Broadway AM Report, 8/9/2016 - New Principal at SCHOOL OF ROCK, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Opens and More!

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TODAY'S BIG NEWS: Samuel French kicks off its 2016 OOB Short Play Festival, Jenn Gambatese joins SCHOOL OF ROCK, and TROILUS AND CRESSIDA opens at Shakespeare in the Park!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY has set its opening at the Lunt-Fontanne!
- Lesli Margherita will return to MATILDA this September.
- Kristin Chenoweth revealed the track list for THE ART OF ELEGANCE album...
- We got a look (right) at all-new character posters for FOX's ROCKY HORROR, plus a preview of Barbra Streisand's bonus track "Fifty Percent" with her husband James Brolin.
- Chita Rivera and more will take part in this year's 'VOICES FOR THE VOICELESS' foster kids benefit...
- Betty Buckley is slated for a week of concerts at Joe's Pub this September!
- Broadway producer Marc Platt made a first-look deal, while HAMILTON director Thomas Kail set up a new Production Company, both with FOX TV.
- We learned some new details about FOX's ROCKY HORROR event!
- And Broadway and film producer Norman Twain has died at 85...

Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny with a high of 87 degrees - enjoy your last rain-free day for the rest of the week!

What we're geeking out over: The new Rosa Parks musical from Gimby & Price in the works in London...