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Today on Broadway: Friday, July 31, 2020

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A “Once On This Island” Film Adaptation Is In The Works At Disney+, Webber and Mackintosh Clarify “Phantom” Closing Comments

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1) Disney+ Tackling Adaptation of Broadway Musical “Once On This Island”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/disney-tackling-adaptation-broadway-musical-once-island-1305121

2) COVID-19 Theatre Relief 

Classic Stage Company, Second Stage and More Theater Nonprofits Receive Grants from NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/199720/classic-stage-company-second-stage-and-more-theater-nonprofits-receive-grants-from-nyc-covid-19-response-impact-fund/

Ambassador Theatre Group Will Lay Off 1200 U.K. Employees in September

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ambassador-Theatre-Group-Will-Lay-Off-1200-UK-Employees-in-September-20200730

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman Launch Theatre Community Fund

https://www.playbill.com/article/phoebe-waller-bridge-and-olivia-colman-launch-theatre-community-fund

London’s “The Phantom of the Opera” Has Not Necessarily Closed Permanently

https://www.playbill.com/article/londons-the-phantom-of-the-opera-has-not-necessarily-closed-permanently

3) In Other News

Alliance Theatre to Mount Socially Distant Productions of “Toni Stone,” “Hands Up,” and More

https://www.playbill.com/article/alliance-theatre-to-mount-socially-distant-productions-of-toni-stone-hands-up-more

Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato Attached to Opera Adaptation of “The Hours”

https://www.playbill.com/article/renee-fleming-kelli-ohara-joyce-didonato-attached-to-opera-adaptation-of-the-hours

“Native Son” Writer Nambi E. Kelley to Pen Broadway-Aimed Play About Maya Angelou

https://www.playbill.com/article/native-sons-nambi-e-kelley-to-pen-broadway-aimed-play-about-maya-angelou

Dominique Morisseau, Liesl Tommy, More Set for Not Going Back to Normal—Moving Forward Panel

https://www.playbill.com/article/dominique-morisseau-liesl-tommy-more-set-for-not-going-back-to-normalmoving-forward-panel

4) Feel-Good Recommendations

Jelani Alladin and Christiani Pitts | “The Lady Is a Tramp” | R&H Goes Pop! (Official Video)

Offstage: Suffragist

https://timesevents.nytimes.com/offstagesuffragist/article

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