tl;dr for June 19th — Stage Left

It's official, a new revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" by the Roundabout Theatre Company will play Studio 54 beginning February 14th; Kelli O'Hara stars with direction by Scott Ellis and choreography by Warren Carlyle; no additional casting announced yet
"The Band's Visit" staged a coup at the Tony Awards, now it's also poised to recoup its $8.5 million capitalization by the end of the summer; Sasson Gabay, Israeli star of the 2007 film, steps into the role of Tewfiq, which won Tony Shalhoub a Tony Award, starting June 26th
Jukebox musicals are courting top talent: Obie and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage ("Sweat", "Ruined") is penning the book for a just-announced, Broadway-bound bio musical about Michael Jackson; meanwhile, Kennedy Prize winning playwright Dominique Morisseau ("Paradise Blue", "Pipeline") has written the book for the Temptations musical, "Ain't Too Proud", which will play D.C., Los Angeles, and Toronto, eyeing Broadway
The New Group announced its 2018-2019 season, a highlight including "Clueless: The Musical" based on the 1995 film and featuring an all-female creative team
Looking for a good summer read? I recommend "Something Wonderful", a new biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein by Todd Purdum, and "American Theatre Wing, An Oral History", edited by Patrick Pacheco
Must read: the Dramatists Guild sent a powerful letter to CBS , criticizing the marginalization of writers at the Tony Awards. I co-sign.

Jun 19 tl;dr for June 19th