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Brief 8/9: BE MORE CHILL Opens Tonight, and More!

By: Aug. 09, 2018
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1) Brief 8/9: BE MORE CHILL Opens Tonight, and More!  Image Breaking: NETWORK, Starring Bryan Cranston, Will Come to Broadway This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018

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by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018

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by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018

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5) Brief 8/9: BE MORE CHILL Opens Tonight, and More!  Image BWW Interview: Jeremy Walker Talks NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE
by Rona Kelly - August 08, 2018

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Today's Call Sheet:

-BE MORE CHILL officially opens tonight!

-REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival kicks off today, featuring Daphne Rubin-Vega, Brandon Victor Dixon and More!

-Christy Altomare, Zach Adkins, Alysha Umphress and More Will Perform at Broadway in Bryant Park Today!


BWW Exclusive: She Believed She Could: Lynn Ahrens Succeeds One Step At A Time

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Set Your DVR...

-The Cast of PRETTY WOMAN performs on The Today Show today!


What we're geeking out over: Jenn Colella and Chilina Kennedy to Join Forces for CALL IT LOVE at Birdland

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What we're watching: Get A First Look At Leslie Uggams and More in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at Pittsburgh CLO


Social Butterfly: BWW Poll: What Should Jeremy Jordan and Jason Robert Brown Perform Together?


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