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The new musical, by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, will star Victoria Clark as a teen girl who ages too quickly.
Long Wharf Theater, a regional nonprofit on New Haven's waterfront, is ending a long, bumpy chapter there, hoping to expand access and reduce costs.
The actress, who has played Persephone in "Hadestown" in three countries and four productions, is leaving to join a new "Macbeth" on Broadway.
The musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March.
The actress, known for "The Walking Dead" and "Black Panther," will headline a return to semi-normal for the annual festival, which will also present "As You Like It."
The production, which was canceled at the start of the pandemic, will try again, this time starring Alfie Allen of "Game of Thrones" fame.
Big shows did well when they returned in the fall after the long pandemic shutdown but new plays struggled, previously undisclosed industry data shows.
For the first time, digital, audio and other virtual productions will be considered for the honors, for Off and Off Off Broadway works.
Theaters were a bit more crowded, but there were fewer shows running as several closed amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
The project seeks to connect undiscovered writers with industry gatekeepers.
Audiences are enthusiastic, but casts are vulnerable, as companies travel from city to city, trying to revive a key part of the theater economy.
The trust will determine what happens to the intellectual property of the celebrated lyricist and composer, who died in November.
The Broadway production dismissed the actor James Snyder, citing unspecified concerns about his conduct after an investigation of a complaint by a castmate.
With Omicron complicating Broadway's return, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed more assistance for commercial theater, which her budget director called "critical for the economy."
The 2007 play based on Khaled Hosseini's novel has been widely produced, including on the West End in London. It will come to Broadway in July.
Curtains are rising again after the Omicron surge caused widespread cancellations, but attendance has fallen steeply. Nine shows are closing, at least temporarily.
"Girl From the North Country," a musical using the songs of Bob Dylan, also closed, with hopes of reopening in the spring, as the surge in virus cases continues to upend the theater industry.
The musical, which uses the songs of Bob Dylan, is the latest show to close as the surge in cases caused by the Omicron variant disrupts New York theater. It hopes to come back in the spring.
The musical's producer, eager to avoid a permanent shutdown amid the virus surge, is attempting a self-imposed nine-week hiatus.
The jukebox musical about the powerhouse Motown group will end its run on Jan. 16. It is now the fourth show to announce a closing in the last eight days.
It had been 648 days since Sardi's, a watering hole so closely entwined with Broadway that it was name-checked in the Rodgers and Hart song "The Lady Is a Tramp," last served its cannelloni …
The caricatures are back up. But many shows are canceling performances just as Sardi's reopens, a hurdle for a restaurant catering to the theater crowd.
"Thoughts of a Colored Man" and "Waitress" became the latest productions to end their runs because of coronavirus cases among their cast or crew.
The surge in coronavirus cases comes at a tough time for the theater industry, which traditionally relies on the holiday season box office.
