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By: Jul. 18, 2018
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1) Brief 7/18: Get a First Look at DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, and More! Image Breaking: Class Dismissed! SCHOOL OF ROCK Will Conclude Broadway Run in January
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018

Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit School of Rock - The Musical, announced today that the show will play its final Broadway performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 20, 2019. By that date, the show will have run for more than 3 years, playing 1,307 performances and 31 previews. The production recouped its entire Broadway investment in May of 2017.. (more...)

2) Brief 7/18: Get a First Look at DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, and More! Image Photo Flash: Check Out All New Photos of Bronson Norris Murphy as The Phantom in LOVE NEVER DIES
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018

All new photos have been released from the North American production of Love Never Dies, starring Bronson Norris Murphy as the Phantom and Meghan Picerno as Christine Daae.. (more...)

3) Brief 7/18: Get a First Look at DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, and More! Image Katharine McPhee's Father Passes Away
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018

Our thoughts are with Katharine McPhee, who's father passed away Sunday morning. McPhee shared a heartfelt note on Twitter about her father's passing.. (more...)

4) Brief 7/18: Get a First Look at DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, and More! Image Review Roundup: Did the Critics Lay All Their Love on MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN?
by Review Roundups - July 17, 2018

Get ready to sing and dance, laugh and love all over again! Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie grossed more than $600 million around the world, you are invited to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an all-new original musical based on the songs of ABBA. Let's see what the critics had to say.... (more...)

5) Brief 7/18: Get a First Look at DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE, and More! Image Jack O'Brien Will Direct Stoppard's THE HARD PROBLEM Off-Broadway This Fall
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2018

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop) has announced two new productions for this fall: THE HARD PROBLEM, a new play by Tom Stoppard, to be directed by Jack O'Brien, beginning performances Thursday, October 25 and opening Monday, November 19 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater; and the Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 production of PLOT POINTS IN OUR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, a new play by Miranda Rose Hall, to be directed by Margot Bordelon, which will begin performances Saturday, October 6, open on Monday, October 22, and run through Sunday, November 18 at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65 Street).. (more...)

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Today's Call Sheet:

-SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL celebrates 100 performances tonight!

BWW Exclusive: Go Inside Opening Night of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF in Yiddish

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Set Your DVR...

-The Cast of MAMMA MIA 2 will appear on THE TODAY SHOW

-Kristin Chenoweth will appear on THE TODAY SHOW, LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN, and WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE

-Daveed Diggs will appear on THE VIEW and THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING Jimmy Fallon

-Christine Baranksi will appear on LATE NIGHT WITH Seth Meyers

What we're geeking out over: THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS Will Travel to the Stage

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What we're watching: Savion Glover & Company Get Ready to Close Out Encores! Off-Center Season with DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE

Social Butterfly: Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Release Book of Famous Good Morning and Goodnight Tweets

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