Today on Broadway: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

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Listen: Barry Manilow’s Officially Coming Back to Broadway, Broadway Sets Records, and is Sondheim’s New Show Dead?

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1) It’s Official, Barry Manilow is Coming Back to Broadway

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Barry-Manilow-Will-Return-to-Broadway-This-Summer-20190528

2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

2018-19 is Best Attended, Highest Grossing Season in Broadway History

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2018-2019-Is-The-Best-Attended-And-Highest-Grossing-Season-In-Broadway-History-20190528

3) Recommendations

American Theatre: Backstage at ‘The Ferryman’ by Allison Considine, illustrations by Michael Arthur

https://www.americantheatre.org/2019/05/28/backstage-at-the-ferryman

Vox: Hadestown’s casting directors explain how they built its Tony-nominated ensemble

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/28/18635512/hadestown-casting-directors-broadway-tonys

Converations with Creative Women: Jamibeth Margolis, Casting Agent/Director

https://the51percent.podbean.com/e/jamibeth-margolis-casting-agentdirector/

4) In Other News

Jimmy Award Winner Renee Rapp to Join “Mean Girls”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jimmy-Award-Winner-Renee-Rapp-Will-Make-Her-Broadway-Debut-as-Regina-George-in-MEAN-GIRLS-20190528

“Enter Laughing: The Musical” Extends Run Off-Broadway

https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/ENTER-LAUGHING-Extends-Through-June-16th-20190528

Is Sondheim/Ives Musical No Longer in Development?

https://www.everythingsondheim.org/everything-we-know-and-dont-know-about-sondheims-surrealist-collaboration-with-david-ives/

https://twitter.com/eggsbened/status/1133143999919853569