Today on Broadway: Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Listen: Broadway will Dim Lights for Neil Simon on Thursday, Last Week's Broadway Grosses, and "Bernhardt/Hamlet" Begins Performances this Week! "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) “Stagecraft” w/ “Head Over Heels” adapter James Magruder https://broadwayradio.com/blog/2018/08/25/stagecraft-james-magruder-head-over-heels/ FiveThirtyEight’s Neil Simon SigDig https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-monday-aug-27-2018/ 1) Broadway to Dim Lights for Neil Simon this Week https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Will-Dim-in-Honor-of-Neil-Simon-20180827 2) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm 3) Recommendations Algorithm Predicts Disappointing Life for “Pretty Woman” on Broadway https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/08/23/algorithm-predicts-ugly-future-for-pretty-woman/ New York Times: You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/theater/playwrights-control-over-other-productions.html 4) In Other News “Bernhardt/Hamlet” Begins Broadway Performances this Friday https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Bernhardt-Hamlet.aspx MTC Announces Off-Broadway Casts for “India Pale Ale” and “The Niceties” https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Alok-Tewari-Lisa-Banes-and-More-Cast-in-MTCs-Latest-INDIA-PALE-ALE-and-THE-NICETIES-20180827