Real Estate: while the legendary Drama Book Shop will close its location on 40th Street on January 20th, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Jeffrey Seller, and James Nederlander have purchased the store and pledge to re-open it at a new location in the fall
Development: Ingrid Michaelson is composing the score for a musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' "The Notebook"; Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe's musical adaption of "Almost Famous" will get a development lab this spring; and Robert Cuccioli and Nick Wyman recently starred in an industry reading of the new musical "Houdini Among the Spirits"
Milestone: in the final week of 2018, Broadway's box office reached a record-breaking $57M; meanwhile, "To Kill a Mockingbird" broke records with the highest single-week grosses of any American play in Broadway history
Read: about the choreography of critic's pick! "The Prom" (read my review and get tickets already!)
Watch: the teaser trailer for FX's upcoming "Fosse/Verdon" mini-series, and Alex Lacamoire breaks down his Tony-winning orchestrations for "Hamilton"
RIP: Liza Redfield, Broadway's first full time female conductor, is dead at 94
