Today on Broadway: Monday, July 17, 2023

Actors’ Equity Comments On SAG-AFTRA Strike, Public Theater Lays Off Staff, Revised “Showboat” Coming To NYC In 2025

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1) Strike Update

Actors' Equity Urges To “Proactively And Aggressively” Avoid Breaking SAG-AFTRA Strike

https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-equity-sag-aftra-strike-avoid-breaking-kate-shindle-1235438177/

2) Off-Broadway's Public Theater Lays Off 19% of Staff, Citing Rising Costs and Falling Revenue

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/theater/public-theater-layoffs.html

3) Show Schedule

Tuesday, July 18

Opening: Prejudice & Pride (59E59 Theater A)

Thursday, July 20

First Preview: Flex (Lincoln Center Theater @ Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)

Opening: Here Lies Love (Broadway Theatre)

4) In Other News

The Shubert Foundation Gives Record $37.9M in Annual Awards

https://playbill.com/article/shubert-foundation-awards-37-9-million-in-unrestricted-grants

Obie Awards Reveal New Judges and Eligibility Window

https://playbill.com/article/obie-awards-reveal-new-judges-eligibility-window

Cast Complete for Muny’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” Starring Robin de Jesús, Patti Murin, Michael McGrath

https://playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-munys-little-shop-of-horrors-starring-robin-de-jesus-patti-murin-michael-mcgrath

Revised and Reinvented “Show Boat” Set at Target Margin Theater and NYU Skirball in 2025

https://playbill.com/article/revised-and-reinvented-show-boat-set-at-target-margin-theater-and-nyu-skirball-in-2025

5) Recommendations

First Look at Broadway's “The Cottage,” Starring Eric McCormack, Lilli Cooper, Laura Bell Bundy, and More

https://playbill.com/article/get-a-1st-look-at-broadways-the-cottage-starring-eric-mccormack-lilli-cooper-laura-bell-bundy-more

Watch Highlights of “Moulin Rouge!,” “Six,” and More At Broadway in Bryant Park

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Video-Watch-Highlights-of-MOULIN-ROUGE-SIX-More-At-Broadway-in-Bryant-Park-20230714

CBS Sunday Morning: “Here Lies Love”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnpJ-Ut7TyY&ab_channel=CBSSundayMorning

“Here Lies Love” – Broadway Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2weVPToec&ab_channel=HereLiesLove