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Stars join Encores’ ‘Charlie Brown,’ ‘Shuffle Along’ to get reunion concert, Bowen Yang in ‘Oh, Mary!’

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1) Pierce, Edebiri, Brooks, Ha to lead Encores’ ‘Charlie Brown’
https://deadline.com/2026/08/good-man-charle-brown-david-hyde-pierce-ayo-edebiri-broadway-1237027738/

2) ‘Shuffle Along’ to get one-night reunion concert
https://lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/in-concert-shuffle-along

3) Ariana DeBose to lead workshop of ‘Sweet Charity’
https://www.broadwaynews.com/tony-award-nominee-ariana-debose-to-lead-sweet-charity-workshop/

4) Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita to produce musical comedy microdrama
https://deadline.com/2026/08/jesse-tyler-ferguson-microdrama-theater-kids-vs-zombies-1237017939/

5) Broadway show and casting news

Bowen Yang to join ‘Oh, Mary!’
https://www.vulture.com/article/bowen-yang-oh-mary-casting-interview.html

Anthony Gargiula to join ‘& Juliet’
https://people.com/anthony-gargiula-sets-broadway-debut-in-and-juliet-exclusive-12034140

Ben Davis to play Hades in ‘Hadestown’
https://playbill.com/article/ben-davis-will-be-hades-in-broadways-hadestown

Salazar, Moon to join ‘Rocky Horror’ on Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/george-salazar-jimin-moon-more-to-join-the-rocky-horror-show-broadway-revival

6) Off-Broadway show and casting news

Keenan-Bolger, Wiseman, more to lead ‘The Visitors’ from Second Stage
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/207530/celia