Odds & Ends: PBS Sets Air Date for Hamilton Doc, Al Pacino to Receive Kennedy Center Honor & More

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

PBS Sets Air Date for Hamilton Documentary
We know you've been waiting for it...PBS will air the previously reported Hamilton feature film documentary on October 21. Part of the Great Performances series, Hamilton’s America will provide intimate access to the show’s creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and his colleagues during the two years leading up to the Broadway opening. Expect interviews with experts and prominent personalities, new footage of the production in New York and so much more. As you all know by now, Hamilton is playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

Al Pacino to Receive Kennedy Center Honor
Two-time Tony and Oscar winner Al Pacino will be one of five honorees to receive the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors. The other recipients are Argentine pianist Martha Argerich, rock band the Eagles, gospel and blues singer Mavis Staples and musician James Taylor; the celebration will be broadcast on CBS on December 27.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Date Shift
There's been a slight switcheroo to when critics will formally be able to air their opinions about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London's West End. They can now start publishing five days earlier, just after midnight on July 26. The opening gala is still scheduled for July 30, with the official script being published on July 31. Previews began on June 7 at the Palace Theatre.

Laura Michelle Kelly & More Tapped for Ragtime
A host of Broadway favorites will star in a one-night-only developmental concert of Ragtime on Ellis Island on August 8. Laura Michelle Kelly (Finding Neverland) will play Mother, with Brandon Victor Dixon (Shuffle Along) as Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Michael Park (Dear Evan Hansen) as Father, as well as Shaina Taub as Emma Goldman, Robert Petkoff as Tateh, Cooper Grodin as Harry K. Thaw, Aisha Jackson as Sarah’s Friend, Jeremy Morse as Harry Houdini, Rod Singleton as Booker T. Washington, Annie Sherman as Evelyn Nesbit and Georgia Engel as Houdini’s Mother. And, #TBT...Check out Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and Marin Mazzie leading the original 1998 Broadway cast's performance at the Tony Awards below.