Real Estate: critic's pick! "Once On This Island" (read my review) will close January 6th, opening up the Circle in the Square Theatre (Broadway's only theatre in the round) for a new tenant; at the top of my list is Daniel Fish's "Oklahoma!", a critic's pick! that played St. Ann's Warehouse this fall (read my review); and "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" (read my review) will close December 30th (a tour will follow in 2019), opening the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for a new tenant, which rumor has it might be the Public Theater's production of "Girl from the North Country" (read my review) for a limited run prior to "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical" arriving next fall
Casting: the national tour of "Falsettos" will feature Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa, and Max von Essen
Watch: Cher and Stephanie J. Block singing "If I Could Turn Back Time" at the opening night curtain call of "The Cher Show"; and check out the trailer for the "Springsteen on Broadway" Netflix special
RIP: SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg is dead at age 57 from ALS; producer, scenic designer, director, artist, and playwright John Wulp (best known for his 1977 production of "Dracula") is dead at 90
