Today on Broadway: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

'Swept Away' Confirms Broadway Plans, 'Heart of Rock and Roll' to Close, 'Merrily We Roll Along' to Be Filmed

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1) 'Swept Away' to Play Longacre Theatre This Fall

2) 'Heart of Rock and Roll' to Close This Weekend

https://playbill.com/article/broadways-the-heart-of-rock-and-roll-sets-a-june-closing

3) Gray, Middleditch, Chao, Irwin, Hecht to Star in MTC's 'Eureka Day'

https://playbill.com/article/amber-gray-thomas-middleditch-more-will-fight-about-vaccines-in-broadways-eureka-day

4) Broadway's 'Merrily We Roll Along' to Be Filmed This Week

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/theater/maria-sonia-friedman-merrily.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur

5) Tony Awards Ratings Dip, but That's to Be Expected

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tony-awards-2024-tv-ratings-1235924956

6) Actors Equity Pauses All Future Development Contracts

https://www.thewrap.com/actors-equity-strike-broadway-league-theater-contract-negotiations

7) Howard, Graham, Bracco to Join 'Titanique'

https://playbill.com/article/lisa-howard-and-tommy-bracco-to-board-off-broadways-titanique-nathan-lee-graham-sets-return

8) Bid on Stephen Sondheim Collection From Doyle Actions

https://doyle.com/auction/24ss01-the-collection-of-stephen-sondheim/?au=8984

9) Jay-Z's Tony Performance Was Pre-Recorded

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/theater/jay-z-alicia-keys-empire-state-of-mind-tonys.html

10) Feel-Good Recommendation

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