tl;dr for April 30th

• Christiani Pitts and Eric William Morris will star in "King Kong" (the musical!) on Broadway this fall; read about the cool new poster art 
• Classic Stage Company announced its 2018-2019 season, including Strindberg’s "Miss Julie" and "The Dance of Death", and Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock"
• Insecure about classical music performance? Don't be; read this excellent piece
• The Broadway season officially ended last Thursday; now it's awards season! Tony nominations will be announced on Tuesday morning (ceremony on June 10th); additionally, Chita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber will receive special, lifetime achievement awards, and culture photographer Sara Krulwich will be recognized for her "extraordinary achievement"
• Check out the nominees of the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Awards (winners announced May 7th), Off-Broadway Alliance Awards (winners announced May 16th) and the Drama Desk Awards (ceremony on June 3rd)
• Actor Soon-Tek Oh ("Pacific Overtures") is dead at 85; read this fascinating obituary of actor, director, and cabdriver Jeanette Gertrude, who died at 103