Jeremy Gerard: "There are so many reasons to mourn its passing, but I will dedicate my Kaddish to this: We critics tend to be solo fliers. ... We rarely play well with others. But the Festival was an exception, demanding collegiality." - American Theatre
The pitch is to build something like Netflix or Spotify, where members pay an affordable monthly subscription fee in exchange for access to all the content they want. While there are a limited number of tickets per performance, members can sign up for any open spots and go to as many shows as they like. - Gothamist
If Long Wharf remained, fundraising would be necessary for capital needs for a complex it did not own and that was not easily accessible to a disenfranchised community it wanted to engage. - New Haven Biz
The theatre owners "announced the decision as many governments and businesses nationwide have been loosening restrictions, but with cases rising in New York City and the virus forcing several Broadway shows to cancel performances in recent days." - The New York Times
Rafson becomes Producing Artistic Director of the influential Off-Broadway troupe as of June 21, succeeding John Doyle, known for his stripped-down productions of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Company, and Assassins in which the actors play instruments as well as speaking and singing. - Playbill
He wrote last year on the website UnHerd that he had been “elected a non-person by the Left many years ago,” and added: “It’s uncomfortable, and it’s costly and sad to see the happy fields in which I played all those decades — Broadway, book publishing, TV and film — fold up and Hail Caesar, but there it is.” - The...
"While hardly a new genre, confessional theatre is unique in its focus on the true stories of its creators and its intimate insights into their personal lives. But why have we seen a wave of these theatre stories in recent years?" Writer Jo Pickup offers some explanations. - ArtsHub (Australia)
In all, the 31 productions reporting grosses took in a combined $28,329,869 for the week ending April 10, down a small 2% from the previous week. Attendance was 225,256, a tiny 1% drop. Average ticket price for all shows was $125.77. - Deadline
"Santoya Fields said it wasn't an illness that led to her being unable to take the stage; it was the impact of what she described as an unsafe workplace and a lack of organizational support." - The Washington Post
The revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley won seven awards, including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, and all four acting categories for musicals. The adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi took five trophies: Best New Play, both male acting prizes and two design awards. - Playbill
Adding all those plays and musicals — 16 new productions plus three returning from hiatuses are opening over a five-week stretch — was always going to be a gamble, since no one knows, in this not-yet-post-pandemic era, whether there are enough tourists and theatergoing locals to sustain that many shows. - The New York Times
TikTok is a new frontier for investors and producers to find new works—and for creators to create and promote them—but it remains to be seen whether it can translate into a viable new model for live theater. - Fast Company
The musical, a high school adaptation of the Broadway show “Be More Chill,” was scheduled to run Thursday through Sunday, according to signs posted at the school. The signs advise “mature themes - parental guidance suggested.” - Modesto Bee
The late co-founder and longtime owner Mitzi Shore always envisioned the historic institution on L.A.’s Sunset Boulevard as an “artists colony,” a protected enclave where young talent could grow without worrying about money, consequently she mostly didn’t either. - Variety
"Blurring the lines between a walking tour and the theater, Chasing Andy Warhol sets off from New York's Astor Place Cube, with actors lying in wait with carefully positioned props. All throughout, a bewigged Warhol consistently eludes the audience and the play's tour guide." - Artnet
