Today on Broadway: Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Listen: Legendary Kaye Ballard Passes Away, Melissa Etheridge Writing "Mystic Pizza" Musical, Michael Jackson and "Dreamgirls" Heading to Broadway Soon "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) 1) Stage and Screen Star Kaye Ballard Passes Away at 93 https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kaye-Ballard-Star-of-Stage-and-Screen-Dies-at-93-20190122 2) Melissa Etheridge, Sas Goldberg Writing “Mystic Pizza” Musical https://deadline.com/2019/01/melissa-etheridge-mystic-pizza-broadway-musical-gordon-greenberg-1202538634/ 3) New Show(s) Aiming for Broadway https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8mIAGhP12/ https://dontstoponbroadway.com/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/equity-audition/DREAMGIRLS-Broadway-Theatre-TBA-2019-20171 4) All-Star Reading Held for Menken and Fierstein Musical “Greetings from Niagara Falls” https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Shoshana-Bean-Bonnie-Milligan-Terrance-Mann-Nancy-Opel-Lead-Reading-of-GREETINGS-FROM-NIAGARA-FALLS-From-The-Creative-Team-Of-NEWSIES-20190122 5) Last Week’s Broadway Grosses https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm 6) Show and Casting News “American Son” to Be Filmed for Netflix https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Kerry-Washington-Announces-That-AMERICAN-SON-Will-Be-Filmed-For-Netflix-20190122 Jason Gotay, Darrell Hammond, and Randy Rainbow Join “Call Me Madam” at Encores! https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jason-GotayDarrell-Hammond-andRandy-Rainbow-Join-Encores-CALL-ME-MADAM-20190122 Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Megan Sikora, and More Lead “Chick Flick the Musical” https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Lindsay-Nicole-Chambers-Megan-Sikora-and-More-Lead-CHICK-FLICK-THE-MUSICAL-20190122