Real Estate: a lawsuit filed last week reveals that there was construction damage to the August Wilson Theatre(current home of Critic's Pick! "Mean Girls") in 2015
Name Change: following Actors' Equity's decision to rename the "Gypsy Robe" as the "Legacy Robe", BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS has renamed their annual "Gypsy of the Year" fundraiser the "Red Bucket Follies"
Casting: check out the full cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase helmed revival of "Kiss Me, Kate"; Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller will star in the Manhattan Theatre Club's mounting of "Ink" this spring
Development: work continues on Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" with a development lab planned for this winter; is Broadway next? Meanwhile, Titus Burgess' musical adaptation of "The Preacher's Wife" is likely headed to La Jolla for a pre-Broadway engagement under the helm of director Michael Arden (Critic's Pick!"Once on this Island")
Rumors: Rosie O'Donnell will co-star in a forthcoming revival of "Funny Girl", but contrary to rumors (from O'Donnell herself!) Lady Gaga won't be joining her
Social Good: the Broadway community is joining with the March For Our Lives movement for a benefit concert on Monday October 22nd in support of gun violence prevention; details here
Read: you can't miss this interview with Patti LuPone, and check out this New York Times article about the exciting number of plays coming to Broadway this season
RIP: Ira Gasman, librettist of "The Life", is dead at 76; and Carol Hall, composer and lyricist of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", is dead at 82
