News: Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League reached an agreement to replace the current lab contract with one that includes higher wages and profit sharing provisions, ending a five week strike and allowing developmental work to proceed; "The Height of the Storm" with Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins will play MTC's Friedman Theatre on Broadway this fall; on Sunday, critic's pick "The Band's Visit" (read my review) won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album; the lease is up on Off-Broadway's Davenport Theatre, which has now closed
Casting: Adrienne Warren will reprise her celebrated performance as Tina Turner in "TINA" on Broadway this fall (if you haven't seen it yet, check out this music video for "River Deep, Mountain High"); "Beetlejuice" announced its principal cast, in tact from its Washington, D.C. tryout, and the full cast of "Hadestown" has been announced; Laura Benanti has extended her run in critic's pick "My Fair Lady" (read my review) to July 7th; Tony nominee Ashley Park is leaving critic's pick "Mean Girls" (read my review) on March 10th to be replaced by Krystina Alabad
Development: producer Ken Davenport has acquired the rights to a musical about the life of singer and activist Harry Belafonte; "Knoxville", a new Ahrens and Flaherty musical, will premiere at Asolo Rep in Sarasota, Florida; and a musical adaption of "Into the Wild" received a reading last week
Mark Your Calendar: the "Wicked" movie musical will arrive in theatres on December 22, 2021
Read: about book revisions for the upcoming revival of "Kiss Me, Kate"
Listen: to this awesome first track from the forthcoming "Jagged Little Pill" cast album
Watch: the cast of critic's pick "The Prom" perform on Late Night With Seth Meyers (read my review and get tickets already!)
RIP: acclaimed stage and film actor Albert Finney is dead at 82, and Cy Lee, author of the novel "Flower Drum Song" that inspired the musical, is dead at 102
