This Week in Theater News: February 3, 2023

Capital District Area

Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted his love for Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano's Spanglish cover of 'Burn.' Hear them live at Mass MoCA | Berkshirelandscapes | berkshireeagle.com

World premiere of 'Secret Hour' at The Rep in Albany almost successful (timesunion.com)        

Theater review: World premiere of ‘Secret Hour’ a gem at Cap Rep - The Daily Gazette

‘Secret Hour:’ a perceptive and wise world premiere at Capital Rep – Saratogian      

Secret Hour at theRep: a Journey of Lies, Laughter, and Deceit | Nippertown             

2023 Tanglewood Summer Season includes Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, slate of familiar faces and robust musical offerings | Berkshirelandscapes | berkshireeagle.com

Barrington Stage in Pittsfield announces season of premieres, musicals (timesunion.com)

[title of show]: A Joyous Look at Theater from the Inside Out | Nippertown

‘title of show’ at Cohoes Music Hall – a small musical with a big heart – Saratogian

Five Questions with Amanda Dorman | Nippertown

Everything Theater: Broadway Actress Jessica Vosk | Nippertown

Everywhere Else

Meet Elegance Bratton, the Coolidge Theater's 'Breakthrough Artist' (wgbh.org)

Theater organization looks to bring Broadway experience to you (news12.com)

From a Sherlock Holmes mystery to a Stephen King thriller, local theaters kick off year with a wide-range of shows in this week’s things to see in CT – Hartford Courant

‘The Factotum’ — Chicago’s South Side is heart and soul of Lyric Opera’s production - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)

Leslie Odom Jr. Plans Return to Broadway in ‘Purlie Victorious’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Complete casting announced for ‘Parade’ | Broadway News

Leslie Odom Jr. to star in Broadway revival of 'Purlie Victorious' | Broadway News

Broadway box office holds steady in final week of January | Broadway News

‘The Wiz’ announces full creative team | Broadway News

On-the-run Broadway usher is charged with attempted murder for MoMA attack | Daily Mail Online                                                                                                                                                                    

Seattle’s first Iranian theater company is ready for its first live show | The Seattle Times

AMERICAN THEATRE | Cripping Richard III: What Disabled Actors Bring to the Role

She Went Viral Mocking Trump. Now Sarah Cooper Is Taking on a New Role. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | Is the Musical Progressive?

Oscar Isaac, Rachel Brosnahan and the Draw of a Neglected Hansberry Play - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | 2 Artists at the Top of Their ‘Endgame’

Cardinal High School musical abruptly halted, deemed 'vulgar' (fox8.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | Culture Shift: How EST Is Becoming the Change They Want to See

AMERICAN THEATRE | What Can We Learn From Broadway Musicals?

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Rise and Fall of Arthur Miller

AMERICAN THEATRE | Andrew Leynse, Primary Stages’ Encourager-in-Chief

Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Brightens Up Berlin - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Mayor Adams: Theater is Thriving. Parade, Shucked Complete Casts. #Stageworthy News of the Week – New York Theater

Tony Awards committee issues first eligibility rulings for 2022-2023 season | Broadway News

‘Harry Potter’ to host events for Hogwarts House Pride Week | Broadway News

Full cast and creative team announced for ‘New York, New York’ | Broadway News

Things to do in Philadelphia: Theater (inquirer.com)                     

Review: ‘Andy Warhol in Iran’ imagines that the famous pop artist encountered an Iranian revolutionary – Chicago Tribune

Meet the puppet master behind ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Frozen’ Broadway musicals – Orange County Register (ocregister.com)

National Arts Centre gets backlash over first ‘Black Out’ night for Black theatre goers | Globalnews.ca

Theater review: Playhouse on Park’s ‘Indecent’ successfully tackles freedom of expression, religious identity and cultural change – Hartford Courant

Simmering resentments at Winter Garden’s Garden Theatre have caught fire | Arts Stories + Interviews | Orlando | Orlando Weekly

Sheldon Epps on fighting theater's long-standing whiteness - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

6 reasons to love the Between Riverside and Crazy Broadway simulcast, and hope for a digital theater future – New York Theater

Broadway Bridges boasts 21 participating productions for spring 2023 | Broadway News

First Look Photo & Video For Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Camelot’; Full Cast Set – Deadline

Justin David Sullivan Denies Tony Award Eligibility (vulture.com)

Nonbinary & Juliet Performer Withdraws from Gendered Tony Awards (people.com)   

'& Juliet' producers comment on Justin David Sullivan's Tony eligibility | Broadway News

Photos: First Look At SUNSET BOULEVARD Starring Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena, Auli'i Cravalho and More At The Kennedy Center (broadwayworld.com)

Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell & Kelli O'Hara to Star in RAGTIME Reunion Concert (broadwayworld.com)