Odds & Ends: Downton Creators Eyeing Stage Adaptation, NPH's Best Time Ever Sets Premiere Date & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.

Downton Abbey Creators Eyeing Stage Adaptation
Downton Abbey may be heading to the stage! According to Billboard, School of Rock’s Julian Fellowes, who created the hit series, and the show’s composer John Lunn, are in negotiation for a touring event that would feature Downton’s cast and music. As long as they bring Broadway alum cousin Matthew back and have the Tony-winning Dowager Countess of Grantham on board, we could absolutely dig this! The final season of the drama will air on PBS in January, 2016.

Premiere Date Set for NPH's Best Time Ever
Missing Neil Patrick Harris? We now have a date for the Tony winner's return to the small screen. His previously reported new NBC series, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, will premiere on September 15. Based on popular U.K. show, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Best Time Ever will feature comedy sketches, musical numbers, mini game shows, hidden camera pranks on celebrities and appearances by A-list stars.

Sutton Foster to Emcee the Jimmy Awards
Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster is set to remind herself of her younger self (sorry, couldn’t resist) and host this year’s National High School Musical Theatre Awards. 52 high school students from across America will compete in the talent showcase for the Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress. The event is scheduled to take place on June 29 at the Minskoff Theatre.

Jamie Raven Tapped for London's The Illusionists
Jamie Raven, who was recently seen on Britain’s Got Talent, is joining the cast of the previously reported The Illusionists—Witness the Impossible in London’s West End. The production will play the Shaftesbury Theatre November 14 through January 3, 2016, with opening night set for November 16.

Colin Donnell & Patti Murin Get Hitched
Colin Donnell and Patti Murin tied the knot over the weekend in front of other Broadway faves including Laura Benanti and Andrew Rannells. The lovebirds, who starred together in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Love's Labour’s Lost in 2013, got engaged last year. Congratulations to the happy couple!
 

We are officially hitched. @colindonnell http://t.co/pLU54D8vB2 pic.twitter.com/Eynop03kSV

— Patti Murin (@PattiMurin) June 20, 2015