Today on Broadway: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

League to Only Dim Some Lights for Gavin Creel, Shoshana Bean to Exit 'Hell's Kitchen, Kennedy Center 'Spelling Bee' Preview

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1) Controversy Swirls Around Broadway League Decision on Light Dimming for Gavin Creel

https://deadline.com/2024/10/gavid-creel-broadway-light-dimming-al-hirschfeld-theatre-1236108740

2) Shoshana Bean to Depart 'Hell's Kitchen' on Dec. 1

https://www.broadwaynews.com/shoshana-bean-schedules-final-performance-in-broadways-hells-kitchen

3) This Week's Theatrical Schedule

Tuesday, Oct. 8

Previews: ‘Bad Kreyol’ Off-Broadway from Signature Theatre 

https://signaturetheatre.org/show/bad-kreyol/

Wednesday, Oct. 9

Opening: ‘The Counter’ Off-Broadway from Roundabout Theatre Company

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2024-2025/the-counter

Previews: ‘We Live in Cairo’ Off-Broadway from New York Theatre Workshop

https://www.nytw.org/show/we-live-in-cairo/

Thursday, Oct. 10

Opening: ‘Our Town’ on Broadway

https://ourtownbroadway.com/

Opening: ‘Deep History’ Off-Broadway at the Public Theater

https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/deep-history

Previews: ‘Shit. Meet. Fan.’ Off-Broadway from MCC

https://mcctheater.org/tix/shit-meet-fan

Previews: ‘In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons

https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/about/production-history/2020s/2425-season/in-the-amazon-warehouse-parking-lot

Sunday, Oct. 13

Closing: ‘The Ghost of John McCain’ Off-Broadway at Soho Playhouse

https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/upcoming-events/ghost-of-john-mccain

Closing: ‘Magnificent Bird / Book of Travelers’ Off-Broadway from Playwrights Horizons

https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/about/production-history/2020s/2425-season/book-of-travelers-magnificent-bird

4) Show and Casting News

Broadway's 'Romeo & Juliet' to Offer Open Captioning for All Shows

https://playbill.com/article/broadways-romeo-juliet-revival-to-provide-open-captioning-at-every-performance

Cate Blanchett-Led 'The Seagull' Adds Emma Corrin, Kodi Smith-McPhee

https://deadline.com/2024/10/the-seagull-emma-corrin-kodi-smit-mcphee-cate-blanchett-1236107143

'Sing Street' Musical Teases London Run

https://www.instagram.com/p/DA0oGboNDal

5) Recommendations

Kennedy Center's '25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' Rehearsal Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czBH4YWPPwA&t=112s

'Wild About You' FYC Event

https://www.wildaboutyoumusical.com