In June he said that he would open his new West End musical at full audience capacity no matter what. Yet, now that England has lifted all COVID restrictions, Cinderella has halted performances and put the company in quarantine after a member tested positive. - The Guardian
The foundation is a few blocks from the Cherry Lane Theater on Christopher Street and has managed the building for the past decade. The sale includes the 179-seat main stage and a 60-seat studio theater. - The New York Times
The Mail on Sunday reported that the two actors had dropped out because of clashes that had taken place since rehearsals began. It said the row had left McKellen “under strain” and “in tears”. - The Guardian
"Am I, at age 35, five years into my job, just part of the next generation who will stay in their cool theater jobs too long?" - San Francisco Chronicle
Boris Johnson has insisted that capacity limits and other pandemic measures will end in England on July 19. Nevertheless, as the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus surges, theatres are going dark when a company member tests positive and colleagues have to quarantine. - The New York Times
That's what the banner says at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre, where performances have been happening since 1808. As protesters demand action on diversity, equity, and inclusion and accountability for the artistic director, Alaina Johns looks at the claim and finds "it ain't necessarily so." - Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
Matthew Gardiner takes over the 32-year-old company, which operates two performance spaces in Arlington’s Village at Shirlington, at a tumultuous inflection point. - Washington Post
"The subsidy came after intense lobbying from small theaters concerned about their future after a 15-month shutdown. Compounding the effects was the prospect of sharply increased labor costs for many theaters as a result of a new gig worker law that took effect in 2020." - The New York Times
Charles McNulty: "The Dumb Waiter lampoons the subservience to authoritarian power by focusing on the behavior of the stooges. Pinter humorously captures their moral rationalizations, their willingness to answer even the most nonsensical of demands, the way their own brutality suffuses them with fear." - Los Angeles Times
Two issues: Uncertainty as to when theatergoers will be ready to cram into small black boxes, and a 2020 state law that stands to substantially drive up labor costs for many of these organizations. - The New York Times
Alexis Soloski considers four of them currently running (if that's quite the word) in New York City, suggesting that they can be a good post-lockdown reintroduction to the experience of being an audience member. - The New York Times
