Real Estate: the new musical "Hadestown" currently playing in London (read my review) has booked the Walter Kerr Theatre for an April opening; "Head Over Heels" (read my review) will close on January 6th (a tour is under consideration), opening up the Hudson Theatre for the first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's play"Burn This", starring Adam Driver and Kerri Russell; performances begin in March
Development: a musical adaptation of the HBO TV series "True Blood" is in the works
Jellicles Can and Jellicles Do: Tony Award winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler ("Hamilton", "Bandstand") will choreograph the forthcoming "Cats" movie, repeating the duties he performed for the 2016 revival (read my piece about "Cats")
Check Out: the Park Avenue Armory's 2019 season and the starry cast for MCP's upcoming concert presentation of "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
Read: this piece by Aaron Sorkin about the process of bringing "To Kill a Mockingbird" to the stage
Watch: Lonny Price's fabulous PBS documentary about legendary producer and director Harold Prince; you can watch the full film here (and you should!)
Consider: did Bruce Springsteen start a trend of high-dollar, mega-musician Broadway tourism that we might come to regret? Michael Riedel reports that other superstars, like Beyoncé and Barbra, might have their eyes on the Great White Way
RIP: magician, actor, and author Ricky Jay, an Obie Award winner for his 2002 Off-Broadway solo show, is dead at 70 (or 72)
