Awards: "Hadestown", "Kiss Me, Kate", "The Ferryman", and "The Waverly Gallery" took home the top prizes at the Drama League Awards, along with Bryan Cranston, honored for "Network"; "What the Constitution Means to Me" is among the 2019 Obie Award winners; check out the list of Chita Rivera Award winners; "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish)" are among the Off Broadway Alliance Award winners; stay tuned for the Drama Desk Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, on Sunday (here's the list of nominees)
News: Marisa Tomei is headed back to Broadway in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo" at Roundabout Theatre Company; Mary Louise Parker will star in Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside" at Studio 54 on Broadway; Barry Manilow is the latest artist to announce a residency at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre this summer; after much of the creative team quit, the Broadway-aimed "Magic Mike" musical has cancelled its Boston tryout; check out the cast list for "Jagged Little Pill"; Erich Bergen will return to "Waitress" on Broadway; and 2019 Jimmy Award winner Reneé Rapp will replace Taylor Louderman in critic's pick "Mean Girls"
Rumor: it looks like "The Inheritance" will be headed to Broadway (read my review of the London production), per a casting notice; and rumor has it the "Almost Famous" musical will land on the Great White Way next spring
Watch: this cool video from "behind the scenes" at "Kiss Me, Kate", and the trailer for "Six" in Chicago (read my review of the London production)
Read: this piece about how critic's pick "What the Constitution Meant to Me" is making history
