Editor Gemma Jones said the Fringe launched a “rival” review website with “an almost identical format and functionality as our ‘Tiser Fringe Adviser”, a decision she said undermined “our ability to find an audience” for similar content. - Crikey
"Dallas Theater Center will lay off an undisclosed number of staff, it announced Tuesday, a cost-cutting measure that comes as the organization has struggled to rebound from the pandemic and its chilling effect on attendance. The layoffs take effect in May." - MSN (The Dallas Morning News)
There is a difference between a theatre show and a concert. "It's a musical and you're there to hear the lyrics, hear the words, emotions, everything. - BBC
"'Only in the past few years have I had theatre companies refuse to do my plays, because they don't like some of the wording,' McDonagh said. They wanted to make some words 'more palatable to what they think their audience is', he said, despite him being 'an established writer who sells tickets'." - BBC
"(There is) a string of new stage shows based on hit books by female authors that were enjoyed largely by female readers. Waiting in the wings this spring are plays or musicals based on bestsellers that include Hamnet, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher." - The Observer (UK)
A rowdy singalong by audience members has halted a performance of The Bodyguard. Singer Melody Thornton was unable to complete her rendition of I Will Always Love You during the musical's finale at Manchester's Palace Theatre on Friday. - BBC
Attendance for the week ending April 9 was 280,760, up 4%. The more modest jump in attendance left ticket prices to do some heavy lifting: Average paid admission was $137.46, up 8% from the previous week. - Deadline
The reason for the absence of theater amounts to what is essentially a public atonement for how the festival treated interns, apprentices and other staff for decades and a commitment to finding a new model for producing a season of world-class summer theater. - Albany Times-Union
The initial production’s optimistic look at how ethical leaders harness power to forge better worlds seems hopelessly naive in this divided political environment. Or maybe not — maybe “Camelot” is just what we need. - Variety
"The history of iterations of Shucked is an interesting one, since it bears almost no resemblance to the show that McAnally and Clark started working on. … That first conception of the production depended on existing IP, albeit in not much more than name: It was called Hee Haw: The Musical." - Variety
"The bill … would 'prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and public accommodation.' … If Bill INT 0209 passes, it would push producers to see a wider pool of applicants, and encourage them to cast outside of the stereotypical Broadway body." - Playbill
"You know how some movies bomb with critics but still make millions at the box office? We were the inverse of that. We had walkouts, of course, but also snickering, jeering, dumbfounded faces, searing reviews, refunds demanded, boos..." - HowlRound
A number of organizations, especially larger ones such as Miami's Arsht Center, are confident that shows like Mrs. Doubtfire and Hairspray are sufficiently distant from "adult entertainment" to be okay under new laws. (Kinky Boots? Well …) Smaller companies and school groups are more nervous. - WLRN (The Miami Herald)
Feldman’s mission is to remind local audiences what they’ve been missing. He wants theatergoers to demand more from the menu than a selection of reheated Broadway dishes. Only this way can an artist of Sondheim’s caliber rise again. - Los Angeles Times
