Three major musical tours in Australia have closed early or canceled in recent months. So what’s going on? Is this just a bad stretch, or is the financial model for touring Broadway-style musicals starting to crack?

I’ve had my issues with the Downtown Cabaret Theatre. But I still don’t want to see it close. Bridgeport losing this arts institution would be a real loss, and if people care this much about saving it, someone should be listening.

“Relaxed Performances” make live theatre feel possible for people and families who might otherwise feel like the room was not built with them in mind. And that is worth celebrating.

Not every community theatre needs to chase shock value, but more local theatres should feel comfortable making room for stranger titles, darker stories, and shows that ask audiences to take a chance.

Thornton Little Theatre is reopening after a devastating scandal involving its former leader. But for any community theatre, reopening the doors is only the beginning.

Julianne Moore spiraling over a small local theatre role? Paul Giamatti as an intense community theatre director? I’ve met that guy. Several times. I cannot wait.

Some community theatres are not failing. They are adapting. Sometimes survival means accepting the audience you actually have, not the one you wish would show up.

When a production is marketed almost entirely around one famous name, that star’s absence becomes more than a casting change. It becomes a business problem.

A West End theatre named after Judi Dench? Good. Long overdue, honestly. The renaming of theatres is nothing new, but honoring women in this way is still far too rare.

A new wave of West End transfers is heading to New York, and this might be one of the more interesting import seasons we’ve had in a while. But which ones will actually connect with New York audiences? Some thoughts on the transfers that feel risky, the ones that feel solid, and the one that already looks like a very safe bet.

A Miami University theatre professor is helping study whether theatre can support youth mental health.

Disney’s The Lion King has returned to Australia with fewer live musicians in the pit. That decision deserves scrutiny. Live music should not be the easiest place to cut costs.