What Kind of (Half-) Year Has It Been, 2023 Edition

By Gwendolyn Rice

2023 has been a year of great change and transition, as theaters around the country adjusted to a “new normal.” Again. Broadway is back (along with so-so movie-to-stage adaptations and jukebox musicals) but many regional theaters are not, either closing their doors, taking a year-long pause on programming, or shrinking their seasons to something more financially feasible. Subscribers are also back, but not in pre-pandemic strength. And artistic directors are playing a nation-wide game of musical chairs as the old guard throws up their hands and a new generation tries to make money, make changes, or simply make the best of it.

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