A Very Random Theatre News Roundup

• Massachusetts- Barrington Stage Company has announced full casting for its upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. It will run July 15-August 13. Directed by John Rando and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, it will feature Will Swenson and Scarlett Strallen as the Pirate King and Mabel, alongside Kyle Dean Massey as Frederic, David Garrison as the Major General, Jane Carr as Ruth, and Phillip Boykin as Samuel.
• Broadway Will Chase will join the Broadway production of Something Rotten! on July 18 as William Shakespeare. On the same day, the roles played by Cariani, Blickenstaff, and Reinders will be taken over by Josh Grisetti, Leslie Kritzer, and current Something Rotten! ensemble player Catherine Brunell. Rob McClure recently took over the role of Nick Bottom from Brian d'Arcy James.
• Broadway Fun Home will end its run after 26 preview and 582 regular performances at the Circle in the Square Theatre on September 10, 2016, at 8pm
• San Diego Megan McGinnis will head the cast of the new Paul Gordon Sense and Sensibility musical from July 6-August 14 at the Old Globe Theatre. (Further casting in article.)
• Invitation Only Ragtime will receive a one-night site-specific developmental concert on Ellis Island on August 8. Laura Michelle Kelly as Mother, Brandon Victor Dixon as Coalhouse Walker Jr., Michael Park as Father, Robert Petkoff (reprising his 2009 Ragtime Broadway revival role of Tateh), Shaina Taub  as Emma Goldman, Cooper Grodin as Harry K. Thaw, Aisha Jackson as Sarah's Friend, Jeremy Morse as Harry Houdini, Rod Singleton as Booker T. Washington, and Annie Sherman as Evelyn Nesbit. In addition, Georgia Engel will perform a selection of songs from the musical. Full casting will be announced at a later date, and this summer's performance will be by invitation only.
• The Kilroys has released its third annual list of industry-recommended new plays, featuring the most-nominated, unproduced plays written by female and trans* writers, following a survey of 230 professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.
• The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its 2016-17 Broadway season nominating committee, which will comprise 51 members.
• Off-Broadway Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, written by Matt Murphy and based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, has announced that the Skivvies, Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, will join the cast from July 16-July 30 at the 777 Theater.
• Phillipa Soo will head the cast of the pre-Broadway and Broadway runs of Amélie, A New Musical. Soo will take on the title role when the show runs at the Ahmanson Theatre December 4-January 15, with a Broadway production to follow in 2017.
• New York City Center's Encores! Off-Center has announced this year's lineup for the Lobby Project series of free pre-show events.
• Sierra Boggess will depart the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock on August 8
• New York City's Caedmon School will present an invitation-only concert of songs from the new musical La Dottoressa on Thursday, June 30 at 7pm. The musical is written by Daisy Eagan and Matty Selman. It tells the story of Maria Montessori, one of the first woman doctors in Italy whose teaching methods changed the world.
• Fuerza Bruta will end its nine-year run at the Daryl Roth Theatre on Sunday, August 28. The show began its run in 2007 and will have played over 3,000 performances.
• London The British premiere of Murder Ballad will feature Ramin Karimloo, Kerry Ellis, Norman Bowman, and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt. Performances begin September 29 at the Arts Theatre, with opening night set for October 5.
• Broadway The new musical A Bronx Tale will see its Broadway premiere this fall, beginning performances at the Longacre Theatre on Thursday, November 3. It will open December 1.
• Off-Broadway Ruthless! The Musical has recorded a brand-new cast album featuring performances by the entire original cast of the current off-Broadway production, now running at St. Luke's Theatre. The company will include Peter Land, Kim Maresca, Tori Murray, Rita McKenzie, Andrea McCullough, and Tracy Jai Edwards.