Theater News for the Week Ending January 14th

By Bennett Liebman

'We will weather this storm': Omicron wreaks havoc on Broadway

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jan/10/omicron-covid-coronvirus-broadway-theatre-stage

Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright Lynn Nottage Celebrates Having 3 Shows Running In NYC At The Same Time

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2022/01/13/lynn-nottage-clydes-mj-the-musical-intimate-apparel/

Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal Drama Critic, Dies at Age 65

https://www.wsj.com/articles/terry-teachout-wall-street-journal-drama-critic-dies-at-age-65-11642115600

Theater Festivals Are Mostly Off--But Here's What You Can See

https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/theater-festivals-are-mostly-offbut-heres-what-you-can-see.html

A Season to Savor a Cherished Musical Again and Again (and Again)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/theater/caroline-or-change-multiple-views.html

'Mr. Saturday Night' casts Shoshana Bean, moves Broadway start date

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/01/12/mr-saturday-night-casts-shoshana-bean-moves-broadway-start-date/

Mockingbird,' Once a Broadway Smash, to Pause Production Amid Omicron

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/theater/to-kill-a-mockingbird-girl-from-north-country-broadway.html

Omicron Broadway closures include To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Dylan show

https://ew.com/theater/broadway-to-kill-a-mockingbird-girl-from-north-country-close-covid-19/

Broadway: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Hibernating, Will Return in Smaller Nest, "Girl of the North Country" Shutting Down

https://www.showbiz411.com/2022/01/12/broadway-to-kill-a-mockingbird-hibernating-will-return-in-smaller-nest-girl-of-the-north-country-shutting-down

'Jack Viertel Retires as Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters

https://www.playbill.com/article/jack-viertel-retires-as-senior-vice-president-of-jujamcyn-theaters

Broadway theaters play to lowest capacity of the season

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/01/11/broadway-theaters-play-to-lowest-capacity-of-the-season/

Brad Oscar Is Banking on an Encore

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/12/mrs-doubtfire-pandemic-hiatus/

Broadway extends mask and vaccination policy for theatergoers through April 30

https://broadwaynews.com/2022/01/10/broadway-extends-mask-and-vaccination-policy-for-theatergoers-through-april-30/

Remembering Bob Saget's theater performances

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/theater/ambroadway-remembering-bob-sagets-theater-performances/

Why New York's iconic Palace Theatre is being raised 30 feet

https://www.fastcompany.com/90712872/why-new-yorks-iconic-palace-theatre-is-being-raised-30-feet-off-the-ground

Tributes to Sidney Poitier

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/07/movies/sidney-poitier#louis-gossett-jr-remembers-acting-with-poitier-in-a-raisin-in-the-sun

How bad timing turned Pioneer Theatre's new play into a COVID-19 metaphor

https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2022/01/14/how-bad-timing-turned/

How Center Theatre Group is pushing forward with live shows

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-01-11/center-theatre-group-new-show-everyones-talking-about-jamie

At N.J. theaters, the show must go on -- until it can't

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/01/at-nj-theaters-the-show-must-go-on-until-it-cant.html

In London Theaters, the Show (Sometimes) Goes On

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/theater/force-majeure-donmar-life-of-pi-wyndhams.html

'Anything Goes' to steam into U.S. movie theaters in spring

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/broadway-new-york-london-robert-lindsay-tony-award-b1992395.html

Mark Rylance: 'Theatre is a thousand times more enjoyable than film

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jan/08/mark-rylance-theatre-is-a-thousand-more-times-enjoyable-than-film

Appoint people of colour to senior theatre roles

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jan/08/people-of-colour-senior-theatre-roles-pravesh-kumar

"Everybody's Talking About Jamie

https://southpasadenan.com/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-ahmanson-theatre/

News: Theatre Washington and DC area theaters unite in extending proof of vaccination and masks

https://mdtheatreguide.com/2022/01/news-theatre-washington-and-dc-area-theaters-unite-in-extending-proof-of-vaccination-and-masks/