Today on Broadway: Monday, March 5, 2018

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Listen: Riedel Posts his Final (Maybe) Last NY Post Column, “Gettin the Band Back Together” Gets its Band Together, and “Harry Potter” to Launch Lottery!

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Notes:

1) Michael Riedel’s Latest (and Perhaps) Final New York Post Column

https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/three-billboards-playwright-wont-get-his-broadway-show/

2) “Getting’ the Band Back Together” Gets Most of it’s Band Together

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Mitchell-Jarvis-Jay-Klaitz-Paul-Whitty-and-Sawyer-Nunes-Lead-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180302

3) Show and Casting News

NBC Postpones Live “Bye Bye Birdie” Again

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bye-bye-birdie-jennifer-lopez-live-staging-nbc-1202714761/

“Harry Potter” will Launch “Friday Forty” Ticket Lottery this Week

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILD-to-Begin-Friday-Forty-March-9-20180302

“Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” Extends Off-Broadway Again

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/BRIGHT-COLORS-AND-BOLD-PATTERNS-Extends-Through-April-1-20180302

Tommy Wiseau Wants to Bring “The Room” to Broadway

https://screenrant.com/tommy-wiseau-room-broadway/

4) Recommendations

Cara David Joy: “To Dim or Not to Dim? How Broadway Chooses When to Dim Its Marquees”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Industry-Editor-Exclusive-To-Dim-or-Not-to-Dim-How-Broadway-Chooses-When-to-Dim-Its-Marquees-20180302

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al Lip Sync “The Hamilton Polka”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-and-Weird-Al-Lip-Sync-The-Hamilton-Polka-With-Jimmy-Fallon-20180303

5) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule