Listen: Stars Announced for Broadway’s “Ink,” BC/EFA Changes Gypsy of the Year Name, and the Smash Mouth Musical Might be Most Brilliant Thing EVER!

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“This Week on Broadway”

https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2018/10/14/this-week-on-broadway-for-october-14-2018-popcorn-falls/

1) Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Stars for Broadway Transfer of “Ink”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Bertie-Carvel-and-Jonny-Lee-Miller-Will-Lead-INK-on-Broadway-20181012

2) Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Announces New Name for Gypsy of the Year

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BCEFA-Announces-Start-Of-In-Theatre-Fundraising-Red-Bucket-Follies-20181011

Tuesday, October 16th

Opening: “Apologia” Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Apologia.aspx

Previews: “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” Off-Broadway from MCC

https://www.mcctheater.org/shows/17-18_season/schoolgirls/index.html

Wednesday, October 17th

Opening: “The Mother of the Maid” Off-Broadway at the Public Theater

https://www.publictheater.org/Public-Theater-Season/Mother-of-the-Maid/

Opening: “Ordinary Days” Off-Broadway from the Keen Company

http://www.keencompany.org/ordinarydays

Thursday, October 18th

Opening: “The Lifespan of a Fact” on Broadway at Studio 54

https://www.lifespanofafact.com/

Sunday, October 21st

Opening: “The Ferryman” on Broadway at the Jacobs Theatre

http://theferrymanbroadway.com/

Previews: “Eve’s Song” Off-Broadway at The Public Theater

https://www.publictheater.org/Public-Theater-Season/Eves-Song/

Closing: “The Heart of Rock & Roll” at The Old Globe

4) In Other News

The Vineyard is Working on an Unheard Michael Friedman Musical

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Rialto-Chatter-Could-a-New-Michael-Friedman-Musical-Be-Headed-to-The-Vineyard-20181012

Smash Mouth Musical “All Star” Sounds AMAZING!

https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/12/17968406/smash-mouth-all-star-musical

 

Correction:

The Theater’s on a Roll, Gliding Down 42d Street; Fast-Moving Times Square Revitalization Leaves No Stone or Building Unturned

By JOHN HOLUSHA

FEB. 28, 1998  Tomorrow, a theater weighing 7.4 million pounds will be rolled down 42d Street. The engineers who arranged the trip say that it is no big deal.