Today on Broadway: Monday, October 8, 2018

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This Week on Broadway for October 7, 2018

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1) Rosie O’Donnell Teases Major Broadway Return Alongside Lady Gaga

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rialto-Chatter-Is-FUNNY-GIRL-Coming-Back-to-Broadway-With-Lady-Gaga-and-Rosie-ODonnell-20181007

2) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule

Monday, October 8

Opening: “Popcorn Falls” Off-Broadway

http://popcornfalls.com/

Tuesday, October 9

Previews: “Torch Song” on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre

https://torchsongbroadway.com/

Previews: “Days of Rage” Off-Broadway at Second Stage

https://2st.com/shows/current-production/days-of-rage

Wednesday, October 10

Previews: “Plot Points In Our Sexual Development” Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center

https://www.lct.org/shows/plot-points-our-sexual-development/

Thursday, October 11

Opening: “Midnight at the Never Get” Off-Broadway from the York Theatre

https://yorktheatre.org/on-stage/mainstage-series/midnight-never-get

Previews: “Usual Girls” Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Usual-Girls.aspx

Previews: “Good Grief” Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre

https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/good-grief/

Friday, October 12

Previews: “The Thanksgiving Play” Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons

https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/thanksgiving-play

Previews: “The Niceties” Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club

https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/2018-19-season/the-niceties/

Sunday, October 14

Opening: “Sakina’s Restaurant” Off-Broadway

http://sakinasrestaurantplay.com/

Closing: “Tootsie” in Chicago

https://tootsiemusical.com/

Closing: “I Was Most Alive with You” Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons

https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/i-was-most-alive-you/

3) Recommendations

Jon Hamm, David Tennant, Michael Sheen Perform Dueling Hamlets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4ysolU-7U

Stephen Sondheim Gives Update on New Musical, Sticks Foot in Mouth on Casting Controversies

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sondheim-Calls-Protests-Against-Whitewashing-Ridiculous-20181006

4) In Other News

York Theatre Announces Alan Jay Lerner Centennial “Musicals in Mufti” Season

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/York-Theatre-Companys-Musicals-In-Mufti-Series-Will-Celebrate-The-Alan-Jay-Lerner-Centennial-20181005

Pascale Armand to Lead WP Theatre’s “Natural Shocks”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Pascale-Armand-to-Lead-WP-Theaters-NATURAL-SHOCKS-20181005

“Wicked” Announces More Plans for 15^th Anniversary Celebration

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Celebrates-15-Years-with-Empire-State-Lighting-Ice-Cream-Sand-Witches-and-More-20181005

Lady Gaga – Bad Romance