#Stageworthy News of the Week.
Hamilton is in the news five years after it opened on stage: Disney released the first trailer of the Hamilton film, which will begin July 3 online at Disney+; John Bolton’s tell-all book about Trump, which is officially released tomorrow, stole its title from a song in the musical. Bolton even explains the timing for the book — coming months after the impeachment trial, when Bolton’s testimony might have made a difference in the outcome — by quoting another famous line from Hamilton: “I am not throwing away my shot.” (“gallingly” as one columnist put it.)
Bolton’s borrowings prompted Lin-Manuel Miranda to rewrite one of his lyrics.
Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control
Who lives, who dies, who
[borrows your song title to write a cash-in book when they could have testified before Congress]
tells your story…https://t.co/mJlJaxGDnf— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) June 18, 2020
The Week in Awards
The Week in Reviews
The Week in Anniversaries
The Week in Other News
The Week in Other Videos
The Week in Awards
Drama League Award Winners: Danny Burstein and Moulin Rouge, The Inheritance, A Soldier’s Play
Broadway Black’s Antonyo Award Winners: Tina, BLKS, For Colored Girls…
The Week in Reviews
My H8 Letter To The Gr8 American Theatre. Diana Oh Sounds Off
Macbeth in Harlem: Black Theater in America from the Beginning to Raisin in the Sun
The Week in Anniversaries
Pride Week 2020 Calendar of Events: LGBTQ Theater, Festivals, Festivities
Juneteenth 2020 Performances Online and Demonstrations In the Streets
For Fathers Day: Fatherhood in 10 Broadway Musicals
The Week in Other News
Phase 2 of reopening kicks in today in New York City — which means outdoor dining, barbershops, in-store retail at 50 percent capacity, houses of worship at 25 percent capacity. Theaters will not reopen until Phase 4.
New York Theaters Push for #NYCBudgetJustice
Almost 50 New York theaters, from Abrons Art Center to WP Theater, are calling on their patrons to lobby New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and the New York City Council to reset their priorities in the annual budget that must be passed by July 1.
.@CarnegieHall & @LincolnCenter announced they would cancel their fall seasons, which @MetOpera & @nyphil had already done.
Officially, Broadway is canceled only until Labor Day. But it’s unlikely NYC will be graced with live performing arts on any of its grand stages in 2020. pic.twitter.com/FiRu8NfrSX— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 19, 2020
A study entitled “Arts and Culture 2020 Comeback,” by arts consultants company TRG that surveyed its clients, does report that as many as 63 percent of U.S. venues are planning some kind of live performance in the fall, but this includes streamed or recorded performances delivered online.
.@PublicTheaterNY‘s Free Shakespeare in the Park returns this summer! Except not in the park.
Richard II, starring Andre Holland, will be broadcast as a radio serial over four nights, July 13 to July 16, on @WNYC pic.twitter.com/wfIyphJPwX— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 18, 2020
.@DaveedDiggs in a new play by @cajohnso90 is added to the already-stellar roster of playwrights and actors in #HomeboundProject # 3, which has been rescheduled for June 24
Detailshttps://t.co/EXREKydmSr pic.twitter.com/ecGTnHi7iu
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 16, 2020
.@thedanieb, magnificent as both an inmate & a Shakespearean heroine, will moderate all-day Black Women in Theatre Appreciation Day June 29. Panelists include @DIAMONDLILLIAS, @AudraEqualityMc & @amberskyez of @BwayAdvocacyCo
Register here–> https://t.co/rh662NTUjM pic.twitter.com/gulCGRnzH3
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 18, 2020
Congratulations to @DonnettaLavinia
, @Kimber_Lee90, @donjarlove, @MonaMansourNY, @OhyeaDiana and@sungrno for winning @NYCommTrust Helen Merrill Award for playwriting (& $25,000 each)
“some of
American theater’s most original voices” pic.twitter.com/YWxYrMS8It— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 17, 2020
A statement from The Flea: pic.twitter.com/PRBiB4KRIu
— The Flea Theater (@TheFleaTheater) June 18, 2020
In a departure from its practice from its inception a quarter century ago, The Flea Theater will now pay its mostly young artists in its resident company The Bats. The decision came after protests initiated by a former Bat, Bryn Carter (Read the exchange here)
My profile of Niegel Smith in 2015 in American Theatre, when he took over as artistic director.
American Theatre Magazine willstop its print editionat least through the end of the year, but will continue online.
.@BNuppereast is reportedly shutting down at its 86th Street location for good, and looking for a smaller space.
This reminds me: What’s the story with @dramabookshop? Plan was to move to 39th St in March, owned by @Lin_Manuel, designed by @DavidKorins.
Will it still reopen? pic.twitter.com/tmNKvCnw17— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 17, 2020
Rest in Peace
RIP Ian Holm, 88, Shakespearean actor best-known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings. He appeared on Broadway in Pinter’s The Homecoming in 1967. pic.twitter.com/r8BEFtCHSX
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 19, 2020
The Week in Other Videos
As members of the black theatre community, we stand together to help protect black people, black talent, and black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country. Join us: https://t.co/nxBLqnAHKX pic.twitter.com/x1lvcZ7jZK
— BlackTheatreUnited (@BLKTheatreUnite) June 16, 2020
