Today on Broadway: Wednesday, March 1, 2023

McClure, Iglehart, Brightman to Lead 'Spamalot' at Kennedy Center; JRB, Mac Team on 'Midnight ... Good and Evil' Musical; Olivier Nominees

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1) Stars Announced for 'Spamalot' at Kennedy Center

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Rob-McClure-Leslie-Kritzer-Alex-Brightman-James-Monroe-Iglehart-to-Lead-SPAMALOT-at-Kennedy-Center-20230228

2) 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' Industry Reading in May

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MIDNIGHT-IN-THE-GARDEN-OF-GOOD-AND-EVIL-Will-Be-Developed-into-a-Musical-by-Jason-Robert-Brown-and-Taylor-Mac-20230228

3) Olivier Awards Announce Nominations, 'Totoro' Leads Pack

https://deadline.com/2023/02/olivier-awards-nominations-paul-mescal-scores-best-actor-nod-my-neighbour-totoro-leads-1235274211/

4) De Shields, DeBessonet, Drama Book Shop to Receive Drama League Awards

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andre-De-Shields-Lear-DeBessonet-Drama-Book-Shop-Darin-Oduyoye-to-be-Honored-at-89th-Annual-Drama-League-Awards-20230228

5) Last Wee's Broadway Grosses

https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

6) Show and Casting News

Ricky Rojas, Sophie Carmen Jones to Join 'Moulin Rouge'

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ricky-Rojas-Sophie-Carmen-Jones-to-Join-MOULIN-ROUGE-THE-MUSICAL-in-April-20230228

Jones, Keum, Podschun to 'Vanities' from York

https://www.playbill.com/article/jade-jones-amy-keum-and-hayley-podschun-to-star-in-revised-vanities-the-musical

Jenna Fischer Joins 'Mean Girls' Movie Musical

https://deadline.com/2023/02/jenna-fischer-mean-girls-paramount-1235274531/

Sonia Friedman Teasts 'Stranger Things' Announcement

https://twitter.com/SFP_London/status/1630631894546108416

7) Feel-Good Recommendation

'Up Here' Hulu Series Adaptation Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crhL1eOjf4U