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Big shows did well when they returned in the fall after the long pandemic shutdown but new plays struggled, previously undisclosed industry data shows.

Bryan Terrell Clark, an actor, and Devario Simmons, a costume designer, had a common bond in challenging upbringings. Their relationship was the opposite.

Tickets may be easier and cheaper to get for the plays that are still open. Some producers reopened until the virus raced through the cast and crew. Future productions are hard to see on the horizon.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Black Lives Black Words are partnering to produce Films for the People (previously titled Plays for the People), supported by the Black Seed Fund and co-presented with Stellar (Jim McCarthy, Co-Founder/CEO).

Theater may be struggling, but Ron Simons is committed to opening his next show, “For Colored Girls,” this spring.

/PRNewswire/ -- Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater proudly announces the casting for a new version of the Tony-nominated musical comedy Catch...

/PRNewswire/ -- Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater proudly announces the casting for a new version of the Tony-nominated musical comedy Catch...

Curtains are rising again after the Omicron surge caused widespread cancellations, but attendance has fallen steeply. Nine shows are closing, at least temporarily.

The slow train is leaving the station. Girl From the North Country, Conor McPherson's musical grounded in the songbook of Bob Dylan, has announced that it will play its last performance at Broadway's Belasco Theatre on January 23. The musical is currently in talks to reopen at a different venue in the spring, with specifics on dates and location to be announced.

“It just turned into triage.” That’s how Anne Quart describes the past few weeks on...