tl;dr for July 9th

• The end is coming: Critic's Pick! "SpongeBob SquarePants" will close September 16th, due to previously planned renovations of the Palace Theatre; read my review and get tickets!
• Second Stage's first Broadway show "Straight White Men" replaced replacement Denis Arndt with understudy Stephen Payne - this after Arndt replaced original cast member Tom Skerritt; opening night remains set for July 23rd
• Lauren Ambrose will no longer perform Sunday matinees of "My Fair Lady" (Critic's Pick! read my review); castmate Dame Diana Rigg publicly disapproves; my two cents? Poor form on Rigg's part, and director Bartlett Sher agrees 
• Composer Shaina Taub is teaming up with Elton John to pen the score for the Broadway-aimed musical adaptation of "The Devil Wears Prada", featuring a book by Paul Rudd. "That's all."
• Jason Robert Brown released a new album of original songs entitled "How We React and How We Recover"; you'll want to listen
• Jeff Loeffelholz, the last remaining original cast member of "Chicago" (1996) has passed away in an apparent suicide; his partner claims bullying from the production team was the cause; the show's producers and Actors' Equity are launching investigations; consider making a donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in Jeff's memory