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

NBC’s Production of ‘Bye Bye Birdie Live’ With Jennifer Lopez Pushed Again (EXCLUSIVE)

“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