Broadway Stars Broadway Stars

"The Happiest Song Plays Last" at The Goodman Theatre, Chicago by HowlRound

What's bubbling up under the sidewalk of the American theater? Shifting demographics. Institutional regional theaters cannot continue to program exclusively for an audience of white, baby boomer subscribers. That audience is moving to warmer climates. They are dying off. The Goodman Theatre appears to be paying attention to this shift. Quiara Alegría Hudes's newest play, The Happiest Song Plays Last, is about bury…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:34PM on May 21, 2013

« Back to BroadwayStars