With box office revenues, subscriptions and donations all down since the pandemic, the theater said it would pause production on one of its three stages, the Mark Taper Forum.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:19AMAfter competing ideas and a cease-and-desist order, “Invincible — The Musical” arrives onstage. Just don’t call it a jukebox musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic and Deaf West Theater are working on an innovative production conceived for both hearing and deaf operagoers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMNavigating the pandemic and a shift in leadership, the Center Theater Group is trying to get back its old audience, and find a new one, while rethinking its mission and programming.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AMSince the pandemic, San Francisco has embraced work-from-home policies. Now venues and concert halls are wondering if weeknight audiences are thing of the past.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32AMCreated by blacklisted actors during the Red Scare, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, a picturesque outdoor theater, is drawing audiences in the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMThe long-running revival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, hopes the tourists it has long relied on return in big numbers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54PMAwards and autographs, costumes and wigs have recently been sold at auction. Even the glamorous red gown from “Hello, Dolly!” found a home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMGov. Gavin Newsom and fellow Democrats responded to strong lobbying from small nonprofit theaters to support their reopening.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54AMA state law threatens to drive up labor costs for the city’s hand-to-mouth small theater scene as it tries to emerge from the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMThe stakes could not be higher as the Las Vegas Strip tries to emerge from the shadow of the pandemic, and the first crop of shows faces a challenging reality: It is hard to open shows witho…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:21PMThe first shows to reopen face a challenge: It is hard to draw audiences without tourists, but hard to draw tourists without shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMThe production company canceled a 40-city tour scheduled to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:04PMKaren Cohn, the president of the board, led a contingent of 13 board members in resigning.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:05PM“Ann,” a solo show written by and starring Holland Taylor, is part of a resurgence of interest in Ann W. Richards, the former governor of Texas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMInmates act out their anger and fear on stage in the only two prison arts programs left in California, where most such programs have disappeared in budget cuts.
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