More troubling news about the state of the performing arts: BAM has laid off 13 percent of its staff members. nytimes.com/2023/06/26/the…

“Eustis said The Public Theater would need to reduce the amount of theater it is staging in the short term — its next season, he said, will feature 5 shows at its Astor Place building, down from 11 in the last full season before the coronavirus pandemic.” nytimes.com/2023/07/14/the…

So smitten with this production of Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway. Get yourself to the Hudson and I promise you will leave starry-eyed and smiling.

In ‘This Ghost of Slavery,’ an original play for The Atlantic, Anna Deavere Smith blends the history of emancipation and the effective reenslavement of children in 1860s Maryland with the challenges of the present-day juvenile justice system. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Well that was delightful. NEW YORK CITY CENTER

I loved this show. I hope it gets produced all over so even more people get to see it.

Wow. Lots of memories in that space.

And on that note…

The Washington Post is hiring a theater critic. Enormous shoes to fill following Peter Marks, but a great job to make into your own. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…

Not the absurd legend. Durang's work may not be for everyone but they are such a good time. He never forgot the reason why we arrive to work - to play! (And laugh at the dirty, dusty bits we rather hide under a rug.) He also inspired such amazing work in others! What a life.

Beautiful piece by Anna Deavere Smith in this weekend's The Washington Post, on the questions that set her off on her quest to become America - word for word. wapo.st/3UZPcET

“It’s really hard to make a career in the arts,” playwright David Adjmi said in his acceptance speech. “We need to fund the arts in America. It is the hallmark of a civilized society.” #TonyAwards The New York Times

Broadway and Off-Broadway fans! The Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Library for the Perfomring Arts is always filming theater productions. Here are five of the newest titles to watch. All you need is a library card! nypl.org/blog/2024/05/3…

Lincoln Center Theater has just named its new leaders: Lear deBessonet as Artistic Director and Bartlett Sher as Executive Producer. These are two of the sharpest minds in New York theater. LCT will be in good hands.

We should have had many more years of watching him shine.

Just left Sunset Boulevard, and I can report that the scene you’re wondering about works (and is maybe even better) on a rainy night.

The Hair cast reuniting to sing Let the Sunshine in at Gavin's memorial is like the most perfectly devastating thing I've ever heard.