Today on Broadway: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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Encores Supersizes Season, COVID Hits ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Martin Sheen to Lead ‘Love Letters’ in D.C.

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1) Encores Announces Two-Week Runs for Entire 2024 Season

https://www.playbill.com/article/encores-productions-of-once-upon-a-mattress-jellys-last-jam-and-titanic-will-all-have-2-week-runs

2) Groban, Ashford Out of ‘Sweeney Todd’ Due to COVID

https://www.playbill.com/article/josh-groban-temporarily-out-of-broadways-sweeney-todd-due-to-covid

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Annaleigh-Ashford-Out-of-SWEENEY-TODD-Due-to-Covid-20230822

3) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses

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

4) In Other News

Martin Sheen, Melissa Fitzgerald to Lead ‘Love Letters’ at Kennedy Center

https://www.playbill.com/article/martin-sheen-and-melissa-fitzgerald-will-star-in-love-letters-at-the-kennedy-center

‘The Great Gatsby – The Immersive Show’ to Close This Weekend

5) Feel-Good Recommendation

Marti Cummings: Drugs, Drag & Divorce at Joe’s Pub

https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2023/m/marti-cummings-fall/