Daniel Craig was back in the title role after testing positive earlier. But when the virus kept another actor out, the play’s director, Sam Gold, went on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:33AMThe plans come as new coronavirus cases rise in New York City, though the average number of new cases remains far lower than during the winter Omicron peak.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMEmployees of a nonunion production are seeking improved compensation and safety protocols, saying a union version of the same musical pays better.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:12PMIt will be the busiest April for Broadway openings in more than a decade. But some of its biggest stars have been sidelined by positive tests.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMParker’s co-star, Matthew Broderick, who is also her husband, had tested positive earlier this week, and has been out of the show since Tuesday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PMBroderick’s positive test result comes as coronavirus cases have once again been rising in New York City, and a number of Broadway shows have been affected
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:33AMThe show, which just began previews on Tuesday, hopes to resume on April 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMThe revival of August Wilson’s play, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, will also star Danielle Brooks and John David Washington.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThe Lincoln Center Theater production, with a new book by Sorkin and directed by Bartlett Sher, will open in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMThe theater plans to work with the Oscar-nominated film’s producers to adapt the story of a teenager torn between helping her deaf family and singing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PM“Bhangin’ It” explores complex identity issues through an intensely competitive North American dance scene.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:41AMThe Hugh Jackman-led revival has 76 trombones, 110 cornets, and took in $3.5 million in ticket sales last week, more than any show since the pandemic began.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:03PMThe 75th ceremony, honoring plays and musicals staged on Broadway, resumes its traditional calendar after a few years of pandemic disruption.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMA company known for audiobooks is mounting starry live productions — and recording them, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:07AMA new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in the East Village.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMSix decades after she played Scout in the film version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Mary Badham takes on the role of a neighbor in the play’s national tour.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMThe landmark theater will be renamed in honor of the 91-year-old actor who has made 21 Broadway appearances and won two competitive Tony Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AM“POTUS,” by Selina Fillinger, will star Julianne Hough, Vanessa Williams, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Suzy Nakamura and Julie White.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMThe new musical, by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, will star Victoria Clark as a teen girl who ages too quickly.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMLong Wharf Theater, a regional nonprofit on New Haven’s waterfront, is ending a long, bumpy chapter there, hoping to expand access and reduce costs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12AMThe actress, who has played Persephone in “Hadestown” in three countries and four productions, is leaving to join a new “Macbeth” on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMThe musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMThe actress, known for “The Walking Dead” and “Black Panther,” will headline a return to semi-normal for the annual festival, which will also present “As You Like It.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMThe production, which was canceled at the start of the pandemic, will try again, this time starring Alfie Allen of “Game of Thrones” fame.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMBig shows did well when they returned in the fall after the long pandemic shutdown but new plays struggled, previously undisclosed industry data shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMFor the first time, digital, audio and other virtual productions will be considered for the honors, for Off and Off Off Broadway works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMTheaters were a bit more crowded, but there were fewer shows running as several closed amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThe project seeks to connect undiscovered writers with industry gatekeepers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMAudiences are enthusiastic, but casts are vulnerable, as companies travel from city to city, trying to revive a key part of the theater economy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AMThe trust will determine what happens to the intellectual property of the celebrated lyricist and composer, who died in November.
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