Broadway Headliners

• Universal Studios in Los Angeles will launch a weekly "Wicked Wednesdays" event on, you guessed it, Wednesdays. Featuring performances and autograph sessions by cast members of the musical, it is either an entertainment filler, or a desperate attempt to get locals to visit the park. You choose.
• The Off-Broadway hit In The Heights announced they are closing, but not Coram Boy style. More like Spring Awakening. The show is moving to Broadway! They don't know when, and they don't know where, but apparently they are going to do it. If that doesn't sound like an ambiguous upcoming flop, I don't know what does.
• Oklahoma is celebrating it's statehood centennial. How are they celebrating? With an all-star production of Oklahoma! starring Kelli O'Hara (an OK native) and Will Chase, duh!
• As if its empire wasn't big enough, Diney's High School Musical (which yours truly was in the west coast premiere of, thankyouverymuch) launched its national tour in Detroit. So far the announced venues are in the east and mid-east of the US, so the west coast will have to rely on cheesy children's theatre productions for now. No offense.
• The incomparable Kenneth Branagh has announced the principal cast for his fourth Shakespeare collaboration with BBC & HBO. The upcoming film adaptation of As You Like It will star Brian Blessed as Duke Frederick/Duke Senior, Romola Garai as Celia, Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind, Kevin Kline as Jaques, Adrian Lester as Oliver, Janet McTeer as Audrey, Alfred Molina as Touchstone and David Oyelowo as Orlando. Sign me up!