tl;dr for December 18th

• Show Announcements: critic's pick "Beetlejuice" (read my review) will close at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6th to make room for the fall revival of "The Music Man"; following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run, "Is This A Room" will return to the Vineyard Theatre starting December 20th 

• News: This year's Red Bucket Follies event and fundraising drive for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raised $5.6M; Chip Zien, Caissie Levy, John Cariani, and more will join Sharon D. Clarke in "Caroline, or Change" on Broadway this spring; Adam Chanler-Berat, Tavi Gevinson, and Andy Grotelueschen will join Judy Kuhn, Steven Pasquale, Will Swenson, Wesley Taylor, and Brandon Uranowitz in Classic Stage Company’s “Assassins” this spring; "Slave Play" is pioneering a new ticket gifting program where ticket buyers can add $25 to their purchase to buy a ticket for someone who can't afford one; Off-Broadway's "Little Shop of Horrors" will record a cast album; Rashidra Scott rounds out the principal cast of "Company"; Tony Goldwyn will step into "The Inheritance" (read my review) while John Benjamin Hickey directs "Plaza Suite"; and Samantha Barks will star in the London bow of "Frozen"

• Update: apparently GLAAD has not been working with the Broadway-bound "Mrs. Doubtfire" musical, as previously reported

• Rumor: Tina Landau hints that a revival of the musical "Floyd Collins" might be in the works 

• History: five buildings on West 28th Street known as Tin Pan Alley, home to the birth of the American Songbook, have been designated as New York City Landmarks 

• Read: about deaf actor Russell Harvard's milestone work playing non-deaf characters in "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Broadway, how the closing of "Beetlejuice" has unearthed the "stop clause", and this piece about the increasingly ubiquitous musical encore megamix on Broadway

• Watch: the trailer for "In the Heights" (I dare you not to tear up), this new music video for "All I've Ever Known" from critic's pick "Hadestown" (read my review), and this spectacular "All That Jazz"-inspired promo for John Mulaney's new comedy special 

• RIP: René Auberjonois, a Tony Award-winner for "Coco", is dead at 79; Ron Leibman, a Tony Award-winner for "Angels in America", is dead at 82; actor Danny Aiello is dead at 86; Richard Easton, a Tony Award-winner for "The Invention of Love", is dead at 86; and playwright William Luce, best known for "The Belle of Amherst", is dead at 88