This Week in Theater News: August 4, 2023

Greater Capital Region

Everything Theater Podcast #99, National New Play Network | Nippertown

Mac-Haydn's Sound of Music a Truly Spectacular Production | Nippertown

5 Questions with Leigh Berenis | Nippertown

Edward Albee's 'The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?' at Schenectady Civic Players | Nippertown

“Shear Madness” at Lake George Dinner Theatre: a murder-mystery that is impossible not to enjoy | WAMC

Rosendale Theatre presents "The Lifespan of a Fact" and "Church and State" | WAMC

Theater festival director charged in Treat Williams' death (timesunion.com)

Proctors' American Theatre renovation in Troy to seek bids - Albany Business Review (bizjournals.com)

‘Fences’ a huge home run at Shakespeare & Company (timesunion.com)

» ‘Die Hard’ parody ‘Yippie Ki Yay’ set for Schenectady’s Proctors Nov. 24-26 (dailygazette.com)

'Wonder Years' dad writes, stars in Great Barrington premiere (timesunion.com)

Actor Dan Lauria's new play, 'Just Another Day,' closing out Great Barrington Public Theater's season | Arts-theater | berkshireeagle.com

Tickets for 'Mean Girls' at the Landmark Theatre go on sale Wednesday | WSTM (cnycentral.com)

RBTL to receive $2M investment towards theatre renovations (rochesterfirst.com)

RBTL gets $2M to make renovation goals a reality - WHEC.com

Kate Burton, John Cariani & More Join Williamstown Theatre Festival Performances (broadwayworld.com)

» Theater review: Curtain Call offers midsummer night of fun with ‘Popcorn Falls’ (dailygazette.com)

Adirondack Lakes Theatre Festival presents ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ | News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise

THEATER REVIEW: Chester Theatre Company's production of 'The Light' plays at the Chester Town Hall through August 6 - The Berkshire Edge

Everywhere Else

Lin-Manuel Miranda is working on a new Broadway musical (nypost.com)

‘Grey House,’ ‘New York, New York’ see substantial increases in final week as overall box office keeps steady (broadwaynews.com)

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Grey House and New York, New York See Final Week Bumps; Here Lies Love Nears $1 Million Club | Playbill

2 Broadway Shows Close Today (broadwayworld.com)

New York, New York Closes On Broadway July 30 | Playbill

Exclusive: New Dramatists names Christie Brown as executive director (broadwaynews.com)

Ensemble cast announced for ‘The Wiz’ (broadwaynews.com)            

Ensemble Cast Revealed For THE WIZ Ahead of National Tour and Broadway Run (broadwayworld.com)

Why playwright Jeremy O. Harris says he also needed to become a producer (broadwaynews.com)

‘Spamalot’ to be revived on Broadway (broadwaynews.com)

‘Spamalot’ Revival to Open on Broadway This Fall - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Kennedy Center's SPAMALOT Is Coming to Broadway (broadwayworld.com)

Theresa Rebeck’s ‘I Need That’ sets dates, full creative team (broadwaynews.com)

Producer and Costume Designer, Clint Ramos, on brining "Here Lies Love" to Broadway | WAMC

AMERICAN THEATRE | The Complicated Triumph of ‘Here Lies Love’

Video: Arielle Jacobs Knows That Audiences Need HERE LIES LOVE Now More Than Ever (broadwayworld.com)

Danny DeVito Led I NEED THAT on Broadway Sets Dates & Creative Team (broadwayworld.com)                                                       

Rights to 'A Chorus Line' pulled after theatre removes Black role from show — OnStage Blog

AMERICAN THEATRE | A Warehouse Becomes a Home in ‘Port of Entry’

AMERICAN THEATRE | Christie Brown Named New Dramatists Executive Director

AMERICAN THEATRE | Jason Cabral Named Executive Director of Gamm Theatre

‘Let’s Call Her Patty’ Review: Rhea Perlman as an Uptown Matriarch - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

New York Theater on Twitter: "My review of @LCTheater's "Let's Call Her Patty" with Rhea Perlman, Leslie Kritzer, Arielle Goldman, https://t.co/AKM4TgThYk https://t.co/W4DMOVaCxZ" / X

Joe Petrsoric, Bartender at Sardi’s, Retires After 55 Years - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Review: In ‘Amour,’ Putting a Palme d’Or Winner Onstage - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | Theatrical Mustang: Seayoung Yim Fights Fatphobia

Pamela Blair, an Original ‘Chorus Line’ Cast Member, Dies at 73 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Eugene O'Neill Theater :: Artistic Director :: Executive Search (artsconsulting.com)

The Cottage Broadway Review. No Noël Coward, but Jason Alexander directs. – New York Theater

David Harewood on Blackface review – a shocking, deeply moving piece of television | Television | The Guardian

Jordan Roth Sells Majority Stake in Five Jujamcyn Theaters — OnStage Blog

‘I thought people would throw bottles’: orgy in Athens as ancient Greek drama strips off and lets rip | Theatre | The Guardian

Review: This ‘Summer Stock’ Cast Is Having a Blast - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | Sanaz Toossi, Aleshea Harris, Lloyd Suh: Finding Form and Who Their Plays Are For

AMERICAN THEATRE | Huntington Names Christopher Mannelli Next Executive Director

AMERICAN THEATRE | TCG Executive Director/CEO Teresa Eyring to Step Down in June 2024

Roger Bart’s Broadway Journey Takes Him ‘Back to the Future’ | Observer

Bernie Griffin, who helped transform Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, retires | The Seattle Times

Overland Park teen had ‘best experience’ at Broadway debut | The Kansas City Star

Marie Mullen Blesses ‘The Saviour’ With A Must-See Performance | Observer

All the World's a Stage for Washington, D.C.'s Thriving Theater Scene | EDGE United States (edgemedianetwork.com)

Bradley Whitford and Daniel Dae Kim Will Guest Star in PETER PAN GOES WRONG in Los Angeles (broadwayworld.com)

For Orlando cast, Significant Other has personal significance (orlandosentinel.com)

Broadway actress who starred in Mary Poppins offers theater kids tips (lohud.com)

'The Notebook' musical is heading to Broadway next spring - ABC News (go.com)

‘The Notebook’ will open on Broadway in 2024 (broadwaynews.com)

Sacramento’s theaters hit hard by declining audiences, face serious challenges ahead • Sacramento News & Review (newsreview.com)

Daniel J. Watts, Nicole Ari Parker & More to Star in THE REFUGE PLAYS at Roundabout Theatre Company (broadwayworld.com)

Drag show limits cropping up in Texas spur suit from ACLU | Courthouse News Service

Weekends performances at Harbor Playhouse cancelled (caller.com)

Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center is now able to purchase Doylestown property (inquirer.com)

Moving theater takes audiences on tour of Jerusalem | With the old city of Jerusalem as their stage, a musical and theatrical performance is giving residents a historical and cultural take on the city... | By Reuters | Facebook

How Anika Larsen is using Broadway to fight climate change (broadwaynews.com)

AMERICAN THEATRE | Reviewing the Situation With Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry

The Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Shut the 'Cottage' door! Coloradan makes triumphant Broadway debut | Arts news | Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com