Announcement: "Six", an original new pop musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, will play Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre beginning in February and opening in March (read my review from London); and Harry Connick Jr. will celebrate Cole Porter with a limited-run solo show at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre starting in December
News: original cast members Jennifer Laura Thompson and Michael Park left "Dear Evan Hansen" last weekafter more than 1,000 performances as the Murphys (listen to my podcast interview with Park and Thompson); Faye Dunaway was fired from the Boston engagement of the perhaps now-not-so-Broadway-bound production of "Tea at Five" following allegations of creating a "hostile" and "dangerous" environment backstage; check out the list of the most produced high school plays and musicals in 2018-2019
Broadway is for Lovers: last week a script coordinator for "The Prom" married her now-wife onstage at the Longacre Theatre following a performance, and two fans of "Moulin Rouge!" got engaged to song right outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Mark your calendar: for WNET-TV (Channel 13)'s airing of "School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play" and "On the Exhale" on August 16th, and "Uncle Vanya" on August 23rd (listen to my podcast interview with "School Girls" playwright Jocelyn Bioh); also check out the PBS Great Performances telecasts of "42nd Street", "The King and I", "Kinky Boots", and "Much Ado About Nothing" scheduled for this fall
Watch: the music video for R&H Goes Pop!'s re-imagining of "Do Re Mi" featuring Ashley Park (and listen to my podcast interview with Ashely)
RIP: celebrated documentary filmmaker DA Pennebaker, who shot the famous "Original Cast Album: Company" documentary, among many others, is dead at 94
