The problem is, Square One is not coming to Broadway (for now, anyway) and the announcement was a hoax. A representative who worked with Sondheim at the time of his passing confirmed to BroadwayWorld that there are no plans for a production of the show at this time. - Broadway World
In 2019, in his hometown of Málaga, Banderas founded a nonprofit company called Teatro del Soho to produce musicals more serious than the blockbuster fare usually seen in Spain. And he's now fulfilled a longtime dream, directing a Spanish-language Company and starring as a 50-year-old Bobby. - The New York Times
At least one Cambodian woman in five suffers from violence by a partner, yet the subject remains taboo, something which the Battambang-based company Lakhon Komnit ("thinking theatre") is working to change, encouraging survivors to role-play and even create and act in their own plays. - The Guardian
"Academics have discovered that women made up a large part of the financial force behind the Fortune Theatre, the great rival to the Globe, partly built by the actor for whom Christopher Marlowe wrote plays, and where Thomas Middleton's dramas were first staged." - The Guardian
The Children's Musical Theatreworks show, which opened to general audiences on Dec. 2, wasn’t some new, explicit, souped-up version of the classic Broadway musical. It’s the same old “Oliver” that community theaters and schools have been performing for decades. - MunroReview
"The immersive experience was fun because it had the audience moving through different rooms. But in my mind, and also in the minds of a lot of the other Korean creatives on our team, it wasn’t as authentic as it could have been, as embracing authenticity wasn’t the biggest priority for theater at the time." - Los Angeles Times
KPOP marketed its characters over social media, leveraging some of the same tools and tactics that brought K-pop’s biggest names to widespread fame. Unfortunately, KPOP’s fictional groups haven’t yet reached the same success. Creating internet fandom, it turns out, is hard to do. - The Verge
For four decades, the consensus has been that — despite some excellent songs, and despite repeated adjustments during revivals — there's just no way to make Merrily We Roll Along into a good piece of musical theater. Then the director Maria Friedman, who's uniquely qualified, had a go. - The New York Times
Indeed, Phantom is ending its long Broadway run this spring, but the Blue Man Group (granted, in a smaller house) just keeps on — not only in New York, but in touring shows on at least three continents. Peter Marks considers the secrets of their success. - MSN (The Washington Post)
Roxana Silbert has quit as the north London theatre’s artistic director because of the financial constraints it is facing after Arts Council England’s decision not to renew its £766,455 annual grant. - The Guardian
A thinly veiled swipe at playwright William Inge (and at himself), the play seems to have been deliberately omitted by Albee from his collected works, but it has just resurfaced at a theater in L.A. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
The long-popular show, which combines rhythmic movement and comedy with percussion, much of it using everyday objects, opened in Manhattan's East Village in 1994. It will close, "due to declining ticket sales," on Jan. 8, 2023, though touring productions in North America and overseas will continue. - The Hollywood Reporter
The wager on “KPOP” hasn’t paid off, ticket sales data show. “KPOP” was one of Broadway’s lowest-selling shows in recent weeks, according to the Broadway League, the industry’s trade group. - The Wall Street Journal
John McWhorter: "I don't mean ordinary modern pop loud. I mean that in many numbers the volume is turned up so high ... you feel like your hair is growing faster or falling out. ... Of course, most audiences seem to love this auditory mauling." - The New York Times
