This Week in Theater News: March 3, 2023

Greater Capital Region

‘Topdog/Underdog’ a tragedy about sibling rivalry and social injustice – Saratogian

Everything Theater: Backstage #35 - A Changing Audience | Nippertown

High School Musical Theater Awards active schools from Albany area (timesunion.com)

'Hadestown' musically and visually gorgeous at Proctors in Schenectady (timesunion.com)

Hadestown – A Love Story That Will Take You To Hell | Nippertown

Theater review: 'Hadestown' story diffuse, but production at Proctors in Schenectady mightily entertaining - The Daily Gazette

"10x10" Chases the Winter Blues Away | Nippertown              

5 Questions with Jae Gayle | Nippertown

Everywhere Else

"Parade" cast, creators are telling their story "with more love" in wake of neo-Nazi demonstration - CBS News

Connecticut College Students Refuse to Perform INTO THE WOODS in Protest; Demand President Resigns (broadwayworld.com)

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga joins Broadway cast and producing team of ‘Here Lies Love’ — Arts & Culture (asianjournal.com)

Back to the Future: The Musical casts Casey Likes as Marty McFly | EW.com

Netflix Announces Stranger Things Play Coming to London's West End (people.com)

Lorraine Hansberry’s second play revived - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)             

Theater reviews: From murder to ghosts at RLTP, Lancaster Opera House (buffalonews.com)

Heartfelt: Writers' quietly eloquent 'Once' a musical theater experience you won't forget (dailyherald.com)

Reviving Bob Fosse's 'Dancin' Calls on Body Memory for Fuel | EDGE Miami, FL (edgemedianetwork.com), AP

Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Orlando bids a sad, though not final, farewell to musical theater powerhouse Tod Kimbro | Arts Stories + Interviews | Orlando | Orlando Weekly

Wake Up With 3/1: SPAMALOT at the Kennedy Center, Olivier Nominations, and More! (broadwayworld.com)

How former Yale professor Ron Carlos helps actors find their voices - Yale Daily News

What the data about Broadway’s January show closings actually illustrates | Broadway News

Rob Ashford, Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown team up for new musical | Broadway News

‘Funny Girl’ falters without leads as box office dips | Broadway News

89th Annual Drama League Awards Will Honor André De Shields, Lear deBessonet, More | Playbill

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Parade Rises Above the Haters and Plays to Sold-Out Crowds in 1st Week | Playbill

Casey Likes Will Star in Back to the Future On Broadway | Playbill          

Wave of world premieres establishes Wisconsin as hotbed for innovative theater (madison.com)

Review: The Secret Garden Almost Blooms in a New Revival | TheaterMania

‘Back to the Future’ Musical Sets Broadway Cast, Premiere (vulture.com)

'She felt so real to me': Four young actors on how playing Anne Frank changed their lives – The Forward

Experience something new with Wagner College Theatre’s ‘Used Records,’ opening March 2 - silive.com

La MaMa celebrates the restoration at 74 E. 4th | amNewYork (amny.com)

Parker Posey is playing a classic Chekhov character and having a ball - The Washington Post

Sex, violence and singalongs: how London’s theatre crowds forgot how to behave (yahoo.com)

When are the Olivier awards, who is nominated, and how to watch the ceremony? (yahoo.com)

Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’ to Close Labor Day Weekend - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Why Some Black Playwrights Are Saying Their Shows Must Not Go On - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Subtext: The Time Kate Tarker Lost Her Paints

AMERICAN THEATRE | Actors’ Equity Hiring Bias Report Shows Small Gains

In solemn ‘High Ground’ at Arena, Tulsa massacre horror reverberates - The Washington Post

AMERICAN THEATRE | Will Davis Named Rattlestick Artistic Director

Review: ‘Letters From Max’ Is a Sacrament of Grief, and a Comedy - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Artistic Director speaks out on leaving Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Obie Awards Honor ‘English’ as Best New Play - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Surprise Surprise, another high school theatre show cancelled due to LGBTQ+ themes — OnStage Blog

Sweeney Todd stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford on their ‘visceral’ new Broadway revival (timeout.com)

Rachel Brosnahan in ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’ (ny1.com)

Antisemitic tropes are back on stage again | Dave Rich | The Guardian

A new ‘Secret Garden’ rethinks the musical’s Indian representation - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

The Struggle of Working in Theater as a Parent | Backstage

Colorado arts attendance may never reach pre-pandemic levels | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com

Alexander Zeldin Brings ‘Love’ to the Park Avenue Armory - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Boldly not going: zero-travel ‘touring’ play paves the way for eco theatre | Theatre | The Guardian

On Broadway, ‘Bad Cinderella’ Is a Rebel With a Brooklyn Accent - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

12 Best Theater Books in the Past 10 Years – New York Theater              

The Jonas Brothers to play concert run on Broadway | Broadway News

Audra McDonald, Jeremy Jordan, Jessie Mueller, More Will Perform in Provincetown This Summer | Playbill