Today on Broadway: Tuesday, October 18, 2022

LuPone Out At Equity, Brooks Out (Temporarily) At “The Piano Lesson,” Tran In As Playbill EIC

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1) Patti LuPone Announces Equity Resignation Via Twitter

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/patti-lupone-resigns-from-equity_94432.html

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2) More Broadway News

Danielle Brooks Tests Positive for COVID, Will Be Out of “The Piano Lesson” For One Week

https://www.playbill.com/article/danielle-brooks-tests-positive-for-covid-sidelined-from-broadways-the-piano-lesson

Complete Cast of “Ohio State Murders” Announced

https://www.playbill.com/article/see-whos-joining-audra-mcdonald-in-broadways-ohio-state-murders

3) London Theatre News

“MJ” to Play West End in 2024

https://www.playbill.com/article/mj-to-moonwalk-to-the-west-end-in-2024

“Bake-Off” Musical West End Announcement Teaser?

https://twitter.com/WhatsOnStage/status/1582053827406069761

4) In Other News

Diep Tran Joins Playbill as Editor in Chief

https://www.playbill.com/article/diep-tran-joins-playbill-as-editor-in-chief

Public Theater’s “A Raisin in the Sun” Cancels Weekend of Performances Due to COVID

https://playbill.com/article/public-theaters-a-raisin-in-the-sun-cancels-weekend-of-performances-due-to-covid

Martin Short, Shania Twain, and David Alan Grier Officially Confirmed for ABC’s “Beauty And The Beast” Special; Rizwan Manji, More Cast

https://deadline.com/2022/10/martin-short-shania-twain-david-alan-grier-confirmed-for-abcs-beauty-and-the-beast-special-rizwan-manji-more-cast-1235146896/

“A Strange Loop” Album Sets November Physical Release

https://www.playbill.com/article/a-strange-loops-broadway-album-sets-november-physical-release

2023 Jimmy Awards Set June Date at Minskoff Theatre

https://www.playbill.com/article/2023-jimmy-awards-set-june-date-at-broadways-minskoff-theatre

5) Recommendations

“Some Like It Hot” Set Revealed to the Cast

https://playbill.com/article/get-a-1st-look-at-some-like-it-hots-broadway-set-as-its-revealed-to-the-cast