Broadway AM Report, 8/17/2016 - SCHOOL OF ROCK Tributes Jimi Hendrix and More!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: SCHOOL OF ROCK star Brandon Niederauer celebrates Jimi Hendrix and more!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Kate Shindle, Robert Petkoff and Susan Moniz will lead FUN HOME on tour!
- YouTube star Todrick Hall is set to play 'Lola' in KINKY BOOTS starting this fall.
- Jason Sudeikis nabbed the lead in DEAD POETS SOCIETY Off-Broadway...
- We got a look at photos (right) and footage from Transport Group's PETER PAN, plus shots from the GREASE: LIVE Q&A earlier this week, and pics from THE CHERRY ORCHARD meet & greet!
- The American Theatre Wing will honor Cicely Tyson at its fall gala.
- Wendi Peters, Dave Willetts & Kerry Ellis have signed on for the WONDERLAND UK tour.
- The role of 'Hillary' has been cast opposite Idina Menzel in the BEACHES reboot!
- Alex Timbers, who just departed the FROZEN stage adaptation, is working on a musical version of BEETLEJUICE...
- And Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper will lead the greenlit remake of A STAR IS BORN!

Broadway Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 92. Summer, stop it already, will you?

What we're geeking out over: Early, handwritten drafts of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON lyrics!