Odds & Ends: The Treasury Wants to Dump Hamilton, Norm Lewis & Tituss Burgess Team Up & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

The Treasury Wants to Dump Hamilton
Theater fans may have been slightly surprised today to see a plethora of headlines about Hamilton being on its way out—when we all know that the much-buzzed about Lin-Manuel Miranda tuner is very much on its way to Broadway. Turns out that a plan’s afoot to replace the first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill with a woman. Now we’re all for a U.S. bank note, for the first time in 150 years, featuring a female, but why on earth are they going after Hamilton and not Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill? The adorable Miranda tweeted: “Yay Women! RIP, my '10 Dollar Founding Father' lyric! I hope they put Eliza on it.” Eliza being Hamilton’s wife. But still, back to the original point, WHY CAN’T IT BE JACKSON? And then how do we campaign to put Elaine Stritch on it?

Euan Morton Tapped for Ken Ludwig's Sherlock
Move over Benedict Cumberbatch! Euan Morton, who originated the role of Boy George in Taboo on Broadway and in the West End, will play the titular character in Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery in San Diego. Directed by Josh Rhodes, the cast will also include Usman Ally, Blake Segal, Andrew Kober and Liz Wisan. The romp through Victorian England will play July 24 through August 30, with opening night set for July 30.

John Lithgow & More Set for Netflix's The Audience
Not been able to catch Helen Mirren’s Tony-winning turn in Peter Morgan’s The Audience? Never fear, as previously reported, Netflix is adapting it for the screen and the cast is now officially set for the series, called The Crown. According to Variety, two-time Tony winner John Lithgow will play Prime Minister Winston Churchill, with Claire Foy, who played Anne Boleyn in the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall as Queen Elizabeth II, and Matt Smith will go from Psycho to Prince as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh. The 10-episode series is scheduled to bow in 2016.

Michael Cerveris & Ruthie Ann Miles Take a Stand
2015 Tony Award-winners Michael Cerveris and Ruthie Ann Miles, along with Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Brandon Uranowitz, Steven Boyer, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Montego Glover and more, have been tapped to perform at Broadway Stands Up for Freedom. The annual benefit concert for the New York Civil Liberties Union, will take place on July 20, at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts. Broadway.com’s own Susan Blackwell is set to return as host, and 2015 Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori will be the keynote speaker for the evening.

Norm Lewis & Tituss Burgess Team Up
More of our Broadway faves all in one room! Norm Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Telly Leung, Corey Cott, Tom Kitt, Alyshsa Umphress, Gavin Creel and more will get together and sing at a “Parlor Night” on June 22. It’s all in aid of Broadway Inspirational Voices and will be hosted by the always fabulous Mario Cantone and Renee Elise Goldsberry. We presume Pinot Noir will be served.