The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies. What marketing genius, for instance, could have predicted that “Maybe Happy Ending,” a jazz-infused rom-com about robots and mortality that originated in South Korea. - Los Angeles Times
The show was staffed with early-career, non-unionized theatermakers, and they received no severance pay or other compensation when producers abruptly ended the run. When that news reached social media, some “angel investors” came together to help the suddenly jobless cast and crew. - Playbill
Oh Mary!, Sunset Boulevard, John Proctor Is the Villain, George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger and others are among the nominees. (Conspicuously missing are Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal for Othello.) And, of course, Audra is nominated for, and may well win, her seventh Tony. - TheWrap
Forty-two productions are eligible for Tony Award nominations this year – the announcements come Thursday morning – making many of the categories very, very competitive. - Deadline
“The cartoons were perplexing to me because the music they used is so far beyond what I would relate to,” he explains. “Don’t get me wrong, I loved it. I just didn’t have any idea how to make that kind of music. I had no (effing) clue what I was doing.” - Vulture
“The premise may seem absurd but that is precisely the point – absurdism is a way of dealing with themes that have proved ... divisive and even explosive to debate.” Deborah Levy’s play 50 Minutes “explores everything from anxiety and panic to the fearful silence around a subject matter deemed taboo.” - The Guardian
And a challenge: "We never wanted the amount of Spanish to take people out of the story. … So it’s been a kind of a dance as we figure out the right balance.” - The New York Times
The space near the OSF campus “featured a raised stage area, intimate seating in-the-round on folding chairs, and ample shade from the surrounding trees. It served as a natural, open-air theater that felt both rustic and inviting” - and COVID-19 safe. - Oregon ArtsWatch
“Something that always has to be true is: Will this story make the world a better place in some way? It’s a big question—but why tell a story if it isn’t going to move the audience forward?” - American Theatre
“In addition to feeding the fandom, the play, written by Kate Trefry, who is also a writer on the Netflix series, is set up as a prequel to the events in the streaming show and may inform some of what’s to come in the next season.” - The Hollywood Reporter
“We got word that André (Bishop) wanted to schedule Floyd for his final production and the very same week we (got) a theater for Redwood. When I first got the two schedules, they opened the same week. I fought for four days off between Redwood opening and the start of Floyd.” - Vulture (MSN)
The Tobin Center has redefined what a nonprofit performing arts center can be—operating without government funding, a Broadway series, or an endowment. With a lean full-time staff, a vast volunteer network, and an entrepreneurial spirit, the Tobin is not only surviving in the post-Covid world, but thriving. - TheatreMania
“Based on recent ticket sales and Visitor Center website traffic, … the formula has proven to work in Philadelphia. … While Philly tourism and theater attendance have been down compared to 2019, Amy Murphy, Arden Theatre’s managing director, said TKTS is already paying dividends.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
We should cherish the miracles that happen on stages all over the country every night, even as we question why theatre needs miracles, when actually a very small amount of investment would enable it to produce lasting wonders, both artistically and in how it serves communities. - The Stage
