All in tl;dr
Armie Hammer to make Broadway debut in "Straight White Men"; "Once On This Island" revival gets a cast album; "Stomp" marks 10k performances; producers sue casting directors in labor dispute; BC/EFA raises record $5.6M for Gypsy of the Year; BroadwayCon 2018 schedule released
"Springsteen on Broadway" extends to June 2018; "M. Butterly" closing early; revivals of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Titanic", and "The Woman in White" eyeing Broadway; revelations of sexual assault rock the arts community; "Joe Papp Way" street co-naming honors Public Theater founder
"Pretty Woman: The Musical" books the Nederlander Theatre; Chinese musical "Shimmer" headed to Broadway in 2019; starry benefit concert of "Damn Yankees" completes its cast; cool new study finds theatregoers' hearts beat together
Ben Platt exits "Dear Evan Hansen"; dueling productions of "42nd Street" are eyeing Broadway; "Come from Away" will be a movie; "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" closing in January
"1984" ineligible for Tonys; "Kiss Me, Kate" headed to Broadway in 2019; Lin-Manuel Miranda to play in Puerto Rico "Hamilton"; "King Kong" arrives in New York next fall; new technology coming for theatregoers with hearing and vision loss; columnist Liz Smith dead at 94
"The Boys in the Band" is headed to Broadway with a starry cast; "The Band's Visit" and "Prince of Broadway" will release cast albums; the Shuberts petition to refurbish and expand the Cort Theatre; "Moulin Rouge! The Musical" to play Boston this summer
"Angels in America" tickets are on sale; Anthony Rapp alleges sexual misconduct by Kevin Spacey; Trump falsely claim's Michael Moore's show forced to close; "Amazing Grace" and "The Humans" to launch national tours; Robert Guillaume, the first black "Phantom", has died at 89
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" sells out; Tina Turner bio-musical finds its Tina (Adrienne Warren); Lee Pace joins Broadway-bound "Angels in America"; Sam Shepard's final work to be published
"Sweeney Todd" and "Come from Away" recoup; "War Paint" is closing early; "Oslo" is headed to the big screen; and poet/translator Richard Wilbur is dead
"When Pigs Fly" revival abruptly cancelled; "Moulin Rouge!" musical gets a development lab; Tickmaster files lawsuit for "Hamilton" scalping; Lauren Ambrose will headline this spring's "My Fair Lady"
Register now for tickets to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"; The Drama Book Shop turns 100; Playwright Albert Innaurato dies at 70; "Pretty Woman: The Musical" sets premiere in Chicago
Betsy Wolfe is out of "Carousel"; "Sunday in the Park with George" and "SpongeBob SquarePants" cast albums are out; a trio of actors will play Donna Summer in the Broadway-bound bio-musical