Broadway AM Report, 5/27/2016 - PAINT YOUR WAGON, Leslie Odom, Jr., ANASTASIA and More!

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TODAY'S BIG NEWS: The New York City Center Encores! cast recording of Lerner & Loewe's PAINT YOUR WAGON comes out today. Plus Leslie Odom, Jr. and Martin Short will be visiting THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON and ANASTASIA opens tonight at Hartford Stage.

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Leona Lewis will officially play Grizabella in CATS on Broadway!
- AMERICAN PSYCHO posted its closing notice. The musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 5. -The first group of Tony Award presenters was announced today...
- We got some photos and video from the opening night of Cirque Du Soleil's PARAMOUR (right), plus shots from the opening night of THE TOTAL BENT at The Public, pics from the new off-Broadway revival of YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN, and a look at CHICAGO's newest Billy Flynn, Jaime Camil!
- Brian D'Arcy James is no longer attached to the CBS pilot SUPERIOR DONUTS... -We are getting a MISS SAIGON 25th Anniversary film special later this fall!
- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be getting some new cast members, including the first Asian-American Christine... -Speaking of new cast members, Josh Grisetti, Leslie Kritzer & Catherine Brunell will step into the lead roles of SOMETHING ROTTEN later this summer! -THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME will host a special lottery on Tuesday, May 31st to celebrate the anniversary of Mark Haddon's book on which the show is based... -And The Goodman Theatre announced the full cast of WAR PAINT, a new musical starring Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Thunderstorms in the afternoon with a high of 85 today, partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday with highs in the upper 80s!

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