tl;dr for September 4th

• Off-Broadway's sensational "Sweeney Todd" welcomed a new cast last week, but, thankfully, the ravishing Carolee Carmello remains as Mrs. Lovett
• Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - known for his work with Beyoncé - has joined the creative team of "Jagged Little Pill", the musical adaptation of Alanis Morrisette's album set to premiere in May 2018 at the A.R.T. in Cambridge under the direction of Diane Paulus with a book by Diablo Cody
• Playwright Bernard Pomerance - best known for writing the 1979 Best Play Tony winner "The Elephant Man" - passed away at age 76; the cause was cancer 
• The Times Square Theatre on 42nd Street, one of the last-remaining historic theatres yet to be returned to legitimacy, will remain vacant following another collapsed real estate deal
• Bruce Springsteen has extended the limited run of his Broadway concert through February 2nd; additional tickets go on sale this Thursday (September 7th) at 10am ET exclusively through Ticketmaster Verified Fan