tl;dr for November 27th

• "Pretty Woman: The Musical" booked the Nederlander Theatre (following the early closing of "War Paint") for next season; performances of this new musical adaption of the 1990 film under the helm of director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell will begin in July with an August opening, following an out-of-town tryout in Chicago this spring; Steve Kazee and Samantha Barks will lead the cast
• The British famously invaded Broadway in the 1980s - are the Chinese next? Shanghai Heng Yuan Xian Drama Development Company, based in China, is planning a Broadway production in 2019 of a new musical entitled "Shimmer" about the true story of Chinese sheltering of Jewish refugees during World War II; this would mark the second Chinese production to play on Broadway, following 2009's limited run of "Soul of Shaolin"
• Roundabout Theatre Company's starry benefit concert of "Damn Yankees" on December 11th will feature Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Morrison, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Victoria Clark, Danny Burstein, Adrienne Warren, Annie Golden, and Stephen Bogardus; tickets start at $150  
• From the Department of Really Cool: a new study by the University of the College of London has found that the heartbeats of audience members synchronize while watching live performances