Today on Broadway: Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

'John Proctor Is the Villain' to Come to Broadway This Spring, Mitzi Gaynor Dies at 93, 'Dirty Dancing' Musical Aiming for Broadway

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1) Sadie Sink to Lead 'John Proctor Is the Villain' on Broadway in the Spring

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/theater/sadie-sink-john-proctor-broadway.html

2) Movie Musical Star Mitzi Gaynor Dies at 93

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/movies/mitzi-gaynor-dead.html

3) Lonny Price to Direct Broadway-Bound Musical Version of 'Dirty Dancing'

https://playbill.com/article/lonny-price-directing-dirty-dancing-stage-musical-aimed-at-broadway

Matt's 2016 Review of Previous Lonny Price-Directed 'Dirty Dancing' Stage Show

https://www.broadwayworld.com/orlando/article/BWW-Review-DIRTY-DANCING-is-a-Disappointing-Disservice-to-Original-Film-20160330

4) Under the Radar Festival Announces Full 2025 Schedule

5) Kate Baldwin, Christopher Innvar to Lead 'The Dead, 1904' at Irish Rep

https://playbill.com/article/kate-baldwin-and-christopher-innvar-will-lead-the-dead-1904-off-broadway

6) 'Warriors' Album Hits Streaming Services on Friday, Oct. 18