Odds & Ends: Aaron Tveit Heading to Boston Stage, J.K. Rowling's Cursed Child Warning & More

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

Aaron Tveit Heading to Boston
Attention Tveiter Tots! There's another chance to get up close and personal with your Broadway boyfriend Aaron Tveit. The Grease: Live star will headline at the House of Blues Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 27. This gig is in addition to his previously reported solo show at New York hotspot Irving Plaza on June 11. Date(s) with Tveit? Talk about multiplying thrills.

Megan Hilty Set for TV Adaptation of First Wives Club
Broadway bombshell Megan Hilty has been enlisted as one of the leads for a TV Land pilot of The First Wives Club, a remake of the 1996 hit movie. Penned by Rebecca Addelman, Deadline reports that the 2016 Tony nominee will star opposite Alyson Hannigan in the project, which will be set in present-day San Francisco. Hilty is set to take on the role of Kim, a once successful actress who is now too old for Hollywood, while Hannigan will appear as Maggie, an English professor. Separately, there's still no word on whether the 2014 stage adaptation of the property will land on Broadway.

B'way-Bound Groundhog Day Cancels First Previews
London will have to wait a little longer to see Broadway favorite Andy Karl. The world premiere of the Main Stem-bound Groundhog Day at the Old Vic has canceled three previews owing to the “technical requirements” of the production. Directed by Matthew Warchus, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, the new musical will now begin performances on July 15 (instead of July 11); it will still officially open on August 16. According to the New York Times, the producing team has also recently undergone a shakeup; we hope that Groundhog Day will still start performances on the Great White Way as planned on January 23, 2017.

Eclipsed to Land on West Coast
The Tony-nominated Eclipsed will have its west coast premiere engagement at San Francisco’s the Curran next spring. Directed by Liesl Tommy and written by Danai Gurira, the Broadway production is led by Oscar winner and 2016 Tony nominee Lupita Nyong'o.

J.K. Rowling's Cursed Child Warning
The eagerly-anticipated Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is set to begin previews in the West End on June 7. However, that doesn't mean that spoilers are allowed—check out J.K. Rowling's message to all of us about the project below.