All in tl;dr
Hal Prince turns 90 and Carol Channing turns 97; Taylor Trensch steps into "Dear Evan Hansen" early; "The Greatest Showman" may get stage adaptation; "Head Over Heels" announces theatre and cast; Hayes Theatre reopens; piece from Howard Sherman on impact of long-running shows
New lottery for tickets to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"; Shakespeare in the Park season and first two 2018-2019 Manhattan Theatre Club plays announced; "Dave" to play D.C., "Tootsie" to play Chicago, "Ain't Too Proud" to play Los Angeles and Toronto; Grammys recap
"The Phantom of the Opera" turns 30; Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber join "Hello, Dolly!"; Sara Bareilles is back in "Waitress" alongside Jason Mraz; Palace Theatre re-development moves forward; diversity stats on New York stages; John Barton, RSC co-founded, dead at 89
"Head Over Heels" books the Hudson Theatre" "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Ragtime" original casts will reunite for benefit concerts in 2018; report finds Broadway audiences are younger and more-NYC based in '16-'17; columns of note by Peter Marks and Howard Sherman
Sara Bareilles joins John Legend and Alice Cooper's for NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live! in Concert"; Greenwich House is new home for ArsNova in 2019; Carolee Carmello and Hugh Panaro to leave "Sweeney Todd"; "Crazy for You" revival headed to Broadway
The top 10 top 10 lists of 2017; Broadway box office shatters records in 2017; Audra McDonald rumored for "Hello, Dolly!"; Peter Marks thinks the commercial new Broadway play is dead
"The Band's Visit" is the early favorite for Best Musical this June; "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" books the Lunt Fontanne Theatre for the spring; "The Minutes" delays February Broadway bow
"M. Butterfly" closes early; Adam Driver to star in "Burn This" in 2019; Donna Summer, Cher, Temptations and Go-Go's musicals aimed for Broadway; "Death Becomes Her" musical in development for Kristin Chenoweth; Sen-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) appeared in "To Kill A Mockingbird" on stage; TDF launching free tix program for military vets
Armie Hammer to make Broadway debut in "Straight White Men"; "Once On This Island" revival gets a cast album; "Stomp" marks 10k performances; producers sue casting directors in labor dispute; BC/EFA raises record $5.6M for Gypsy of the Year; BroadwayCon 2018 schedule released
"Springsteen on Broadway" extends to June 2018; "M. Butterly" closing early; revivals of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Titanic", and "The Woman in White" eyeing Broadway; revelations of sexual assault rock the arts community; "Joe Papp Way" street co-naming honors Public Theater founder
"Pretty Woman: The Musical" books the Nederlander Theatre; Chinese musical "Shimmer" headed to Broadway in 2019; starry benefit concert of "Damn Yankees" completes its cast; cool new study finds theatregoers' hearts beat together
Ben Platt exits "Dear Evan Hansen"; dueling productions of "42nd Street" are eyeing Broadway; "Come from Away" will be a movie; "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" closing in January