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The Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the musical She Loves Me will be the very first live-streamed production ever on Broadway. It will be telecast live on June 30th as a pay-per-view event via NTLive in the UK and Live From the Met in the States.
According to Deadline, the cost to stream the show is $9.99, which is a hell of alot cheaper than paying top dollar for orchestra seats at the venue. Presented by BroadwayHD in association with Ellen M. Krass, the musical is a revival of the 1964 production and follows Amalia and Georg, two parfumerie clerks who don’t seem to get along in person yet inadvertently fall for each other after becoming each other’s’ anonymous pen pals. The limited production of the show will end on July 10th at Studio 54.
In other news…
Multi-platinum recording artist Dwight Yoakam has been cast in Amazon’s upcoming Prime Video original drama series Goliath, starring Billy Bob Thornton. Yoakam will play the head of a “goliath” aerospace company that Thornton, a lawyer, will go up against in trial. Harold Perrineau has been cast as Judge Roston Keller. [Deadline]
Guillermo del Toro has announced the cast of his forthcoming Netflix original series Trollhunters, the famed director’s first-ever animated family pilot. Kelsey Grammer, Ron Perlman & Anton Yelchin will tackle lead voice roles for the brand new series, which is in production with DreamWorks Animation and is set for a December 2016 premiere. [Deadline]
Netflix has acquired a new detective comedy from Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm) titled Handsome. Directed by Garlin, who also co-wrote the script alongside Andrea Siegel, the film centers around L.A. homicide detective Gene Handsome (played by Garlin) as he attempts to solve his own woes and crime at the same time. Kaley Cuoco, Amy Sedaris, Leah Remini, and more will co-star. [Deadline]
Are you a Brotron? Netflix has released a comical promo clip branding adult fans of its new animated original series Voltron: Legendary Defender, “Brotrons.” The platform groups these select viewers of the reboot into a “passionate community of superfans who’ve brought the intergalactic hero into their everyday lives in surprising ways.”
Michael is a music and television junkie keen on most things that are not a complete and total bore. You can follow him on Twitter — @Tweetskoor
