Today on Broadway: Friday, July 2, 2021

Sydney Shuts Down Shows, House Committee Approves Record NEA Budget, Henningsen and Selig Get Engaged

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1) Australian Theatre Shuts Down as COVID-19 Diagnoses Spike

https://www.playbill.com/article/sydney-productions-of-hamilton-come-from-away-more-shuttered-due-to-covid-19-spike

Flashback to April 2021: Lessons From Oz: How Australian Theater Gives Broadway Hope By Michael Paulson (The New York Times)
Check in with “Frozen,” “Come From Away,” “Moulin Rouge!” and more in the new episode of Offstage, our digital series on theater during the pandemic.
Published March 8, 2021, Updated April 30, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/theater/australia-offstage-broadway.html

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2) Equity Praises House Committee Supporting Record NEA Budget

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actors-Equity-Releases-Statement-on-Bidens-Request-of-201M-for-the-National-Endowment-for-the-Arts-20210701

3) In Other News

Bedlam to Return with Adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion”

https://www.playbill.com/article/bedlam-will-return-to-off-broadway-with-stage-adaptation-of-jane-austens-persuasion

“Mean Girls” Co-Stars Erika Henningsen, Kyle Selig Are Engaged

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MEAN-GIRLS-Co-Stars-Erika-Henningsen-and-Kyle-Selig-Are-Engaged-20210701

4) Relive the Highlights from Stars in the House’s $1 Million Celebration Show

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-Video-STARS-IN-THE-HOUSE-Raises-1-Million-With-Live-In-Person-Show-20210701