Listen: “Summer” Confirms Broadway Plans, “Once on this Island” Finds New Leads, John Legend is the Savior in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar,” and Matt’s “Greatest Showman” Review!

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Class Notes: From “Who’s Holiday,” Lesli Margherita

https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2017/12/19/class-notes-from-whos-holiday-lesli-margherita/

1) “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” Confirms Spring Broadway Plans

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-SUMMER-THE-DONNA-SUMMER-MUSICAL-Will-Hustle-to-Broadway-This-Spring-20171219

2) Norm Lewis and Tamyra Gray to Join “Once on this Island” Next Month

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Norm-Lewis-and-Tamyra-Gray-to-Join-the-Cast-of-ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-20171219

3) John Legend will Star in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/John-Legend-to-Star-in-Title-Role-of-NBCs-JESUS-CHRIST-SUPERSTAR-LIVE-20171219

4) Randy Elfman Says a “Three Amigos” Musical Could be Adapted for the Stage

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Randy-Newman-THREE-AMIGOS-Musical-Could-Very-Possibly-Come-to-Broadway-20171219

5) Recommendations

Anna Kendrick, Darlene Love, and The Roots Join Jimmy Fallon for a Christmas Tradition

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/VIDEO-Anna-Kendrick-Darlene-Love-Perform-Holiday-Tune-on-Classroom-Instruments-20171219

BWW’s Katie Lynch Interviews the Cast of “The Greatest Showman”

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Hear-From-the-Great-Show-People-Behind-THE-GREATEST-SHOWMAN-Hugh-Jackman-Pasek-and-Paul-Zac-Efron-and-More-20171219

6) Matt’s “The Greatest Showman” Review

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Review-Far-More-than-the-Sum-of-its-Parts-THE-GREATEST-SHOWMAN-is-a-Profound-Tale-of-Banding-Together-to-Finally-be-Seen-20171220