — OnStage Blog

Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH, AMERICAN THEATRE | Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH

Grants Rescinded to Jewish Arts Organizations, Trump administration rescinds grants to at least two NY Jewish arts organizations | The Times of Israel

Some Les Mis Cast Members to Boycott Trump, Some ‘Les Misérables’ Cast Members Plan to Skip Trump Kennedy Center Gala - The New York Times

Kennedy Center Head Responds to Boycott Threat, Boycott by ‘Les Miz’ actors draws fiery response from Kennedy Center

Cast Announced for Dolly Parton Musical, Dolly Parton Announces Cast For Pre-Broadway Run Of Musical 'Dolly'

The New Sondheim Musical in London, ‘We’re not here to slander Sondheim!’ Inside the master’s wild final musical, completed at last | Stephen Sondheim | The Guardian

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