Today on Broadway: Monday, March 5, 2018

Listen: Riedel Posts his Final (Maybe) Last NY Post Column, "Gettin the Band Back Together" Gets its Band Together, and "Harry Potter" to Launch Lottery! "Today on Broadway" is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated: james@broadwayradio.com (James Marino) or matt@broadwayradio.com (Matt Tamanini) BroadwayRadio on Twitter | Facebook Notes: 1) Michael Riedel’s Latest (and Perhaps) Final New York Post Column https://nypost.com/2018/03/02/three-billboards-playwright-wont-get-his-broadway-show/ 2) “Getting’ the Band Back Together” Gets Most of it’s Band Together https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Mitchell-Jarvis-Jay-Klaitz-Paul-Whitty-and-Sawyer-Nunes-Lead-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180302 3) Show and Casting News NBC Postpones Live “Bye Bye Birdie” Again http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bye-bye-birdie-jennifer-lopez-live-staging-nbc-1202714761/ “Harry Potter” will Launch “Friday Forty” Ticket Lottery this Week https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-CURSED-CHILD-to-Begin-Friday-Forty-March-9-20180302 “Bright Colors and Bold Patterns” Extends Off-Broadway Again https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/BRIGHT-COLORS-AND-BOLD-PATTERNS-Extends-Through-April-1-20180302 Tommy Wiseau Wants to Bring “The Room” to Broadway https://screenrant.com/tommy-wiseau-room-broadway/ 4) Recommendations Cara David Joy: “To Dim or Not to Dim? How Broadway Chooses When to Dim Its Marquees” https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Industry-Editor-Exclusive-To-Dim-or-Not-to-Dim-How-Broadway-Chooses-When-to-Dim-Its-Marquees-20180302 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al Lip Sync “The Hamilton Polka” https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-and-Weird-Al-Lip-Sync-The-Hamilton-Polka-With-Jimmy-Fallon-20180303 5) This Week’s Theatrical Schedule