- "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" cost $68 million to mount (including $33 million to renovate the Lyric Theatre and $23 million to buy-out the previous tenant, Cirque du Soleil's "Paramour") - making it the most expensive non-musical in Broadway history
- Roundabout Theatre Company announced two plays for next season: "Bernhardt/Hamlet" starring Janet McTeer and "Toni Stone" starring Uzo Aduba
- Kenneth Lonergan's 1999 play "The Waverly Gallery" will play Broadway in the fall, starring the playwright's it-boys: Michael Cera ("Lobby Hero") and Lucas Hedges ("Manchester by the Sea"), alongside comedy legend Elaine May
- Second Stage's "Torch Song" will transfer to Broadway with its Off-Broadway cast in tact (read my review)
- Joe Iconis' musical "Be More Chill" will finally receive a New York production this summer starring Will Roland ("Dear Evan Hansen"), following its premiere in New Jersey in 2015 and years of growing cult status on the Internet
- Actors' Equity is campaigning for two new Tony categories: Best Chorus in a Musical or Play, and Best Ensemble in a Musical or Play
- As part of its bankruptcy process, The Weinstein Company has lost the film rights to "Pippin" and "In the Heights"
- Trailblazing African American director and choreographer ("Raisin", "Sophisticated Ladies") Donald McKayle is dead at 87
tl;dr for April 16th
REVIEW: “Rocktopia”
