Today on Broadway: Thursday, August 2, 2018

Listen: Stars of Stage and Screen Join Stockard Channing in "Apologia" Off-Broadway, Casts for "Miss Saigon" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Tours Announced, and More! "Today on Broadway" is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: james@broadwayradio.com (James Marino) or matt@broadwayradio.com (Matt Tamanini) BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook 1) More Cast Members Join Stockard Channing in “Apologia” Off-Broadway https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Hugh-Dancy-Megalyn-Echikunwoke-Talene-Monahon-and-John-Tillinger-Will-Join-Stockard-Channing-in-APOLOGIA-20180801 2) National Tours Begin Announcing their Casts Emily Bautista, Red Concepcion and Anthony Festa to Lead “Miss Saigon” Tour https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Emily-Bautista-Red-Concepcion-and-Anthony-Festa-To-Lead-MISS-SAIGON-On-Tour-20180801 Noah Weisberg will Lead “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Tour https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Noah-Weisberg-Henry-Boshart-Collin-Jeffery-and-Rueby-Wood-Will-Lead-CHARLIE-AND-THE-CHOCOLATE-FACTORY-National-Tour-20180801 3) Highlights from Shakespeare in the Park’s “Twelfth Night” Performance Highlights of “Twelfth Night” Starring the Blue Cast https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-The-Blue-Cast-of-Public-Works-Production-of-TWELFTH-NIGHT-at-the-Delacorte-Theatre-20180801 Performance Highlights of “Twelfth Night” Starring the Red Cast https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/BWW-TV-First-Look-at-the-Red-Cast-of-Public-Works-Production-of-TWELFTH-NIGHT-at-the-Delacorte-Theatre-20180801 4) In Other News Christopher to Play Ezra Pound Off-Broadway https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christopher-Lloyd-To-Star-In-POUND-At-The-Lion-Theatre-20180731 Renee Taylor’s “My Life on a Diet” Extends https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Renee-Taylors-MY-LIFE-ON-A-DIET-Extends-Through-September-2nd-20180801 “Mean Girls” to Host Free Fan Performance on Mean Girls Day https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MEAN-GIRLS-Will-Celebrate-Mean-Girls-Day-on-October-3-With-Free-Fan-Performance-20180801 Disney Takes Over Broadway in Bryant Park https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Caissie-Levy-Patti-Murin-Telly-Leung-More-Will-Perform-at-Broadway-in-Bryant-Park-This-Week-20180801 Katharine McPhee Throws Her Hat in the Ring to Be Big Screen Elphaba https://twitter.com/katharinemcphee/status/1024772286044229632